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Saturday, October 20, 2012

Lebanese Cabinet Holds Emergency Meeting


The Lebanese Cabinet is holding an emergency session Saturday, a day after a massive car bomb killed the country's police intelligence chief.


Eight people died and more than 80 were wounded in the blast Friday.  The government has declared Saturday a national day of mourning.

Demonstrators have closed roads around the country to protest the bombing.

Lebanese media report Wissam al-Hassan, chief of police intelligence, was the target of Friday's car bomb.

Hassan led the investigation into a recent bomb plot that resulted in the arrest of a pro-Syrian Lebanese politician. He also led the probe that implicated Syria and Hezbollah in the killing of former prime minister Rafik Hariri.

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No one has claimed responsibility for Friday's explosion.  Some Lebanese officials blame Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for what they call Hassan's assassination.

Lebanon has seen a recent increase in violence related to the bloody Syrian civil war that has spilled over the border.

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