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Thursday, August 15, 2013

Lebanese politicians rush to blame Israel for Islamist suicide car bombing

From Now Lebanon, in its live coverage of today's massive car bomb in Beirut:

[19:28] A video posted on YouTube shows masked men dubbing themselves the "Aisha the Mother of Believers Brigades for Foreign Missions" claiming responsibility for Thursday's bombing.

“And we address our second message to you and the people like you, and yet you do not understand, therefore we address a message to our brothers and families in Lebanon: We ask you to stay away from all of Iran’s colonies inside and outside Beirut because your blood is dear to us but Hassan Nasrallah is an agent for Iran and Israel and we promise more for him.”

Even after this group accepted responsibility (and called Nasrallah a Zionist!]...
[19:55] LBC: Jumblatt accuses Israel of Dahiyeh blast.

[20:22] Suleiman: Dahiyeh explosion is cowardly, its criminal method has Israel’s prints all over it

[20:37] Amal MP Abdel Majid Saleh: The Israeli enemy and its agents had something to do with the al-Roueiss explosion.

[20:50] Aoun to Al-Manar: The explosion’s timing aims at attacking the victory of the 2006 war and to incite the Lebanese people against each other.
There ya go.