At least four people have been killed and over a hundred injured in the suicide bombing of an Iranian cultural center in Beirut, Lebanon recently.Rico says the notification via Twitter would make this funny, if a deadly bombing can ever be funny...
The targeted area was in a Shi'ite-dominated area of southern Beirut, reports The Associated Press. The Abdullah Azzam Brigades, a group linked to al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility, according to Lebanese authorities.
The organization claimed the attack was in retaliation for the Lebanon-based Shi'ite group Hizballah’s support for President Bashar Assad’s forces in Syria. The group has played a key role in removing Syrian rebels from areas near to the Lebanon-Syria border.
The Abdullah Azzam Brigades claimed on Twitter that Hizballah will not “enjoy security in Lebanon until the people of Syria feel secure.”
19 February 2014
Stepping in the Shi'ite again
Maddy Fry has a Time article about yet another suicide bombing in Beirut:
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