Bn: Explosion in tripoli

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TRIPOLI (Liban) - Plusieurs personnes ont été tuées lundi matin dans l'explosion survenue dans un car de l'armée à l'entrée de Tripoli, la grande ville du nord du Liban, a indiqué à l'AFP une source au sein des services de sécurité.

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08:30 خمسة شهداء و17 جريحا في إنفجار طرابلس:
- سيارة رينو مفخخة إنفجرت في محلة البحصاص في طرابلس عند مرور باص ينقل عسكريين في الجيش اللبناني يحمل الرقم 1516. وقد دفع قوة الانفجار سيارة ال"رينو" 6 أمتار من مكان وقوع الحادث.
08:22 الإنفجار الذي وقع في محلة البحصاص في طرابلس إستهدف باصا ينقل عسكريين في الجيش اللبناني يحمل الرقم 1516. ووقوع عدد من الاصابات بين العسكريين بين قتيل وجريح.

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- The Voice of Lebanon radio station reports that a Renault 18 sedan, which was positioned near the bus full of soldiers, blew up.

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al arabiya : 6 died in the explosion

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08:44 The Voice of Lebanon radio station reports that among the victims is Adjutant Fouad Qadaweh, who was transported to the al-Haykalia Hospital.

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من بين الشهداء الستة: فيصل الخطيب و علي العلي

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إنفجار البحصاص في طرابلس أدّى الى سقوط 6 شهداء من بينهم 3 جنود و24 جريحاً (فرانس بريس)

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9:04

النائب مصطفى علوش للمؤسّسة اللبنانيّة للإرسال: المقصود من انفجار طرابلس هو إشعار المواطنين أن كل المصالحات لن تؤدي لتغيير التوتر الأمني، والمشكلة هي أن هذا النوع من الانفجارات، وان كانت تستهدف بشكل خاص أماكن معينة صعبة المراقبة والتوقع، فمن ا ستهدف لبنان على مدى السنوات الماضية هو نفسه الذي يحاول استهداف الاستقرار اليوم.

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Explosion near bus carrying soldiers shakes Tripoli
September 29, 2008

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Hours before the parliament convened to vote on the electoral law on Monday, an explosion occurred in al-Bahsas in Tripoli. Early reports suggest the explosion targeted a military bus carrying at least 20 soldiers, leaving at least five dead and 17 injured.

The Voice of Lebanon radio station reported that a Renault 18 sedan, which was positioned near the bus, blew up. The bus’ license plate number was 501516.

Tripoli has been a hotbed of strife since the May incidents, as there were ongoing battles between the Sunni Bab al-Tabbaneh neighborhood and Alawi parties in Jabal Mohsen. The army has also been targeted in the northern city following its 15-week battle with Fatah al-Islam militants in the northern Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared in the summer of 2007. Fatah al-Islam was badly beaten during the fighting, but it did not disband, and its members are thought to be behind the August 13 explosion in Tripoli near a bus filled with soldiers that left 14 people dead, nine of whom soldiers, and scores injured.

The Tripoli Memorandum was signed on September 8 under the auspices of PM Fouad Siniora between the Future Movement and Tripoli parties to give the army and ISF full authority in the city and to also provide financial assistance in the form of economic development packages and compensation to residents who fled the violence or whose homes were destroyed.

Monday’s Tripoli blast also follows Saturday’s explosion in Damascus that left 17 people, all civilians, dead. The 200-kilogram bomb, the largest in the Syrian capital since the 1980s, went off near a security station and a Shia shrine on the road to the international airport.

The Tripoli blast came hours before the Lebanese parliament was set to convene to vote on the national electoral law, a contentious issue. The parliament met on Saturday in a two-part session and decreed that the national voting age would remain 21, that municipality heads could run in parliamentary elections six months after they resign, that the 2009 parliamentary elections would be held in one day, and that soldiers would not be allowed to vote.

-NOW Staff