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International Business Times
| 7 months ago
Angry protesters attempt to storm Lebanese government offices after funeral of slain intelligence officer Wissam al-Hassan in Beirut Oct. 21. Heavy gunfire erupted in central Beirut Sunday after protesters tried to storm the offices of Prime Minister...
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Al Jazeera English
| 7 months ago
14 Lebanese police are using tear gas to repel demonstrators trying to storm the Serail, the headquarters of Najib Mikati, amid calls for the prime minister to resign. Following the funeral nearby of Brigadier-General Wissam al-Hassan, a senior...
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United Press International
| 7 months ago
Tensions were high in Beirut Sunday amid fears of violence during the funeral of bomb victim Gen...The 47-year-old intelligence chief was among eight killed in a massive car bombing Friday that ripped the balconies off buildings and wounded more110...
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SF Gate
| 7 months ago
Soldiers carried two flag-draped coffins through a central Beirut square packed with thousands of Lebanese mourners who turned out on Sunday for the funeral of a top intelligence official and his bodyguard. The men were killed in a massive car...
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Russia Today
| 7 months ago
At least nine people including a woman and a child have been killed in clashes between supporters and opponents of the Syrian government in Lebanon. The army moved armored vehicles into the area to prevent further escalation of violence...Opposition...
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Zee News
| 7 months ago
Beirut which killed a top-ranking Lebanese security official and seven others. Lebanese people to maintain unity in the face of attempts to destabilise the country. Brig Gen Wissam al-Hassan, the intelligence chief of Lebanon's Internal Security...
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NOW Lebanon
| 7 months ago
An official funeral will be held Sunday for slain Internal Security Forces Information Branch Chief Wissam al-Hassan and his bodyguard, Ahmad Sehyouni. The two will be laid to rest at 3PM alongside the tomb of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq...
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PRWeb
| 7 months ago
October 20, 2012 The Syrian American Council (SAC) and Future Movement-USA today strongly condemned the senseless car bomb attack in Lebanon and demanded the establishment of an independent special tribunal to investigate and prosecute the...
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CNN Blog
| 7 months ago
Wissam al-Hassan, will be buried Sunday alongside the grave of his mentor, former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. Al-Hassan, a critic of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's rule, was killed in a Beirut car bombing Friday...His death spurred fears that...
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NOW Lebanon
| 7 months ago
Arab Tawhid Party leader Wiam Wahhab said Saturday that slain Internal Security Forces Chief Wissam al-Hassan never used his position to attack anyone. He added in an interview with OTV television that Hassan conducted his affairs objectively and...
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NOW Lebanon
| 7 months ago
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday called Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Miqati to express his "strong solidarity" with the Lebanese people after a deadly car bombing in Beirut. "The Secretary-General offered his deepest condolences for the...
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NOW Lebanon
| 7 months ago
Lebanon's Economic Committees called Saturday on Lebanese President Michel Suleiman to accept the resignation of the current government of Prime Minister Najib Miqati following Friday's assassination of Internal Security Forces intelligence chief...
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NOW Lebanon
| 7 months ago
Lebanon's opposition called for a huge anti-Syria demonstration at Sunday's funeral of a top police intelligence chief killed in a car bombing blamed on the Damascus regime. General Wissam al-Hassan of the Internal Security Forces (ISF), a prominent...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 7 months ago
Wissam al-Hassan, who uncovered an alleged Syrian bomb plot inside Lebanon two months ago, was killed in a huge car bomb blast that also killed seven other people and wounded 80 in Beirut's Ashrafiyeh district on Friday. The attack sparked protests...
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The Daily Star
| 7 months ago
Young demonstrators angered by the recent assassination of a top intelligence officer in Beirut gathered Saturday at Martyrs' Square in the capital and called on the government of Prime Minister Najib Mikati to step down over the affair. The...
