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Sound bomb explodes as UN Security votes on the tribunal (Extra)
May 30, 2007, 20:27 GMT
Beirut - A sound bomb exploded late Wednesday in Beirut few minutes after the UN Security Council voted in New York to establish a controversial tribunal for suspects in the murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri and other political killings in Lebanon.
The bomb was tossed near the Mar Mikhail Church, an area at the outskirts of Beirut' southern suburb of Chiyahen district, without causing any casualties.
The Lebanese army immediately cordoned off the area.
The vote showed division among the 15-nation council, with five of its members abstaining: China, South Africa, Qatar, Indonesia and Russia. Those five countries said by adopting a resolution to create the tribunal, the council had violated international law and created legal problems for the tribunal.
On other parts of Beirut, Hariri followers flocked to his tomb waving his pictures and chanting 'justice is done.'
The Sky over Beirut was lit by fireworks shortly after the vote to celebrate
© 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-AgenturCOMMENT
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That's meant as a joke, right?
The blatantly anti-Israel UN actually doesn't blame something on Israel (I'm amazed that the UN hasn't yet passed a resolution blaming Israel for global warning) but it must be Israel because SYRIA, the country every sane, reasonable life-form this side of alpha centauri accuses of the assassination, says so.
Thank you for the laugh.
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www.mathematics.milMay 30th, 2007 - 21:54:01
The truth and proof by the Syrian Kurd that Jews killed
the Saudi-Arabian born Hariri is sound and unassailable.
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