Beirut assassination heightens fears of Syrian violence embroiling Lebanon - Washington Post [getdailynow.blogspot.com]

Beirut assassination heightens fears of Syrian violence embroiling Lebanon - Washington Post [getdailynow.blogspot.com]

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BEIRUT â€" A car bomb ripped through a densely populated neighborhood of Beirut on Friday, bringing the violence threatening to engulf the region to the heart of Lebanon’s capital after years of relative calm.

Initial reports said that at least eight people were killed and more than 70 injured in the mid-afternoon blast, apparently caused by a car bomb planted in a quiet side street near Sassine Square, in the mostly Christian area of Ashrafiyeh.

Local television networks broadcast scenes of blazing cars, body parts and tangled piles of masonry and broken glass as rescue workers sifted through the charred wreckage looking for victims. A bank and an office of one of Lebanon’s main Christian factions were located a short distance away, but two apartment buildings bore the brunt of the explosion.

There was no immediately discernible target, suggesting that the bomb either exploded prematurely or was simply intended to kill and maim civilians in an effort to stir the sectarian tensions that have been steadily rising across Lebanon as the conflict in Syria escalates.

The blast gouged a crater 15 feet deep and blew cars into pieces that landed blocks away, said George Azzi, who lives nearby and ran outside into crowds of screaming people, smoke and debris. “I’m worried that we’ll return to the events of the past, with random explosions all around town for no reason,” he said, expressing a widespread concern that the blast may signal the start of a campaign.

Many observers have warned that if the Syrian crisis is not contained, it will spill over to the region, said Hilal Khashan, professor of political science at the American University of Beirut. “Now we see it is beginning to spread into Lebanon,” he said.

Nadim Gemayel, a Christian lawmaker, said he had no doubt that the blast was linked to the situation in Syria and accused President Bashar al-Assad’s government of seeking to ignite a conflict in Lebanon to detract from its problems at home.

“This explosion was a political one for sure. It aimed to create terror and start a civil war in the country,” he said. “There is a regime that is struggling next door to us . . . and the regime is trying to force the crisis into Lebanon.”

Syria’s Information Ministry issued a statement condemning the explosion. Al-Manar TV, the television station of Hezbollah, Syria’s chief Lebanese ally, suggested sinister forces were to blame.

“The criminal behind the explosion is not yet known, and the party responsible is hidden in the chaos of the political struggle in the country,” said an announcer.

Lebanon’s diverse communities have been polarized by the Syrian conflict, with Sunnis supporting the rebels, Shiites backing Assad’s government and Christians dividing their loyalties between the two sides. The Shiite Hezbollah movement, which controls Lebanon’s government, has been accused by Lebanese politicians and U.S. officials in Washington of sending fighters to Syria to help Assad’s forces, while the Sunni Future Movement has been accused of acting as one of the main suppliers of arms to Syrian rebels.

Apart from a few skirmishes, however, the tensions have been contained, amid signs that Hezbollah is determined to prevent a crisis that could jeopardize its hold over the country.

Speculation that the Syrian government has actively sought to ignite strife in Lebanon was fueled over the summer by the arrest of a former minister, Michel Samaha, who has since been charged with plotting acts of terrorism in Lebanon in tandem with a top Syrian security official from Assad’s inner circle, Ali Mamluk.

A number of failed or thwarted assassination attempts in recent months, including one in which a sniper’s bullet missed by inches the Christian leader Samir Geagea at his mountaintop home, have kept the country on edge, bracing for an incident that could spark a conflict.

The bombing on Friday is unlikely to start a war because neither Lebanon’s factions nor their international sponsors want one, said Khashan.

But fears are widespread that the blast could just be the start of a wave of attacks, similar to the one Lebanon witnessed between 2005 and 2007 in which more than a dozen prominent Lebanese figures were assassinated.

“There’s a lot of speculation, a lot of fear, and we are bracing for the worst,” said Khashan. “If they can hit Sassine Square, in the heart of Beirut, they can hit anywhere.”

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