Car Bomb Wounds Journalist in Lebanon

by Al-Masakin

Sun, Sep 25, 2005 11:13AM

A Lebanese militant of the Shiite Muslim Hezbollah guerrilla group gestures to photographers behind him, not seen, to stop taking photos of him while an elderly resident of the Ghajar divided village on the Lebanese border looks on, in the Ghajar village, Southern Lebanon, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005. Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrilla group, which the United States considers a terrorist organization, should be disarmed through dialogue among the country's various factions, a French minister said Friday. A U.N. Security Council resolution adopted last year called for the disarmament of all militias in Lebanon, including pro-Syria Hezbollah. (AP Photo/Mohammad Zaatari)

Bomb Placed Under Car Explodes East of Lebanese Capital Beirut, Wounding a Prominent Journalist
The Associated Press
Sep. 25, 2005 - A bomb placed under a car exploded east of the Lebanese capital Beirut Sunday, wounding a prominent journalist, Lebanese security officials said.

The bomb exploded near the Christian city of Jounieh, northeast of Beirut.

The private Lebanese Broadcasting Corp. said the bomb targeted the car of prominent journalist May Chidiac, who works at the station.

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§Hezbollah Protests Attack on Journalist Chidiac

by Al-Maskain

Mon, Sep 26, 2005 11:54PM

Lebanese Muslim Hawraa Amhaz, a supporter of the Hezbollah guerilla group, holds a picture of Lebanese political talk show host May Chidiac during a demonstration in the Martyrs' Square in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Sept. 26, 2005. Students protested Monday on university campuses and in a downtown Beirut square the latest of a string of bombings which nearly killed Chidiac, a prominent anti-Syrian TV broadcaster, as the government warned more attacks were likely and acknowledged it is unable to stop them. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Tawil)

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