Twin explosions rock Tripoli, Lebanon

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27 killed, more than 350 injured in twin explosions in Tripoli, Lebanon

Two simultaneous explosions have rocked the Lebanese city of Tripoli, killing up to 27 people and injuring 358.

One of the blasts is said to have rocked the area near the home of outgoing Prime Minister Najib Mikati, while the other hit the Salam Mosque in Mina, Naharnet reports. The Lebanese Health Ministry has said 27 were killed and 358 injured in the two blasts.

The area was cordoned off and ambulances rushed to the sites of explosions. Local TV footage and pictures from the scene showed buildings with their fronts damaged and vehicles ablaze. The blast outside the Salam Mosque left a crater measuring five meters wide and 2.5 meters deep, according to local LBCI News.

Miqati has cut short his family vacation to return to Lebanon.

No one has claimed responsibility for the explosions so far.

http://rt.com/news/lebanon-tripoli-doub ... osion-900/

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Lebanese citizens stand in front of a severely damaged building as they gather outside al-Salam mosque, near the house of former Lebanese police chief Ashraf Rifi, at the site of a powerful explosion in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on August 23, 2013. (AFP Photo)

Smoke is seen above people gathering outside a mosque on the site of a powerful explosion in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on August 23, 2013. (AFP Photo/Ibrahim Chalhoub)

[Insomniac]

The blast outside the Salam Mosque left a crater measuring five meters wide and 2.5 meters deep

Impressive. I wonder what kind of bomb it was. IED in a car?

[LetsCookBreakfast]

The blast outside the Salam Mosque left a crater measuring five meters wide and 2.5 meters deep

Impressive. I wonder what kind of bomb it was. IED in a car?

Former chief of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces Ashraf Rifi has called the blasts an attempt to ethnically divide Lebanon. Speaking to local MTV, he said that it is too soon to tell if the explosion was caused by a bomb or a booby-trapped car, Naharnet cited an independent media channel as reporting.

I'm not sure who's behind this. It's either retaliation from hezbushaytan or Israeli attempting to instigate a civil war in Lebanon. We will soon discover who the perpetrators are.

[SecretAgent]

Da attack happen inside a sunni city hmmm I wonder who's behind it pro syria groups maybe ?

[Insomniac]

Tripoli is a Sunni stronghold, so it might have been the Shia forces, if not Salafists trying to create discord between the two communities. Most of the Lebanese Alawites live in Tripoli as well.

[LetsCookBreakfast]

Tripoli is a Sunni stronghold, so it might have been the Shia forces, if not Salafists trying to create discord between the two communities. Most of the Lebanese Alawites live in Tripoli as well.

I don't think Sunnis were behind this. It was either retaliation from Hezbollah for the previous bomb that went off in a Shia temple or Israeli is trying to instigate another civil war in Lebanon.

[Cherine]

Tripoli is a Sunni stronghold, so it might have been the Shia forces, if not Salafists trying to create discord between the two communities. Most of the Lebanese Alawites live in Tripoli as well.

Why does it have to be Shia or Sunni?

[LetsCookBreakfast]

Tripoli is a Sunni stronghold, so it might have been the Shia forces, if not Salafists trying to create discord between the two communities. Most of the Lebanese Alawites live in Tripoli as well.

Why does it have to be Shia or Sunni?

Who else would it be besides the yahuud? Surely, the Maronites are incapable of such a bold act.

[Insomniac]

Because they are at war with each other in the rest of the middle east (Syria, Iraq, Bahrain, etc, etc). You should read the Saudi papers. They are more anti-Shia than they are anti-Israel. There is a silent agreement between the Sunnis and the Jews as far as foreign policy is concerned. They want to balance the growing might of the Shias in the region.

[ZubeirAwal]

Hezbullah wouldn't attack their own homeland, you mistake them for the khaarijeen in Afghanistan , Somalia and Iraq who kill Muslims. Hezbullah karbashes the yahuud for fun, something the sunni's refrain from doing.

ZA

[Insomniac]

Hezbullah wouldn't attack their own homeland, you mistake them for the khaarijeen in Afghanistan , Somalia and Iraq who kill Muslims. Hezbullah karbashes the yahuud for fun, something the sunni's refrain from doing.

ZA

You are so retarded. Why do you keep talking about shit you have no clue of?

[ZubeirAwal]

#Hissyfit

[Insomniac]

Sheikh Imran Hussein predicted that you would be a loud mouth know-it-all. Cease your attention seeking.

[LetsCookBreakfast]

I express deep concern for this tragic loss of life.

May Allah (swt) protect the Ummah of Lebanon.