Emotions running high in Beirut At Funeral of Walid Eido

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    Slain anti-Syrian parliament member and lawmaker Walid Eido, ally of Saad Hariri is buried in Beirut a day after being blown up in bomb attack by suspected Syrian backed assassins
    http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/14/beirut.blast/index.html
    Western backed Fouad Seniori Government majority now down to three as a result of this latest assassination

    Beirut seems destined yet again to be declining into outright warfare as emotions run high amongst pro government mourners and sympathisers

    Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, an outspoken critic of Syria, called the attack an attempt by Damascus to reduce the anti-Syrian majority in the Lebanese government.

    President Bush said: "There has been a clear pattern of assassinations and attempted assassinations in Lebanon since October 2004.


    7th political assassination since 2005

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    britishguy, Jun 14, 2007 IP