WORLD : Bomb in West Beirut Kills Four
BEIRUT — A powerful car bomb exploded today in Syrian-policed West Beirut, killing four people and wounding 19.
The blast came shortly before the expected arrival of newly elected President Rene Mouawad in the city’s Muslim sector.
The booby-trapped car blew up in the Caracas neighborhood, about three blocks from the posh villa where Mouawad planned to stay.
The presidential palace, traditional seat of the head of state, is occupied by rebellious Christian army commander Gen. Michel Aoun, who rejected Mouawad’s election Sunday by members of Parliament under a peace plan Aoun opposes.
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