Civil Defense members and residents gather around a crater caused by one of the two explosions outside one of two mosques in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli, August 23. Twin explosions exploded Friday outside Sunni mosques in the city of Tripoli in northern Lebanon killing at least 27 people and wounded hundreds. Mohamed Azakir/Reuters
Tensions In Lebanon Skyrocket As Bombs Explode At Sunni Mosques -- Christian Science Monitor
Today's car bombs in Tripoli targeted mosques led by pro-Syrian rebel clerics.
Two powerful car bombs exploded Friday outside Sunni mosques in the city of Tripoli in northern Lebanon, killing at least 27 people and wounding 350.
The blasts, which came eight days after a similar car bomb attack against a Shiite-populated area of southern Beirut that left 30 dead, have strengthened fears among Lebanese that the country is sliding into Iraq-style sectarian conflict.
The first car bomb exploded outside the Taqwa mosque during a sermon by Sheikh Salem al-Rifai, a Salafist cleric known for his outspoken support for the Syrian rebels. The second bomb exploded five minutes later outside the Salam mosque where Sheikh Bilal Baroudi, another notable anti-Syrian regime Salafi cleric, was preaching. Television images showed cars on fire and thick clouds of black smoke rising above Tripoli’s skyline as bystanders helped ferry casualties away from the scene.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks.
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Update #1: Hezbollah says Tripoli blasts 'attempt to foment civil war' -- YNet News
Update #2: This Lebanon Bombing Proves the Syrian Conflict is No Longer a Civil War -- Frank Lopapa, Policymic
Update #3: Lebanon slipping into abyss of civil war -- Gulf News editorial
My Comment: Everyone is looking at Hezbollah or Syrian government agents as being responsible for this attack. I expect the retaliatory attacks to happen very soon .... if not sooner.
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