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To: LindyBill who wrote (100507)2/15/2005 4:05:53 AM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 793761
 
Debka - Chirac accused Damascus and its Lebanese allies of slaying Lebanese ex-prime minister and prominent opposition leader and demanded urgent international probe. French president was in a meeting with Israeli foreign minister Shalom when news reached him.

Lebanon army on alert as country shuts down for three-day mourning for assassinated ex-prime minister Rafiq Hariri. Fellow opposition leader Druse Jumblatt takes special precautions.

Military deploys at key points including home and office of pro-Syrian PM Omar amid widespread outbreaks against Syrian targets.

DEBKAfile reveals opposition is considering asking Hariri's sister Bahaya to run for leadership in his stead. Read our update on Lebanese crisis below.

Al Qaeda publishes denial that its jihadists carried out bombing. The 350-kilo bomb that blasted Hariri’s motorcade on Beirut seafront Monday after he left parliament killed 14, including his bodyguards, injured more than one hundred.