Car Bombing Wounds Lebanon's Pro-Syrian Defense Minister, Kills at Least One in Motorcade

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BEIRUT, Lebanon -- A car bomb hit the motorcade of Lebanon's outgoing deputy prime minister Tuesday, wounding him and killing at least one person in the first of a spate of recent attacks to target a pro-Syrian politician.

The assassination attempt on Elias Murr deepened fears over Lebanon's security since Syria pulled out its military this spring. Since then, Syria's longtime hold on the country has crumbled, and its opponents have been scrambling for power while its former allies struggle to hold on to authority.

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Car Bombing Wounds Lebanon's Pro-Syrian Defense Minister, Kills at Least One in Motorcade

Many have blamed Damascus and its allies for a series of bombings over the past nine months that have targeted anti-Syrian figures. But Tuesday's blast raised the prospect that many hands could be at play in the violenc...

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