Lebanon mourns slain MP, blames Syria

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Source: AFP

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon was in mourning on Thursday after the murder of another anti-Syrian lawmaker in a powerful car bombing that could derail a key presidential poll and was widely blamed on Damascus.

MP Antoine Ghanem was killed along with at least five others in a massive car bombing on Wednesday in a busy mainly Christian neighbourhood of Beirut, the latest in a spate of attacks against prominent anti-Syrian figures.

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"I strongly condemn today's horrific assassination of Lebanese member of parliament Antoine Ghanem," said US President George W. Bush, who cited "a tragic pattern" of attacks against champions of "an independent and democratic Lebanon."

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But Syria denied any involvement, saying the bombing was a "criminal act" aimed at undermining efforts at a rapprochement with Lebanon.



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Syria has been in the Lebanese home matters hands and feet for years.