Reply #3: NYT link

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http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-lebanon-blast.html

July 19, 2004
Bomb Kills Senior Hizbollah Figure in Beirut
By REUTERS

Filed at 2:51 a.m. ET

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A bomb blast ripped through Lebanese guerrilla group Hizbollah's stronghold in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Monday, killing a senior member of the group, witnesses and Hizbollah said.

Witnesses said the blast rocked a car, killing at least one.

Hizbollah's al Manar television said the bomb killed Ghalib Awali as he got into his car. It described him as ``part of the leadership of the Islamic Resistance'' -- a reference to Hizbollah.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast.
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Israel assassinated the group's leader Abbas al-Mussawi in 1992 in an air strike on his car. Lebanon has tried and convicted several people in recent years of spying on and plotting against the group.