BEIRUT (AFP) – A prominent Lebanese Christian journalist May Chidiac with the television station LBC has been seriously wounded as a bomb ripped apart her car north of Beirut, the private station said. May Chidiac, a presenter of news and a political programme for the station, was "wounded in the feet by the explosion of a bomb placed in her car" in Jounieh, it said Sunday."May’s condition is serious. She has had a hand and her left leg amputated," it said.The station said the bomb was placed under her car seat and the explosion occurred as Chidiac was driving out of a parking lot. "The car was ripped apart by the blast which was followed by a fire," it said.The explosion follows a string of bombings in the Lebanese capital in the wake of the February murder of billionaire ex-premier Rafiq Hariri and 20 other people in a huge blast.On September 17, one person was killed and 28 wounded in a bombing in a Christian section of Beirut. The blast struck just before midnight in a small side street in the Jeitawi quarter of east Beirut.It was the 12th bomb attack in Lebanon since the Hariri assassination.
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Syria, the former power-broker in Lebanon, has been widely accused in Lebanon of being behind Hariri’s murder and other attacks, charges that Damascus strongly denies.
The German magistrate heading a UN-mandated investigation into the Hariri killing, Detlev Mehlis, made a one-day visit to Damascus last Tuesday to hear from Syrian "witnesses."
A small group of experts followed his mission through to Friday.
The damaged car of broadcast journalist May Shidyak is seen in the village of Ghadir, north of Beirut, September 25, 2005. Shidyak, a television journalist critical of Syria was seriously wounded when a bomb exploded inside her car north of Beirut, security sources and her LBC television station said on Sunday. Shidyak, a Christian news anchor well known in Lebanon, was taken to hospital and was in serious condition, they said. REUTERS/Shamoun Daher
Lebanese paramedics carry May Chidiac, a Lebanese political talk show host, as they transfer her from one hospital to another after she was wounded in the town Ghadir, near the Christian port city of Jounieh, in northern Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005. Chidiac, a prominent Lebanese journalist working for a leading anti-Syrian television station was seriously wounded Sunday when a bomb placed under her car exploded, the latest in a string of attacks in the country. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Lebanese paramedics carry May Chidiac, a Lebanese political talk show host, as they transfer her from one hospital to another after she was wounded when a bomb placed under her car exploded in the town of Ghadir, near the Christian port city of Jounieh, in northern Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005. May Chidiac, a prominent Lebanese journalist working for a leading anti-Syrian television station was seriously wounded. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Lebanese security officers gather next to the damaged car of May Chidiac, a Lebanese political talk show host, after a bomb placed under her car exploded in the town of Ghadir, near the Christian port city of Jounieh, in northern Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005. May Chidiac, a prominent Lebanese journalist working for a leading anti-Syrian television station was seriously wounded Sunday when a bomb placed under her car exploded, the latest in a string of attacks in the country. (AP Photo/Dalia Khamissy)
A Lebanese security officer stands guard next to the damaged car of May Chidiac, a Lebanese political talk show host, in the town of Ghadir, near the Christian port city of Jounieh, in northern Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005. Chidiac, a prominent Lebanese journalist working for a leading anti-Syrian television station was seriously wounded Sunday when a bomb placed under her car exploded. (AP Photo)
Lebanese soldiers stand guard in front of the damaged car of journalist May Shidyak, in the village of Ghazir, north of Beirut, September 25, 2005. Shidyak, a television journalist critical of Syria was seriously wounded when a bomb exploded inside her car north of Beirut, security sources and her LBC television station said on Sunday. Shidyak, a Christian news anchor well known in Lebanon, was taken to hospital and was in serious condition, they said. REUTERS/Milad Ayoub
A Lebanese policeman inspects the damaged car of journalist broadcaster May Shidyak, in the village of Ghazir, north of Beirut, September 25,2005. Shidyak, a television journalist critical of Syria was seriously wounded when a bomb exploded inside her car north of Beirut, security sources and her LBC television station said on Sunday. Shidyak, a Christian news anchor well known in Lebanon, was taken to hospital and was in serious condition, they said. REUTERS/Milad Ayoub
A photograph taken from the Lebanese Broadcasting Cooperation (LBC) television, shows May Shidyak during a broadcast in Beirut September 25, 2005, Chidiac critical of Syria, was seriously wounded when a bomb exploded inside her car north of Beirut, security sources and her LBC television station said on Sunday. The Christian news anchor well known in Lebanon was taken to hospital and was in serious condition, the station said. REUTERS/Lebanese Broadcasting Cooperation/Jamal Saidi
ebanese policemen inspect the damaged car of journalist May Shidyak in the village of Ghazir, north of Beirut, September 25,2005. Chidiac, a television journalist critical of Syria was seriously wounded when a bomb exploded inside her car north of Beirut, security sources and her LBC television station said on Sunday. Shidyak, a Christian news anchor well known in Lebanon, was taken to hospital and was in serious condition, they said. REUTERS/Milad Ayoub
A Lebanese investigator inspects the damaged car of May Chidiac, a Lebanese political talk show host, after a bomb placed under the car exploded in the town of Ghadir, near the Christian port city of Jounieh, in northern Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005, while army engeneers stand by at right. May Chidiac, a prominent Lebanese journalist working for a leading anti-Syrian television station was seriously wounded Sunday when the bomb placed under her car exploded, the latest in a string of attacks in the country. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Tawil)
Lebanese journalist May Shidyak smiles during a dinner in Beirut September 24, 2005. Shidyak, a television journalist critical of Syria was seriously wounded when a bomb exploded inside her car north of Beirut, security sources and her LBC television station said on Sunday. (Stringer/Reuters)
May Chidiac, a Lebanese political talk show host, receives medical assistance while being transfered from one hospital to another after she was wounded when a bomb placed under her car exploded in the town of Ghadir, near the Christian port city of Jounieh, in northern Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005. Chidiac, a prominent Lebanese journalist working for a leading anti-Syrian television station was seriously wounded. (AP Photo)
Lebanese paramedics transfer Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC) talk show host May Chidiac from one hospital to another after she was wounded in the town of Ghadir, near the Christian port city of Jounieh, in northern Beirut. Chidiac, a prominent political talk show host who works for a leading anti-Syrian television station was seriously wounded when a bomb placed under her car exploded, the latest in a string of attacks following the assassination of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri in February.(AFP)
May Chidiac, a Lebanese political talk show host who was wounded when a bomb placed under her car exploded in the town of Ghadir, near the Christian port city of Jounieh, in northern Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005, is seen in Beirut, Lebanon, late Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. May Chidiac, a prominent Lebanese journalist working for a leading anti-Syrian television station was seriously wounded Sunday when a bomb placed under her car exploded, the latest in a string of attacks in the country. (AP Photo)
Lebanese army soldiers guard the damaged car of May Chidiac, a Lebanese political talk show host, after a bomb placed under her car exploded in the town of Ghadir, near the Christian port city of Jounieh, in northern Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005. May Chidiac, a prominent Lebanese journalist working for a leading anti-Syrian television station was seriously wounded Sunday. (AP Photo/Oussama Ayoub)
وفي الوقت نفسه أتجهت الانظار الى ما يجري على طول الحدود اللبنانية السورية من عمليات تسلل للسلاح والمسلحين الفلسطينيين المحسوبين على دمشق من سوريا الى لبنان.
فقد أفادت أوساط بقاعية امس ان القوى الامنية اللبنانية المختصة عمدت الى إبعاد نحو ثلاثين فلسطينياً دخلوا لبنان بطريقة غير شرعية عبر الحدود واعادتهم ال سوريا. واشارت هذه الاوساط الى ان القوى الامنية شرعت في اتخاذ تدابير مشددة من بينها مضاعفة وسائل المراقبة على نقاط التفتيش والحواجز والاستعانة بأمنيين الى جانب العسكريين للتدقيق في هويات العابرين من الحدود، وذلك بعدما ثبت ان السلطات اللبنانية رصدت طوال الاسبوع الماضي حركة فلسطينية غير اعتيادية، وكذلك حركة ادخال اسلحة وعناصر الى عدد من المواقع التابعة لـ"الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين القيادة العامة" بزعامة احمد جبريل، ومن بينها مواقع هذه الجبهة في السلطان يعقوب ودير العشائر في البقاع الغربي، وكذلك في الناعمة جنوب بيروت، وقيل ايضاً ان بعضاً من هذه الحركة رصد في شاتيلا وصبرا.
