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October 19, 2012

Lebanese Divide Exposed by Assassination

Martin Chulov, The Guardian

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Wissam al-Hassan was killed in Beirut car bomb as violence in Syria spread to the fragile and sectarian country.

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TAGGED: Wissam al-Hassan, Syria, Middle East, Lebanon

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