Lawmaker Wounded in Assassination Attempt
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From Times Wire Reports
A Lebanese lawmaker who voted against extending President Emile Lahoud’s term was wounded in an assassination attempt when a parked vehicle was blown up in Beirut. Marwan Hamadeh’s driver was killed, and a bodyguard was injured.
Hamadeh’s political bloc withdrew him from Prime Minister Rafik Hariri’s Cabinet last month to protest the term extension.
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