2008 Tripoli, Lebanon bombings

Attacks on military buses in Lebanon 34.433 5.85 title 2008 Tripoli, Lebanon bombings Map_of_Lebanon.png Tripoli, Lebanon Military buses August 13 and September 29, 2008 UTC+2 Bus bombing (August)Car bombing (September) 15 (August); 7 (September)https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3603955,00.html Death toll in Tripoli bomb attack rises to seven Ynetnews 30 September 2008 40+ (August); 30 (September)http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2008/09/200892951350653451.html Breaking News, World News and Video from al Jazeera unknownhttps://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1025405.html Car bomb rocks north Lebanon city of Tripoli, killing at least five - Haaretz - Israel News 2008-09-29 2008-10-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20081001211033/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1025405.html dead Bombings occurred in Tripoli, Lebanon on August 13 and September 29, 2008. Both attacks targeted military buses. Background Beginning in May, Tripoli saw some of its worst sectarian battles, pitting Sunni groups which support the Western-backed Lebanese Government against the Arab Democratic Party (ADP) of the city's Alawite community. ADP is a part of the opposition, and has close links to the Alawite-dominated regime in Damascus. A formal reconciliation was reached in September 2008, between the feuding factions in north Lebanon.September 2019 Rifaat Eid, the son of the leader of the ADP, accused Saudi Arabia of funding Salafi jihadists in Northern Lebanon, blaming them for the violence. "The Salafis are like kittens when they are weak, but when they are strong they are like tigers." Salafist leaders in Tripoli insisted that the threat of jihadist militancy is exaggerated. Sheikh Omar Bakri, a Salafist preacher, said "They say we are fanatics and cite what is happening in Iraq, but this is just propaganda to weaken the Sunnis in Lebanon." Bombings On August 13, a bomb in a briefcase on a bus carrying Lebanese Army soldiers killed 15 people including 10 soldiers.http://www.albawaba.com/en/countries/Lebanon/236375 February 2022Bombing of Bus in Lebanon Kills 15 and Wounds More Than 40 (Published 2008) The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20221126021449/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/14/world/middleeast/14lebanon.html 2022-11-26 live https://nytimes.com/2008/08/14/world/middleeast/14lebanon.html Two days previously there was another attack, this one a bombing in neighbouring Syria. There was a quick chorus of condemnation and denunciation from local politicians, who said it was targeted at the army. Former Prime Minister of Lebanon Najib Mikati told a local radio station: "This is a direct targeting of the military institution." In August, Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian President, gave a warning that Islamic extremists were destabilising Northern Lebanon. Later, at the beginning of September, thousands of Syrian troops deployed along the Lebanon-Syria border, triggering fears in Beirut of a possible military incursion.http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article4846164.ece Six dead and seventeen injured in Tripoli car bombing - Times Online 2008-09-29 2011-09-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20110923034947/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article4846164.ece dead On September 29, 2008, a car bombing occurred in Tripoli, Lebanon, targeting a military bus carrying soldiers, killing 7 and injuring 30 people.September 2019 Lebanese officials said the blast came from a car parked by a busy roadside and was detonated by remote control.September 2019 See also List of terrorist incidents in 2008 References 2 Category:2008 murders in Lebanon Category:21st century in Tripoli, Lebanon Category:21st-century mass murders in Lebanon Category:August 2008 crimes in Asia Category:August 2008 in Lebanon Category:Bus bombings in Asia Category:Car and truck bombings in Lebanon Category:Crime in Tripoli, Lebanon Category:Car and truck bombings in 2008 Category:2008 mass murders Category:September 2008 crimes in Asia Category:September 2008 in Lebanon