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The bomb went off near the home of a leading fundamentalist Shia Muslim cleric, Sheikh Muhammad Husain Fadlallah and it is thought he may have been the target - although he was not hurt in the attack. Sheikh Fadlallah later accused Israel and its "internal allies" of being behind the explosion and he gave a warning to "all those who are playing with fire" that their hands will be "burned by the flames". The blast come at a particularly sensitive time as the Israelis are trying to complete their withdrawal from Lebanon. Some American press reports say the CIA was behind the attack, which was meant to kill Sheikh Fadlallah who had been accused of supporting the suicide bombers who killed hundreds of US and French troops in attacks on military headquarters in Beirut in 1983 - a charge he has always denied. SEE ALSO |
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