Lebanon

A car bombing in Beirut’s Christian suburb of Baabda killed four, including Brigadier General Francois Al Hajj, operations chief for the Lebanese army. Al Hajj was thought to be a leading candidate to take over the army if General Michel Suleiman is elected president.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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