Lebanon PM links car bomb to crisis in Syria
AP
A family walks past flaming tires used as a roadblock to protest the death of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan, head of the intelligence division of Lebanon's domestic security forces in a car bomb attack targeting his convoy, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012. Protesters burned tires and set up roadblocks around Lebanon on Saturday in a sign of boiling anger over a massive car bomb that killed a top security official and seven other people a day earlier ? a devastating attack that threatened to bring Syria's civil war to Lebanon.(AP Photo/ Mohammed Zaatari)
A family walks past flaming tires used as a roadblock to protest the death of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan, head of the intelligence division of Lebanon's domestic security forces in a car bomb attack targeting his convoy, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012. Protesters burned tires and set up roadblocks around Lebanon on Saturday in a sign of boiling anger over a massive car bomb that killed a top security official and seven other people a day earlier ? a devastating attack that threatened to bring Syria's civil war to Lebanon.(AP Photo/ Mohammed Zaatari)
Lebanese students pass a burning tire laid by Sunni protesters, angry at the killing of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan, to block a road in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012. A car bomb ripped through Beirut on Friday, killing a top security official and several others, shearing the balconies off apartment buildings and sending bloodied residents staggering into the streets in the most serious blast the Lebanese capital has seen in four years. Dozens of people were wounded in the attack, which the state-run news agency said targeted the convoy of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan, a top security official in Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
A highway link to Beirut International airport is blocked by garbage containers laid by Sunni protesters, angry at the killing of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan, in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012. A car bomb ripped through Beirut on Friday, killing the top security official and several others, shearing the balconies off apartment buildings and sending bloodied residents staggering into the streets in the most serious blast the Lebanese capital has seen in four years. Dozens of people were wounded in the attack, which the state-run news agency said targeted the convoy of Brig. Gen. al-Hassan. (AP Photo/Ahmad Omar)
A Lebanese man passes between a burning tire and garbage containers laid by Sunni protesters angry at the killing of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan, to block a road in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012. A car bomb ripped through Beirut on Friday, killing the top security official and several others, shearing the balconies off apartment buildings and sending bloodied residents staggering into the streets in the most serious blast the Lebanese capital has seen in four years. Dozens of people were wounded in the attack, which the state-run news agency said targeted the convoy of al-Hassan. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Lebanese citizens ride their motorcycles between garbage containers laid by Sunni protesters, angry at the killing of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan, to block roads, in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012. A car bomb ripped through Beirut on Friday, killing the top security official and several others, shearing the balconies off apartment buildings and sending bloodied residents staggering into the streets in the most serious blast the Lebanese capital has seen in four years. Dozens of people were wounded in the attack, which the state-run news agency said targeted the convoy of Brig. Gen. al-Hassan. (AP Photo/Ahmad Omar)
BEIRUT (AP) ? Lebanon's prime minister says the deadly car bombing in Beirut has links to the civil war in neighboring Syria.
Friday's blast killed the country's intelligence chief and seven other people. Prime Minister Najib Mikati said Saturday the blast is linked to the intelligence chief's recent case, in which he exposed an alleged plot by Syria to sow chaos in Lebanon.
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