Hizbullah Says Dahieh Explosion Caused by Gas Canister as Reports Question its Nature
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Hizbullah denied on Saturday reports about casualties taking place in a gas canister explosion in the Rouwais neighborhood of Beirut’s southern suburbs a day earlier.
“No one was injured in the blast, but only material damage was incurred,” Hizbullah’s media relations department said in a statement.
The statement added: “The blast that happened in an apartment in Dahieh’s Rouwais neighborhood was caused by a gas canister.”
An internal security forces source confirmed to MTV Hizbullah’s statement.
Judicial sources told Akhbar al-Yawm News Agency that negotiations between the military court and Hizbullah officials lasted around an hour to allow the military judiciary to carry out the required investigations at the site.
However, MTV reported that two blasts occurred on Friday in Dahieh.
The first blast hit a parked Mercedes car near the building where the explosion occurred, while the second took place at an apartment in the building, where a well-known member of Hizbullah resides.
MTV said that the army was handed the files on the explosion 16 hours after it took place.
An official affiliated to the March 8 forces told the station that Samir al-Qontar, former detainee in Israeli prison, wasn’t targeted by the blast, adding that he is well.
Security information obtained by al-Jadeed television reported that the explosion was caused by a hand grenade that exploded by mistake and left five wounded.
Judicial sources told LBC that Hizbullah’s statement can’t be confirmed nor denied.
“Reports showed that the blast wasn’t caused by a gas canister,” the sources said.
In addition, newspapers raised doubts on the nature of the blast.
An Nahar and al-Liwaa dailies said that a small bomb or a hand grenade could have been the cause of the explosion which triggered a huge fire at the apartment.
They said the Shiite party’s gunmen raced to the scene of the blast which took place at around 11:00 pm on the 10th floor of the building, preventing curious onlookers and reporters from reaching the area.
At one point, the gunmen opened fire in the air to disperse the crowds.
Given the sensitive location of the blast scene, security forces and investigators were also prevented from reaching the area.
The reports said one person was killed in the explosion and that firefighters worked on dousing the fire well after midnight.
Al-Liwaa said that two explosions shook Rouwais and not one.
30 July 2011, 18:22
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What kind of a dismal sad situation have we reached. An explosion happens, but the security agencies and investigators are not allowed on the crime scene? Does this happen anywhere else on earth?! Yet, This Shiite party and its allies claim on a daily basis they support state institutions and want to build a "Just and Able" State as their leader claimed on numerous occasions.
N.B someone has taken my nick "Citizen"....
30 July 2011, 18:51
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so why he is still cordoning the scene of the explosion and not allowing Lebanese security forces from entering the apartment. ???? Don't buy it.....
30 July 2011, 21:41
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If you consider yourself living in a country and you think u have a government a president and a parlimant, then u r totally mistaken. You all in lebanon are living in a shell, a shell controlled by hizballah, what kind of a counry that if a blast happens in one of the areas, he security forces and the army is not allowed to enter. You lebanese have to wake up and realize that your country is not ur country anymore, stop being a followers for once and start taking your own decisions , if it is not for your sake, then for ur childrens sake ... wou khalasna .....
30 July 2011, 21:46
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This is where we got too, leaving hezbollah's weapons govern us daily, security and military officials are not even allowed to go in until ths filthy militia removes all evidence and bodies than they let them search , which is obvious they wont find anything anymore, it was all cleaned up. I will not blame Hezbollah for doing that and getting out of control of the state and institutions, i will blame those who are covering them even more like Michel Aoun , i hope the next blast will be in rabieh and somewhere very specific.
30 July 2011, 23:08
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Gas canister! We saw that in the south when a arm cache in the middle of residential area blew up then women (backshirts dressed up as girlies?) prevented Unifil from approaching the area, leading all the stupid politicians to meet hurriedly to find ways to better coordinate between the population and Unifil ! A real joke! The Hizb is using all residential areas under his control as military caches for his arms stockpile. Probably what happened today.
They' ll always be able to leverage it in the media, if these areas are targeted, and point to the Israeli savagery shelling hospitals and residential areas........Poor civilians, being used as human shields!
30 July 2011, 23:11
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Bigdig.. no mention of the fact that HA does not allow anyone into or out of the area and provided them with THEIR report on what happened. HA expects the security services to smile, nod their head and be on their merry way. What is even funnier is the government is now controlled by HA allies. This is pathetic by any standards, and it would be shameful for you to think otherwise. If they want to run their own affairs, split off and form your own government, but if you are talking about working for the greater good of Lebanon, this is not how you do it.
30 July 2011, 23:42
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Are gas canisters now some kind of secret weapons or part of a conspiracy against the "resistance". Why do they keep blowing off every so often in some areas of Lebanon only? Just me wondering...
31 July 2011, 00:03
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@ Bigdig: Sorry the people you support day in and day out will not allow the constitution and internal LEBANESE(NOT ZIONIST) forces to investigate who owns the Apartment and what kind of blast that is, so we can't answer you because they have to cover up and hide the reality of every event from the public, but you have the Hezbollah TV to watch so that you can dance and listen to their lies and B.S
My advice to you when the real Israeli jets come to that seen to hide under 50 underground story building.
31 July 2011, 02:29
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They should have let the who area burn down. No ISF = no firemen
31 July 2011, 02:40
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I wish all the best and better future with the current situation, at this stage, the lebanese army or intelligence can't enter one suburb which is a mini country in lebanon, but the way it's going the whole country will be Dahieh and no one can say anything. Lebanon and lebanese will be isolated and none of the countries will be able to interfere and help in your problems but Iran.
31 July 2011, 02:41
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I wish all the best and better future with the current situation, at this stage, the lebanese army or intelligence can't enter one suburb which is a mini country in lebanon, but the way it's going the whole country will be Dahieh and no one can say anything. Lebanon and lebanese will be isolated and none of the countries will be able to interfere and help in your problems but Iran.
31 July 2011, 05:02
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I really wanted to comment on this story; but all I can do is shake my head in disbelief. To me, Hizbullah is merely an occupying iranian statelet in Lebanon. Thank u.
31 July 2011, 05:29
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you know things are fucked up once "gas canisters" start popping
31 July 2011, 05:44
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Don't worry guys they were resisting the gas canisters and one of the canisters attacked a parked car, they're Israeli spy canisters.
This is just a conspiracy by the STL and spies against the great resistance who was also resisting an investigation by the Lebanese authorities.
31 July 2011, 08:16
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This is the photo of the Lebanese internal forces denying access for the reporters to get closer because they are being denied access to the core site.
31 July 2011, 09:51
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"...negotiations between the military court and Hizbullah officials lasted around an hour to allow the military judiciary to carry out the required investigations at the site."
Anyone who is not livid or at least embarrassed by this hates Lebanon.
31 July 2011, 13:54
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What a disgrace. Lebanese investigators and police cannot even visit the site of the blast. Stop lying to yourselfes, Hizb is the only goverment in Lebanon and they will drag us all to hell
