Jan. 25, 2008 - "A car bomb killed a police intelligence officer and three other people on Friday in an attack in the heart of a Christian suburb of Beirut.

The officer, Capt Wisam Eid, 31, worked as an expert on terrorist bombings for an intelligence unit widely viewed as close to Saad Hariri, the leader of the anti-Syrian ruling coalition.

The unit has frequently been criticised by the Syrian-backed opposition.
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A bodyguard and two other people also died and 38 people were wounded in the attack."