Former Lebanese Ambassador To US Assassinated By Bomb Blast in Beirut Lebanon - At Least Four Others Dead

Mohamad Chatah was a economist,
ex-finance minister, diplomat and
adviser prime He was also said to
be a of Syria's Bashar al-Assad.
(Photo by Ronchatah)

(Reuters) Fri Dec 27, 2013 - Former Lebanese minister Mohammed Chatah, who opposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, was killed in an explosion that targeted his convoy in Beirut on Friday along with at least four other people, security sources said.

Shattah, a Sunni Muslim, was also an opposition figure and an adviser to former prime minister Saad al-Hariri. Sources at the explosion site said Shattah was on his way to attend a meeting when the explosion went off.

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