Israel Strikes Again

A car bomb ripped through eastern Beirut on Friday, killing Lebanon's top anti-terrorism investigator, Capt. Wissam Eid. He was on his way home from a meeting at the headquarters of the U.N. commission investigating the 2005 assassination of former Premier Rafik Hariri.  Five died, and 38 were wounded, in the blast.

The force of the explosion set a dozen vehicles ablaze and ripped a crater in the asphalt six feet wide and 3 feet deep.