Suicide bus bombing kills two south of Beirut:
A suicide bomber on board a passenger van south of the Lebanese capital killed one person and wounded at least three others, security sources said. The bomber detonated his explosives device after boarding the van that was on a road leading to the town of Choueifat, the sources said. The van exploded meters from a local gasoline station. Ref. Source 2
Suicide bomber kills police officer in east Lebanon:
A suicide bomber blew himself up Friday morning at a police checkpoint on the Beirut-Damascus highway in east Lebanon, killing one police officer and wounding 32 people. General Security head Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim said he narrowly escaped the attack in Dahr al-Baidar after the blast went off just 200 meters away from his convoy. Ref. Source 8
Reports: Lebanese Army Kills 50, Including Commanders, in Arsal Barrens:
The paper quoted well informed sources as saying that more than 50 terrorists including their commanders were killed in the army campaign in Arsal barrens in the last 72 hours. The sources noted there are aerial photos that confirm the blow they had received, Al-Manar reported. Ref. Source 4