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* Bush slams Beirut bombing, urges Syria to halt interference

AFP, December 13, 2007

WASHINGTON, Dec 13, 2007 (AFP) - US President George W. Bush condemned a Beirut car bombing which killed a Lebanese general and demanded that Syria and its allies stop interfering in Lebanon.

"I strongly condemn yesterday's assassination of Lebanese Brigadier General Francois al-Hajj and extend my condolences to his family and the families of the innocents who were murdered alongside him," Bush said in a statement.

Hajj was killed along with his bodyguard in Wednesday's massive car bomb attack in Beirut.

"As Lebanon seeks to select a president democratically and in accordance with its constitution, interference by the Syrian regime and its allies, aimed at intimidating the Lebanese people, must end," Bush added.

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