Beirut Bomb Blast Kills 8, Shocks Lebanon

A large bomb blast ripped through a predominantly Christian neighborhood in Beirut, killing eight including a top intelligence official—the presumed target of the attack—and wounding many others. The attack raises the specter of the bad-old days of bitter sectarian conflict in Lebanon, which now looms again over the country as a civil war fought on sectarian lines rages across the border in Syria.