{"id":207382,"date":"2005-03-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=207382"},"modified":"2019-03-12T19:22:16","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:22:16","slug":"auto-insert-207382","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-207382\/","title":{"rendered":"Mideast situation &#8211; US strongly condemns Beirut bombing &#8211; USDOS press release\/Non-UN document (excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"5px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">27 March 2005<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>United States Strongly Condemns March 26 Bombing in Beirut<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:9px;font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>State Department calls for Syria&#39;s immediate withdrawal from Lebanon<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:9px;font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The United States strongly condemns the March 26 bombing in north Beirut, Lebanon, State Department deputy spokesman Adam Ereli says.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-top:9px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">In a statement issued the same day, Ereli noted that this was the third bombing since March 19.&#160; He called for Syria to &quot;completely and immediately&quot; withdraw from Lebanon, in accordance with U.N. Security Council <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/764DC777BFC4307E85256F08005098BF.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;padding-top:9px;font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">Resolution 1559<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:9px;font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">According to news reports, the bomb exploded in a predominantly Christian neighborhood in Beirut, wounding at least five people and destroying two factories.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:9px;font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Following is the text of the statement:<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:9px;font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">(begin text)<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:9px;font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">U.S. Department of State<br \/>\nOffice of the Spokesman<br \/>\nMarch 26, 2005<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:9px;font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Statement by Adam Ereli, Deputy Spokesman<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:9px;font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Lebanon: Beirut Bombing <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:9px;font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The United States strongly condemns the bombing which took place in north Beirut the evening of March 26.&#160; We note that this is the third bombing since March 19.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:9px;font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">We call on the Lebanese authorities to exercise their responsibility to the Lebanese people to provide for their security and to identify and bring to justice those responsible for these acts. <\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:9px;font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The Lebanese people have the right to determine their own political future in a climate free of fear and intimidation.&#160; This cannot happen while Syrian military and intelligence forces remain in Lebanon, where they are a source of instability.&#160; Syria must withdraw completely and immediately from Lebanon, in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1559.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>27 March 2005 United States Strongly Condemns March 26 Bombing in Beirut State Department calls for Syria&#39;s immediate withdrawal from Lebanon The United States strongly condemns the March 26 bombing in north Beirut, Lebanon, State Department deputy spokesman Adam Ereli says. 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