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Summary US has condemned car bombing in Beirut that killed a top security official and seven others.
The United States condemned Fridays deadly car bombing in Beirut that killed a top security official linked to the anti-Syrian camp in Lebanon and seven others, calling it an act of terror.There is no justification for using assassination as a political tool, National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor said in a statement, condemning the terrorist attack.Lebanons security and stability are vital both for the Lebanese people and their neighbors, Vietor said, adding that Washington would stand by Beirut as it works to bring those responsible for this barbaric attack to justice.Earlier, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said: There is no justification for such violence.Nuland said the United States did not know who the perpetrators were but that all US embassy staff were accounted for and there were no immediate reports of Americans being injured.The rush-hour bombing killed at least eight people -- including the intelligence chief of Lebanons Internal Security Forces, General Wissam al-Hassan -- and wounded 86 more, Lebanese officials said.
