SImultaneously exploded across lebanon In what appeared to be a sophIstIcated remote attack. Hezbollah, whIch has Been desIgnated a TerrorIst OrganIsatIon by the uk, Israel and other western countrIes, has called It the bIggest securIty breach. At least nIne people dIed and nearly 3000 were Injured. Blasts were reported In supermarkets, homes and on the streets of the country, whIch shares borders wIth Israel and syrIa. Lebanons Health MInIstry says 200 people are In a crItIcal condItIon and that hospItals are beIng Inundated wIth the wounded. 0ur Correspondent Graham satchell reports. It was an audacIous, unprecedented attack. All across lebanon, thousands of pagers explodIng at the same tIme. Many were on the street. Some, lIke here, In peoples homes. Some In supermarkets. Emergency servIces struggled to cope wIth the scale of the attack. Thousands of hezbollah members sufferIng InjurIes In the same Instant. Israel hasnt commented, but few have any doubts about Its role. So how was I
They were striking at the heart of the suburbs. The guy is dead, and theres a white man just went by. Tomorrow im going to my fourth funeral in four days. People were dying. They were dying right in front of us. We cant be everywhere all the time. This, without a doubt, was the most intense three weeks of my career. It was one of the biggest manhunts in american history. The hunt for the d. C. Snipers, next. Its known as the beltway, the growing metropolis that surrounds our Nations Capital. Encompassing portions of maryland and virginia, the beltway is a sprawl of medium and smallsized towns, the kind of places where indiscriminate violence is rare. For area residents, october 2nd, 2002, began quietly enough. Nationally, the big news was a hurricane in the gulf of mexico. Category 4 hurricane and the buildup to the invasion of iraq. We know the awful nature of war. But a very different war was about to erupt. I got a call from my deputy, lieutenant phil long. A 55yearold man was kille
They were striking at the heart of the suburbs. The guy is dead, and theres a white man just went by. Tomorrow im going to my fourth funeral in four days. People were dying. They were dying right in front of us. We cant be everywhere all the time. This, without a doubt, was the most intense three weeks of my career. It was one of the biggest manhunts in american history. The hunt for the d. C. Snipers, next. Its known as the beltway, the growing metropolis that surrounds our Nations Capital. Encompassing portions of maryland and virginia, the beltway is a sprawl of medium and smallsized towns, the kind of places where indiscriminate violence is rare. For area residents, october 2nd, 2002, began quietly enough. Nationally, the big news was a hurricane in the gulf of mexico. Category 4 hurricane and the buildup to the invasion of iraq. We know the awful nature of war. But a very different war was about to erupt. I got a call from my deputy, lieutenant phil long. A 55yearold man was kille
They were striking at the heart of the suburbs. The guy is dead, and theres a white man just went by. Tomorrow im going to my fourth funeral in four days. People were dying. They were dying right in front of us. We cant be everywhere all the time. This, without a doubt, was the most intense three weeks of my career. It was one of the biggest manhunts in american history. The hunt for the d. C. Snipers, next. Its known as the beltway, the growing metropolis that surrounds our Nations Capital. Encompassing portions of maryland and virginia, the beltway is a sprawl of medium and smallsized towns, the kind of places where indiscriminate violence is rare. For area residents, october 2nd, 2002, began quietly enough. Nationally, the big news was a hurricane in the gulf of mexico. Category 4 hurricane and the buildup to the invasion of iraq. We know the awful nature of war. But a very different war was about to erupt. I got a call from my deputy, lieutenant phil long. A 55yearold man was kille
They were striking at the heart of the suburbs. The guy is dead, and theres a white man just went by. Tomorrow im going to my fourth funeral in four days. People were dying. They were dying right in front of us. We cant be everywhere all the time. This, without a doubt, was the most intense three weeks of my career. It was one of the biggest manhunts in american history. The hunt for the d. C. Snipers, next. Its known as the beltway, the growing metropolis that surrounds our Nations Capital. Encompassing portions of maryland and virginia, the beltway is a sprawl of medium and smallsized towns, the kind of places where indiscriminate violence is rare. For area residents, october 2nd, 2002, began quietly enough. Nationally, the big news was a hurricane in the gulf of mexico. Category 4 hurricane and the buildup to the invasion of iraq. We know the awful nature of war. But a very different war was about to erupt. I got a call from my deputy, lieutenant phil long. A 55yearold man was kille