on this? i think this was aimed at the shia. it s more coincidental. hezbollah was the target. this area u of southern beirut is a stronghold of hezbollah. probably the greatest concentration of supporters outside of the area. it makes perfect sense. why would isis go after hezbollah? they have taken a toll not on isis but the anti-regime rebels in syria. if it wasn t for hezbollah in iran, the syrian government would have fell in 2012. so there s a real desire to get them out of the fight. if they can create a significant emotional event in lebanon. then the lebanese families will say why are we involved in a
that s right. a lebanese security source says that three local leaders in southern beirut were killed. the source saying they were in the wrong place at the wrong ti time. stronghold this appears to be a target against the shia. isis are claiming responsibility. they haven t offered proof they are responsible where this fits into. ambitions to plunge lebanon into. sectarian chaos. they are hope iing if it s them that hezbollah react against the sunnis inside lebanon and you had a a vicious cycle of violence. a cauldron of violence, they are trying to stir up because what s the hope for them? the more violence there is, the more the sunnis will be radicalized inside lebanon and the more e recruits they can get. but so far lebanon hasn t gone the way of syria and hasn t
beirut here. this was right around 6:00 there time. so rush hour, residential area. you see glass, people wounded, pieces of clothing, pieces of store fronts littered throughout the streets here. the blasts rocked one of the largest and most well known r refugee camps in lebanon. the first carried out on an explosive motorcycle gathering. minutes later crowds gathered around the explosion. in a statement circulated online by isis supporters, the terror group has claimed responsibility for the blast, but let me. be clear, thus far cnn cannot confirm the authenticity of the statement making its way online. i have mooukichael wies here wi me. and colonel rick francona is also standing by.
dead after being tased over and over and over by police. as you can see, it s all caught on video. part o of this outside of the doors of a hospital. what happened, how could it have happened, what is the family of this man now saying. also we re continuing to follow our breaking news. isis reportedly claiming responsibility for a pair of suicide bombings in southern beirut leaving 41 people dead. 200 injured. keep it here on cnn, i m brooke baldwin. diabetes, steady is exciting.
let s get straight to this video. what more is in this video? . this video is haunting and dramatic as they tend to be. a couple things different about this thing. the chanting over it is in russian. typically it s in arabic. there s pictures of russian cities and targets so there s no doubt as to who the audience is for this video saying we are coming to you as the video says. we re going to spill blood. russia responding to president putin. they are aware of the video and looking at it to judge its authenticity. thank you so much. as soon as you get more from russia, more from this video as well. so in the meantime, in iraq, a major offensive in the war on isis. war planes dropping bombs, helping kurdish forces as they