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Al Qaeda group claims responsibility for Beirut bombing

By Associated Press

Published January 4, 2014 5:00am ET

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Al Qaeda group claims responsibility for Beirut bombing — The father, right, and brother of Ali Khadra, left, who was killed Thursday by a bomb explosion, carry his coffin during his funeral procession in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon on Saturday. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) | Hussein Malla

BEIRUT — An al Qaeda-linked group claimed responsibility on Saturday for a suicide car bombing last week in a Shiite-dominated neighborhood in Lebanon, as its fighters clashed with other rebels in neighboring Syria.

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s operations, now in both countries, underscore how the ever more complex Syrian war is increasingly spilling over into its smaller neighbor.

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