CRI英语听力2012年10月合辑（文本）：US-OFFERING-TO-HELP-PROBE-LEBANON-CAR-BOMBING.doc

1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家The US says it will help investigate the car bombing which killed Lebanons security chief.Reports are suggesting that US Secretary of the State Hillary Clinton and Lebanonese Prime Minister Najib Miqati have reached an agreement to the joint probe over the phone.Wissam al-Hassan and

2、at least 2 others were killed in the bombing on Friday.Hassans death has promoted Sunni Muslims to take to streets across the country, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Miqati and the current government which is seen as a supporter of Bashar Al-Assad.At least 3 people have been kille

3、d in clashes in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli.They opened the battle on us yesterday. They started to fire and throw bombs at us and until now we havent retaliated or done anything. Look at the smoke and how they are burning our houses, in front of the soldiers and everyone. We are not respo

4、nding until now. Is this supposed to be a Sunni country? They are killing our leaders, politicians and we are still watching.Wissam al-Hassan led the investigation that implicated Syria and Hezbollah in the assassination of late Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri in 2005.He also helped uncover a bomb plot that led to the arrest of a pro-Assad former Lebanese minister.Now for more on the situation, I earlier spoke to Li Guofu, a senior researcher on Middle East issues at China Institute of International Studies. 版权所有高考资源网