[AFP] Gen. Francois El Hajj was among at least four people killed on Wednesday by a roadside bomb that also injured seven others in the Christian suburb of Baabda on the outskirts of Beirut. According to several sources, Hajj was tipped to replace the army's top commander General Michel Suleiman, who is the frontrunner to become Lebanon's next president. Many Arab and Western embassies are in Baabda, home of the presidential palace.
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