Suspected Al Qaeda Leader Killed in Lebanon Explosion

(UPI) Farouk al-Masri, an Egyptian Muslim fundamentalist, was killed and two other people were wounded Saturday when a booby-trapped car exploded inside the Ein el-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon, according to security sources. According to Israeli claims, al-Masri was the al Qaeda leader in Lebanon. Ein el-Helweh has been the scene of almost daily bombings in the past months.