American Missionary Worker Gunned Down in Lebanon

(Reuters) - A suspected Islamist gunman shot dead Bonnie Witherall, 31, a nurse assistant at a charity clinic in Sidon, Lebanon on Thursday. Aid workers said the clinic, which serves Lebanese and Palestinian women from the nearby Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp, had received warnings from anti-U.S. Lebanese Muslim radical groups demanding it close down.


2002-11-22 00:00:00

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