Lebanon's Chatah -- friend of U.S., enemy of Assad, Hezbollah -- killed- CNN

Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) -- Mohamad Chatah, a former Lebanese minister of finance and ambassador to the United States, was killed Friday when a car bomb struck his convoy in downtown Beirut, Lebanon's National News Agency reported.

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