Intel: FBI to join investigation into Beirut blast

The FBI will lend its expertise to the investigators probing the explosion that killed at least 172 people in Beirut last week, US Undersecretary for Political Affairs David Hale said today in the Lebanese capital.
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US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale speaks to journalists as he visits the main gathering point for nongovernmental organization volunteers near the site of last week's explosion that hit the seaport of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on Aug. 13, 2020. - HUSSEIN MALLA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Elizabeth Hagedorn
Elizabeth Hagedorn
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The FBI will lend its expertise to the investigators probing the explosion that killed at least 172 people in Beirut last week, US Undersecretary for Political Affairs David Hale said today in the Lebanese capital. 

Hale, the highest ranking US official to visit Beirut since the blast, said the FBI would be joining Lebanese and foreign investigators at the invitation of the Lebanese government. 

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