Outside of the store, a man took out his cell phone to show me photos from the explosion–including one with the mangled flesh of a suicide bomber–lying on the street like a raw piece of meat. A few minutes later, the Abdallah Azzam Brigades claimed responsibility on Twitter for the attack. In a cafe where I’m now sitting to catch up on the news, many people around me are asking–is this just business as usual, or is Beirut really on the brink?
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