Lebanon rocked by car bomb attack

A Lebanese soldier at the scene of the attack Photograph: STR/AFP

A file picture dated March 29 2007 shows Brigadier General Francois El Hajj, who was killed in today's car bomb attack Photograph: Joseph Barrak/AFP

Lebanese security forces gather at the scene of the attack Photograph: Joseph Faddoul/EPA

Red Cross rescuers at the scene of the attack Photograph: JOSEPH BARRAK/AFP

Red Cross workers and Lebanese soldiers stand near damaged cars Photograph: Ahmad Omar/AP

Lebanese soldiers seal off the area Photograph: Ahmad Omar/AP

A Lebanese man lifts a Christmas tree from the rubble of his living room Photograph: ANWAR AMRO/AFP