An open critic of Syrian influence in Lebanon on her popular LBC program, Chidiac hopped in her SUV one evening, when the bomb designed to kill her went off.

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He threatened to kill her and held her hostage for more than an hour before running off.

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"I wish to God that she had had an M-4 in her office locked up" so that she could take "his head off before he can kill those precious kids, " he said.

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