The White House on Thursday night condemned what it called the "horrific terrorist" twin bomb blasts that killed 41 people in Beirut on Thursday.<br />"Such acts of terror only reinforce our commitment to support the institutions of the Lebanese state, including the security services, to ensure a stable, sovereign, and secure Lebanon," national security council spokesman Ned Price said in a statement quoted by AFP .<br />The two explosions, which were separated by minutes, took place in the Ain el Sikkeh area, next to the Burj el-Barajneh Palestinian "refugee camp," at a busy time in the evening when the streets were full of families gathering after work.
