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UN investigating rocket salvo from Lebanon
Australian News.Net
Friday 9th January, 2009
The top United Nations official in Lebanon met with Lebanese leaders on Friday to discuss the firing of three rockets into Israel from southern Lebanon on Thursday.
The meeting was to take steps to ensure the hostilities in Gaza did not spread to Lebanon.
“Utmost vigilance is required during this period to avoid any tension from spreading to Lebanon,” Michael Williams, the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, and Lebanon Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri agreed during their talks, according to a statement released by the Coordinator’s office.
The two officials also discussed Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s forthcoming visit to the region, which also came up during Mr. Williams’ meeting with Lebanese President Michel Sleiman.
A weapons cache was found Friday hidden inside two disused bunkers located between the hills of Kafer Chouba and Kafer Hammam in the Eastern Sector of the area of responsibility of the UN Force, known as UNIFIL.
According to a UNIFIL press release, the cache comprised approximately 34 Grad-P rockets along with some boxes of ammunition and was covered by camouflage nets.
There was no sign of any recent use of the bunkers and the weapons appear to date from the period of the 2006 conflict between Israel and Hizbollah, UNIFIL said.
It said that UNIFIL Explosive Ordnance Teams together with the Lebanese Armed Forces are currently conducting further inspections at the location, after which the weapons will be handed over to the Lebanese Armed Forces for disposal.
“Recent developments have prompted us to enhance our joint presence on the ground. It was in the course of this intensified patrolling activity that the weapons cache was found,” UNIFIL Force Commander Major-General Claudio Graziano said.
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Anonymous
01-10-09, 07:36 AM |
Attack from Lebanon is worrying. Israel on point of unleashing Armageddon.
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WWD
01-10-09, 05:36 AM |
UN investigating rocket salvo from Lebanon
United nations must do up Gaza in peace and economy like in lebanon, with UN soldiers preventing rockets fire. When Grad and other rockets are controlled,there will better future for 1.4 million gaza palestinians and the region. UN peace keeping force should go into Gaza to help in peace ,prevent rocket attacks and to promote economic developments in Gaza. This best way forward for all. The example of peacekeeping after 2006 hizbollah-israel conflict should be dynamically followed for gaza palestine in same way. Economic rise of gazans is the way for better peace in Gaza.
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mark p
01-10-09, 12:18 PM |
It is pretty obvious that unless peace comes to the middle east that nuclear war in that region is inevitable. It is only a matter of time until we see tel aviv go up in a cloud. Israel has the power now,they should begin to understand that a nuclear genie cannot be kept forever out of arab hands. They actually need arab governments help to prevent crazies from getting ahold of it. The power to negotiate a true peace rests with israel,more fighting will just inflame the arab muslim populations and make it impossible for moderate arab communities to win elections. Every child,mother, wife,father dying now brings more hate.
mark,texas usa
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waltky
01-10-09, 11:02 AM |
Big deal...
... so what do they intend to do about it?
Nothing.
But soon as Israel defends itself - then they’ll get all upset and condemn Israel, just as they have done over the Hamas rockets.
The UN has proven time and again they are impotent.
:rolleyes:
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Anonymous
01-10-09, 03:11 PM |
Very true,the UN is becoming a tool for investigating false claims,driven by the muslims and the news.It is about worthless and should be disbanded.
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Israeli Pogi
01-10-09, 06:01 PM |
375.00 people killed in Darfor....is the UN Investigting there?
in 2006 in Labnon Thousand of rockets fired on Israeli cities..WAR CRIME....or maybe we can call it holocost, that they never win....they still get the UN. UN=ARABS, if Libya can be on the SC in the UN...what can you ask 4 more..3 weekes ago, Hamas said we will Surprise the IDF, we will kill them.
Now they get their ASS kicked....they cry to UN, Iran and the western world. that soon will become Muslim world, (see Europe).
Israel have pictures and film on War crimes in Gaza...rockets in Schools, Mosques, homes and hospitals that was used for Hamas.
This time...we will not stop till the CANCER is gone.
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Israeli Pogi
01-10-09, 06:03 PM |
375.00 people killed in Darfor....is the UN Investigting there?
in 2006 in Labnon Thousand of rockets fired on Israeli cities..WAR CRIME....or maybe we can call it holocost, only beaucse they never win....they still get the UN. UN=ARABS, if Libya can be on the SC in the UN...what can you ask 4 more..3 weekes ago, Hamas said we will Surprise the IDF, we will kill them.
Now they get their ASS kicked....they cry to UN, Iran and the western world. that soon will become Muslim world, (see Europe).
Israel have pictures and film on War crimes in Gaza...rockets in Schools, Mosques, homes and hospitals that was used for Hamas.
This time...we will not stop till the CANCER is gone.
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