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Last update - 04:43 13/09/2009
UNIFIL: Radicals in Lebanon refugee camps fired Friday's rockets
By Avi Issacharoff
Tags: UN, IDF, UNIFIL, Lebanon

UNIFIL spokesman Milos Strugar on Saturday blamed radicals from Palestinian refugee camps in southern Lebanon for firing two Katyusha rockets into Israel on Friday. The Israel Defense Forces retaliated with artillery fired towards the presumed area of the launches, near the village of Qlaileh. Strugar said this appeared to be the work of an extremist group trying to disrupt stability in south Lebanon, and possibly harm the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon.

Strugar would not comment further on the issue, but Lebanese sources said it is widely believed the rockets were fired by a radical Islamist group connected to similar groups abroad. They noted that the rockets were fired on September 11, the dates of the terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Center in 2001.

A Lebanese Web site reported that four men in civilian clothes arrived in the area in a van, installed three rockets with stopwatches and left.
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Lebanese commentators said over the weekend that the rocket fire was connected to the country's political crisis - which recently deepened when Saad Hariri, the winner of Lebanon's most recent elections, announced last week that he was not able to form a government. However, other parties recommended to President Michel Suleiman that he return the mandate to Hariri once again.

The sources said Hariri's statement was meant to pressure Hezbollah and its Christian ally, Michel Aoun, to confirm the list of ministers Hariri had presented to the president. Hariri, leader of the anti-Syrian "March 14" alliance, had accepted the core demands of the pro-Syrian opposition led by Hezbollah - which demanded that the government would include 10 opposition ministers with veto power. Five additional ministers will be appointed by the president. However, a major point of contention remains as Hariri demands to choose the opposition ministers himself, without consulting opposition leaders.

The rocket fire took place on early Friday afternoon, as two 122mm rockets fell in open areas in the Western Galilee. An IDF artillery unit shot back at the launch area, firing some 12 artillery shells. No casualties or damages were reported on either side.

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      1.   Strugar would not comment further on the issue 04:54  |  vik 13/09/09
      2.   Vik?? 05:32  |  Brad 13/09/09
      3.   Vik, what total nonsense... 05:38  |  BBSNews 13/09/09
      4.   Gee! Lebanon is the new super power of the Table Tennis 06:10  |  Meo 13/09/09
      5.   Confusion Reigns 06:20  |  Jasper 13/09/09
      6.   That`s right, B.S.News. No harm done. Just let it go. 06:23  |  flyingdoc57 13/09/09
      7.   BBS Fire at Israel,take the consequences 06:28  |  PETER SM 13/09/09
      8.   #2 & #3 -- past rocket attacks 06:40  |  vik 13/09/09
      9.   Not really, it Lebanon who fired 07:04  |  Dan 13/09/09
      10.   BS News, war crime does not have to be existential 07:13  |  Dan 13/09/09
      11.   Hezbanon will arrest the terrorists? They celebrate Kuntar 07:18  |  Are you kidding? 13/09/09
      12.   vik in new york 09:12  |  ClearCut 13/09/09
      13.   Games Israel Plays 10:07  |  Walid 13/09/09
      14.   The entity responsible is the sovereign government of Lebanon!!! 10:09  |  Bernard 13/09/09
      15.   best for israel to give a soft response when there is no loss 11:59  |  ombudsman 13/09/09
      16.   WALID New heights in blame shifting. 12:41  |  PETER SM 13/09/09
      17.   37 PeterSM. About return fire... 12:49  |  Maureen Ann 13/09/09
      18.   Walid 15:00  |  Moshe 13/09/09
      19.   #16 Peter SM 15:15  |  Chris Linthwaite 13/09/09
      20.   The RADICALS in 18:32  |  Joe 13/09/09
      21.   #17 Maureen , the terrorist mind will always find 21:20  |  TOMY 13/09/09
      22.   Yes they should go on trial 22:01  |  Bernie 13/09/09
      23.   Walid I think you are right 22:06  |  Bernie 13/09/09
      24.   #21 TOMY. The political Zionist mind... 22:31  |  Maureen Ann 13/09/09
      25.   Dan, there`s no such thing as "Hezbanese..." 01:37  |  BBSNews 14/09/09
      26.   LEBANON, or IRAN? which to hit first 03:04  |  VIPER 14/09/09
      27.   #14, BERNARD, and what of UNIFIL? 03:05  |  VIPER 14/09/09
      28.   #20 Joe 04:35  |  HS 14/09/09
      29.   More Lebanese Green Balloons 06:43  |  Jacob Blues 14/09/09
      30.   LINTHWAITE Actually it is the Lebanese who are responsible for 07:27  |  PETER SM 14/09/09
      31.   # joe 08:33  |  fluffy 14/09/09
      32.   LINTHWAITE UNIFIL Does not absolve Lebanese from resposibility 10:00  |  PETER SM 14/09/09
      33.   TOMY and his blame game 11:07  |  yakety yak 14/09/09
      34.   rocket fire..internal crisis 14:35  |  captain grumpy 15/09/09
      35.   opposition wanted to select ministers 14:40  |  captain grumpy 15/09/09
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