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Paleos halt UN inspectors
 BEIRUT: Syrian-backed Palestinian guerrillas fired shots into the air on Wednesday after banning a United Nations team from entering a base in eastern Lebanon, Lebanese security sources said. The UN verification team was visiting former Syrian military and intelligence posts in the Bekaa Valley to check whether Syria had completely withdrawn its forces from Lebanon. While making its inspections, it drove towards a post for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC). "One man was standing at the entrance of the camp and would not allow the team to enter, and told them that it is a Palestinian camp not a Syrian post," a security source said. The PFLP-GC said the team was not allowed into the base because the guerrillas were not expecting them and were not sure of their identity. "It was a misunderstanding. Our people were not expecting them and they were taken by surprise," a PFLP-GC official said. "The fired shots were not directed at the UN team."
Posted by: Fred 2005-05-05 |
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