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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
UN: South Lebanon arms cache a serious violation
2009-07-16
Follow-up.
The United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon said Wednesday ammunition which had exploded in a southern village was a serious violation of the UN-brokered ceasefire that ended a month-long war between Hezbollah militants and Israeli forces three years ago.

Lebanese security officials said a series of explosions Tuesday in an abandoned building near Lebanon's tense border with Israel was caused by a fire in a Hezbollah weapons depot. Hezbollah has not commented. Facilities similar to this were used by Hezbollah during the Second Lebanon War in 2006, the army said.

The blasts in southern Lebanon Tuesday caused no casualties but highlighted the long-held suspicion that the Shiite militant group has maintained a military presence in the region near Israel's border despite the deployment of Lebanese troops and UN peacekeepers there under a resolution that bans such unauthorized guerrilla activity.

A statement by the UN Interim Force in Lebanon said Wednesday that the force commander had updated Lebanese officials on the discovery of the ammunition after the explosions.

Based on the information currently available, UNIFIL considers the incident a serious violation of the UN resolution that ended the conflict, which specifies that there should be no presence of unauthorized assets or weapons in the area of operations.
Posted by:Steve White

#2  ION UNO, HINDUSTAN TIMES > LASHKAR MAY THREATEN INDIA AGAIN [remains ACTIVE + may induce future new regional conflict].
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2009-07-16 00:33  

#1  No doubt a strongly worded memo will ensue.
Posted by: mojo   2009-07-16 00:23  

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