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| Lebanon accuses Israel patrol of crossing border | |
| 2010-07-16 | |
| BEIRUT - An Israeli patrol crossed a UN-drawn border into Lebanese territory at the disputed area of Kfar Shuba on Thursday, the Lebanese army said, although the accusation was disputed by UN peacekeepers. “A patrol of eight enemy (Israeli) soldiers crossed the line of withdrawal at the town of Kfar Shuba in an attempt to abduct a shepherd,” an army spokesman told AFP. He said the shepherd had managed to escape but the troops had crossed 20 metres (22 yards) past the UN-drawn Blue Line, an informal border established after the withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon in 2000, following a 22-year occupation. But the UN Interim Force in Lebanon had “not observed any violation of the Blue Line,” spokesman Neeraj Singh told AFP. Israel, which fought a deadly 2006 war with Hezbollah that destroyed much of south Lebanon, has detained Lebanese shepherds in the area in the past but has generally handed them swiftly back to UNIFIL after questioning them.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 Simple, heavily-armed shepherds ... You're doing it Rong! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2010-07-16 16:06 |