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| Interior Minister Says Trucks Must Stay Off Roads Or Risk Targeting |
| 2006-07-19 |
| Beirut, 19 July (AKI) - Lebanese Interior Minister Hamad Fatfat on Wednesday warned truckdrivers to keep their vehicles off the country's roads to avoid becoming targets of Israeli bombings. Israeli aircraft which Wednesday strafed Lebanese territory for the sixth straight day have recently been concentrating their attacks on trucks which Israel says could be used to transport rockets and other weapons used by Hezbollah guerrillas. On Wednesday morning Israeli fire hit two trucks in Beirut's Christian Ashrafiyye district. The trucks were however not carrying weapons but irrigation and drilling equipment instead. Meanwhile Syria has denied Israeli claims that it is sending weapons and supplies to Hezbollah under the guise of convoys carrying humanitarian aid for lebanon. A Syrian government source also accused the Israelis of targeting a convoy carrying medical supplies from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) which, it said was traveling under the banner of the Red Crescent relief organisation. The Red Crescent in the UAE also condemned the incident, saying that the attack on iits convoy in Lebanon was a violation by the Israelis of international norms governing humanitarian aid distribution. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #4 Hamad Fatfat? I'm sorry, that just sings, LOL. Irrigation and drilling equipment? Puhleeze. Red Crescent? Medical supplies? Heh. Tough shit, regardless. ROFL. The usual script of Classic Islamic Taqiya and Classic Arab BS. Grab a clue, asshats: it's WAR. |
| Posted by: Snimp Ebbinelet1809 2006-07-19 10:07 |
| #3 The trucks were however not carrying weapons but irrigation and drilling equipment instead. A truck carrying long cylindrical objects and the framework to set them upright? Unfortunate, but an easy mistake to make in a war zone. Assuming this is true. Were they on their way to a wedding party? As for the ambulances, how about a peek inside? Given the arab fondness for deceit and treachery, color me sceptical. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2006-07-19 10:04 |
| #2 Irrigation and drilling equiptment? suuuuurree How smart would it be to carry long cylindrical materials in your truck bed on a Lebavese road right now? (Assuming it wasn't Hezb rockets, and I'm betting it was) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-07-19 09:55 |
| #1 This is quickly turning into a CHARLIE FOXTROT. |
| Posted by: ARMYGUY 2006-07-19 09:49 |