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Israeli planes violate Lebanese airspace, causing panic |
2007-09-19 |
Israeli warplanes swooped low over southern Lebanon in defiance of a United Nations ceasefire resolution, Lebanese police said Tuesday. Six aircraft violated Lebanese airspace throughout Tuesday by swooping low over the port cities of Sidon and Tyre, causing sonic booms as well as panic among residents, police said. The planes also flew over the Bint Jbeil region, a stronghold of the militant Hezbollah group, they said. Israeli warplanes have been violating Lebanese airspace on a near- daily basis in the past two weeks, but on Tuesday the aircraft were seen flying lower than usual. Israel has drawn intense international criticism by continuing overflights after UN Resolution 1701 was adopted and a ceasefire was implemented on August 14, 2006, ending 33-days of Israeli war against Hezbollah. The UN says such overflights undermine the credibility of UN peacekeepers who are monitoring a fragile ceasefire in southern Lebanon. |
Posted by:lotp |
#6 "Hi, remember us?" |
Posted by: mojo 2007-09-19 10:39 |
#5 Gorb: My reaction exactly. The more panic they feel the better. Let them fear us. |
Posted by: Excalibur 2007-09-19 09:31 |
#4 The UN says such overflights undermine the credibility of UN peacekeepers who are monitoring a fragile ceasefire in southern Lebanon. Actually, I think they did that last week up in Syria... |
Posted by: tu3031 2007-09-19 08:48 |
#3 It's a cease fire? The story doesn't say the Israelis are firing - did I miss something? It seems to me this would undermine Hizb'allah credibility a good deal more than UN peacekeeper credibility, since everyone knows the peacekeepers are there to protect the bad guys from Israel. |
Posted by: trailing wife 2007-09-19 07:16 |
#2 Saddam's WMDS, after all, reportedly were secretly sent to locales/protective enclaves in the Bekaa Valley. *OTOH, POSTER > Israel is doing to Syria and espec IRAN what Dubya is doing wid Moud, i.e. daring the other(s) to blink = try something??? |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-09-19 02:34 |
#1 Israeli planes violate Lebanese airspace, causing panic That's more like it! The UN says such overflights undermine the credibility of UN peacekeepers who are monitoring a fragile ceasefire in southern Lebanon. Credibility? According to who? |
Posted by: gorb 2007-09-19 01:31 |