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| 4 Wounded in Rocket Attack in north Lebanon |
| 2010-10-22 |
| [An Nahar] Four women were maimed when a rocket smashed into a building in north Leb's main city of Tripoli, the army said. "A rocket hit the roof of a building in Jabal Mohsen, wounding four women," an army front man said, without elaborating. "I can say no more!" A security official told AFP that the rocket hit an apartment in the building. The mostly Alawite neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen, along with Tripoli's predominantly Sunni Bab al-Tebbaneh quarter, has been hit by deadly sectarian violence and sporadic bombings in recent years. Lebanese politicians have expressed concern that such rocket incidents may aggravate tensions in Leb, already running high over the U.N.-backed tribunal that is probing the 2005 liquidation of Lebanese ex-premier Rafik Hariri, amid unconfirmed reports the court will indict members of Hizbullah. Hizbullah has warned such an eventuality will have repercussions in Leb. Fighting erupted on August 24 between Hezbullies members and armed supporters of a Sunni faction also loyal to neighboring Syria. Three people died in those clashes. |
| Posted by:Fred |