Lebanese Army finds rockets near Israel border
By BASSEM MROUE The Associated Press
Thursday, December 25, 2008; 12:49 PM
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Lebanese army officers say troops have discovered seven rockets set up with timers that were on the verge of firing near the border with Israel .
Two senior officers say troops are dismantling the Katyusha rockets, discovered Thursday near the border town of Naqoura.
They say the rockets' timers were activated, and one of the officers says the rockets were to have fired overnight. They would not say if the rockets were directed toward Israel. They spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because of military rules.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...122500485.html
Rockets from Lebanon hit Israel amid Gaza offensive
An Israeli cabinet minister blamed Palestinians in Lebanon, not Shi'ite Hezbollah guerrillas -- with whom Israel fought a war in 2006 -- for firing the rockets.
"I think these are isolated incidents," Rafi Eitan, a senior minister in Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's government, said on Israel's Channel 2. "We expected this."
A Lebanese minister also said he doubted Hezbollah had fired the rockets, which came from an area controlled by U.N. peacekeepers and the Lebanese army, 3 km (two miles) north of the border. Hamas sources in Lebanon denied involvement.
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Who is behind Lebanon rockets?
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