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Last update - 20:20 25/12/2008
Lebanon army: 7 missiles ready to be fired at Israel found in south Lebanon
By Haaretz Service
Tags: Israel news, Lebanon 

Lebanese authorities discovered seven missiles aimed at Israel in southern Lebanon, an official Lebanese news agency reported Thursday. The missiles are currently under inspection to determine whether they were enabled for launch, and they will subsequently be dismantled, the news agency reported.

The missiles were found five kilometers from Lebanon's border with Israel, in an area which is considered a Hezbollah stronghold but is officially under the jurisdiction of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), in accordance with UN Security Council resolution 1701. Under the terms of the UN resolution, it is forbidden to station weapons in this area.

Two senior officers said that the rockets' timers were activated, and one of the officers said the rockets were to have been fired overnight Thursday. They spoke on condition of anonymity because of military rules.
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Defense Minister Ehud Barak has previously announced that the Lebanese militia Hezbollah had tripled its rocket and missile arsenal since the eve of the 2006 Second Lebanon War, which it waged with Israel in southern Lebanon.

Earlier this month, Syrian President Bashar Assad told a number of foreign ministers and senior European diplomats with whom he met over the last month that he does not intend to "lift a finger" to restrain Hezbollah's arming in Lebanon. "I am not Israel's bodyguard," he reportedly said.

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      1.   Another success brought to you by Olmert and Barak 19:39  |  Ofer 25/12/08
      2.   great job UNIFIL (or lack of it) 19:40  |  vik 25/12/08
      3.   Only 39993 left 19:43  |  Israeli 25/12/08
      4.   Lebanese Army 19:54  |  Rami 25/12/08
      5.   WOW???? Really? 19:57  |  Baruch Gold 25/12/08
      6.   How Many Missiles Does Israel Have Pointed at Lebanon? 20:28  |  Justin 25/12/08
      7.   So What? 20:39  |  Bill Foonman 25/12/08
      8.   You might call it Xmas 20:40  |  H 25/12/08
      9.   Just What I Said 20:45  |  Yosemite 25/12/08
      10.   Hmmm. Question 20:50  |  Angel 25/12/08
      11.   Only 39993 left 21:02  |  Mark Lincoln 25/12/08
      12.   Meanwhile in Lebanon 21:09  |  Mark Lincoln 25/12/08
      13.   UNIFIL intentionally looking the other way? 21:14  |  DesMnsDave 25/12/08
      14.   See why Israel needs a strong Lebanese army 21:19  |  Ahmad Wehbe 25/12/08
      15.   UNIFIL Do your job properly! 21:24  |  stefan 25/12/08
      16.   9, MarkL 22:04  |  Harry 25/12/08
      17.   Hezbollah got strange ways 22:07  |  Catholic Israeli 25/12/08
      18.   The aim? 22:47  |  AbdelSamed 25/12/08
      19.   To the critics of UNIFIL 22:49  |  John 25/12/08
      20.   #14, Harry, exactly 22:54  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 25/12/08
      21.   They were probably meant to be found 22:58  |  Colin Wright 25/12/08
      22.   #12 You mean strong Lebanese christian Army ? Shatilla? 23:32  |  John 25/12/08
      23.   Must be a lie 00:13  |  Arie 26/12/08
      24.   Failed Attempt 00:25  |  Walid 26/12/08
      25.   to John 00:41  |  yosi 26/12/08
      26.   #6 Justin - Give and you shall receive 00:46  |  *BEN JABO 26/12/08
      27.   chances are hisbullah found PAL rockets ready to go 01:16  |  boxley 26/12/08
      28.   Thanks to Olmert, Mofaz, and Halutz, the enemy smells a weak ones 01:31  |  Simon 26/12/08
      29.   Justin 02:40  |  Brad 26/12/08
      30.   Ahmad Wehnbe 02:45  |  Brad 26/12/08
      31.   The U.N.: A Litmus Test 02:48  |  Brad 26/12/08
      32.   #23, ARIE, exactly, it IS A LIE 02:58  |  VIPER 26/12/08
      33.   missiles 03:02  |  marc 26/12/08
      34.   Just five kilometers from the border? 03:02  |  Maureen Ann 26/12/08
      35.   #6 Justin 03:17  |  Moshe 26/12/08
      36.   poor viper:can`t understand sarcasm? 05:09  |  Arie 26/12/08
      37.   response to comment 10 (hmmm question) 05:40  |  Eli 26/12/08
      38.   Seven rockets?! 05:59  |  Niva dos Santos 26/12/08
      39.   A mirror for John 08:42  |  SDHD 26/12/08
      40.   This is a Good Thing 09:09  |  Reid 26/12/08
      41.   It is a mesage 09:28  |  Marwan 26/12/08
      42.   The Lebanese army. 10:12  |  Jean Van Daem 26/12/08
      43.   Marwan 12:04  |  sharon 26/12/08
      44.   There are likely over 1000 14:32  |  Avi 26/12/08
      45.   An unsubtle tap on the shoulder 14:52  |  Johnboy 26/12/08
      46.   Meaningless article about a nonevent 19:36  |  Natallie Durson 26/12/08
      47.   dear niva .i will watch , while Gaza implodes. 21:01  |  jack 26/12/08
      48.   Natalie, johnboy do meaningless like the rockets that killed 2 21:03  |  Jack 26/12/08
      49.   #32 AS VIPER - Try reading SLOWLY 22:45  |  *BEN JABO 26/12/08
      50.   #34-2 Muareen Ann 7KM is a lot closer 03:12  |  *BEN JABO 27/12/08
      51.   whoops... 00:26  |  o and i man 28/12/08
      52.   Cry wolf 01:21  |  David 28/12/08
      53.   unifil 01:35  |  brian 28/12/08
      54.   Show the aerial surveillance video. 05:47  |  michael mazur 28/12/08
      55.   Its `1984` 00:15  |  Carl M 30/12/08
      56.   THIS can only be Hezballah the ones being observed by UNIFIL 22:28  |  PETER SM 04/02/09
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