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IDF officials: Mines in Lebanon could have been laid by Syria, Hezbollah

By The Associated Press

Israel Defense Forces officials expressed skepticism that mines discovered in Lebanon were laid by Israel. A United Nations agency reported Saturday that the IDF laid mines in Lebanon during this summer's war with Hezbollah.

"It could be a Hezbollah or Syrian land mine and the land mine might not even be from the latest conflict," the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the inquiry into the incident was still at an initial stage.

The officials, however, were evasive when asked whether Israel had laid new mines in Lebanon this summer.

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Dalya Farran, a spokeswoman for the UN agency, said its experts found the land mines and were able to tell they were new Israeli anti-personnel mines based on their "type, shape and condition."

"The entire area where the mine fields were found had been cleared by agency experts between 2002 and 2004, so clearly these are new ones," Farran said.

The report by the UN agency follows its investigation of a land mine explosion Friday that wounded two European disposal experts and a Lebanese medic.

The detonating object was an Israeli anti-personnel land mine placed in a mine field newly laid during the fighting in July and August, the UN Mine Action Coordination Center in south Lebanon said in a statement.

The center's statement was the first accusation that Israel had planted new mines during the latest war.

Lebanon's south is riddled with land mines, laid by retreating Israeli soldiers who pulled out of the region in 2000, after an 18-year occupation. Hezbollah has also planted mines to ward off Israeli forces.

There was no immediate comment from Israel about Saturday's report.

UN experts say up to one million cluster bombs dropped by Israeli aircraft during the July-August war against Hezbollah remain unexploded in south Lebanon, where they continue to threaten civilians. At least 24 people have died in cluster bomb explosions since the war ended August 14.

"This is the first evidence we have that the Israeli forces laid new mines in south Lebanon in 2006," the statement said.

Friday's blast seriously wounded ordnance disposal experts David Alderson of Britain and Damir Paradzik of Bosnia - both of whom lost a foot - and a Lebanese medic, as they tried to rescue a shepherd from an unmarked minefield in the village of Deir Mimas, three kilometers northwest of the Israeli border.

Dalya Farran, a spokeswoman for the center, said the shepherd had led a herd of goats into an unmarked minefield when one of the animals detonated a land mine. Alderson, Paradzik and the medic heard the explosion, and on trying to help the shepherd, inadvertently detonated a second land mine.

The shepherd was unscathed.

The three wounded men worked for ArmorGroup, a London-based global risk management service that has been clearing unexploded ordnance and cluster
bombs in south Lebanon since September for the center.

Lebanon has long called for Israel to hand over maps of the minefields

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1.	Land Mines	17:33	\|	Butch ben Yok	25/11/06

2.	Joke...Did you want lolipop`s?	17:34	\|	Hezi	25/11/06

3.	"Accuse"? Since when land mines are forbidden? IDF used live ammo	17:45	\|	Absolute Sweden	25/11/06

4.	and what about us?	18:20	\|	Claudio	25/11/06

5.	Is this a Joke?	18:29	\|	Israel Israeli	25/11/06

6.	L. Gomberoff	18:54	\|	L. Gomberoff	25/11/06

7.	L. Gomberoff	18:54	\|	L. Gomberoff	25/11/06

8.	Lebs laid their own mines	19:09	\|	ballistic	25/11/06

9.	Response to #2; int`l law	19:40	\|	ballistic	25/11/06

10.	Lebanon has long called for Israel to hand over...	19:43	\|	vik	25/11/06

11.	To Ballistic	20:13	\|	Westwell	25/11/06

12.	Own foot	20:26	\|	JJ	25/11/06

13.	Minefield Maps	20:30	\|	American	25/11/06

14.	Give it a rest with the lies	20:45	\|	Tex	25/11/06

15.	UN = A Herd of Jackasses	20:51	\|	Mary	25/11/06

16.	UN Security Council Resolution 1701	21:14	\|	Fritz	25/11/06

17.	#5	21:14	\|	JJ	25/11/06

18.	UN bashers	21:30	\|	Westwell	25/11/06

19.	A pattern going back decades	21:32	\|	Mark Lincoln	25/11/06

20.	Hizbollah and Syria have Israeli mines - funny or is it?	21:57	\|	Petteri	25/11/06

21.	United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW)	21:58	\|	Seyss-Inquart	25/11/06

22.	IDF statements	22:11	\|	Mary	25/11/06

23.	UN Convention on CCW, Cluster Bomb article	22:18	\|	Seyss-Inquart	25/11/06

24.	#21	22:35	\|	JJ	25/11/06

25.	# 18 westwell	22:36	\|	Mary	25/11/06

26.	So what? They used weapons; it was a war.	22:54	\|	McQueen	25/11/06

27.	DENY DENY DENY....	23:07	\|	MIKE KATZ	25/11/06

28.	#4 What about us--Klaudia	23:08	\|	Ballistic	25/11/06

29.	To Mary of Ohio	23:34	\|	Westwell	25/11/06

30.	To Absolute Sweden	00:05	\|	Westwell	26/11/06

31.	#21 Seyss-Inquart - Thanks for informative post.	00:14	\|	Tony Price	26/11/06

32.	To MIKE KATZ	00:25	\|	Westwell	26/11/06

33.	Which Weapon to use next?	01:57	\|	Big One Go Boooom	26/11/06

34.	#28 NV	02:01	\|	1.2 Muslims	26/11/06

35.	#3 Absolute Sweden - think about it some more	02:12	\|	Johnboy	26/11/06

36.	#5 Israel Israeli thinks this is all a big joke	02:17	\|	Johnboy	26/11/06

37.	#26 McQueen, 1701 said the IDF had to hand over their maps	02:20	\|	Johnboy	26/11/06

38.	Typical IDF answer.	02:29	\|	Dutch Dirk	26/11/06

39.	Let`s see how the IDF responses slide..	02:30	\|	Johnboy	26/11/06

40.	#21 Israel has not signed up to the CCW	02:33	\|	Johnboy	26/11/06

41.	#27 Katz is in DENIAL	02:57	\|	* BEN JABO	26/11/06

42.	#23 UN CONVENTION	03:00	\|	* BEN JABO	26/11/06

43.	#23 Seys-Inquart BUTCHER OF GERMAN/DUTCH JEWS	03:06	\|	* BEN JABO	26/11/06

44.	Not Israeli mines	03:13	\|	TWogunz	26/11/06

45.	Fritz 16	03:15	\|	Twogunz	26/11/06

46.	UN BASHERS	03:17	\|	TWogunz	26/11/06

47.	What makes a land mine Israeli? - Petteri the racist #20	03:21	\|	William	26/11/06

48.	Israel gave maps of land mines to Hiz and to UN #36	03:25	\|	William	26/11/06

49.	Ballistic - is the heat that strong in NV? #9	03:33	\|	William	26/11/06

50.	When the UN is done cleaning up Lebanon from Hiz	03:39	\|	William	26/11/06

51.	#35, I forgot Israel only has responsibilities and no rights	03:41	\|	Danny - Israeli one	26/11/06

52.	Iran and Syria trying to attack Israel.	04:11	\|	Michael M.	26/11/06

53.	#38	05:02	\|	Michael Tracey	26/11/06

54.	land mines	05:20	\|	Dan	26/11/06

55.	how to stop the IDF	05:42	\|	Brit & Co	26/11/06

56.	To TWogunz : skirts?	06:32	\|	Westwell	26/11/06

57.	Israel should pull out the big guns, the I.A.F.	06:44	\|	Michael M.	26/11/06

58.	#43-iran must be stopped!!	06:48	\|	ballistic	26/11/06

59.	#38 TWogunz denies these are IDF mines	07:15	\|	Johnboy	26/11/06

60.	#41 William, complaining that Syria left mines in the Golan	07:19	\|	Johnboy	26/11/06

61.	BRIT&CO Re BriberyBlair hit by Saudi `bribery` threat Sunday time	07:51	\|	PETER SM	26/11/06

62.	VERY SAD About the injured,hopefully they get the best of care.	07:57	\|	PETER SM	26/11/06

63.	Bomb the hell out of Iran and get this war over with!	08:38	\|	Michael M.	26/11/06

64.	S.Inquart.How does that apply to civilian areas made battlefields	08:39	\|	PETER SM	26/11/06

65.	What goes around comes aroung.	09:29	\|	Lebanese	26/11/06

66.	65: Yup, Leb, that`s why Israel responded this summer	09:55	\|	David Teich	26/11/06

67.	William - check your facts	10:13	\|	Lebanese admirer	26/11/06

68.	Don`t forget Iran... Maybe they planted the mines.	11:06	\|	Natallie Durson	26/11/06

69.	Landmines will stop Katyushas or Qassams?	11:07	\|	Andreas	26/11/06

70.	61. bribery, Blair and the Middle East	11:15	\|	Brit & Co	26/11/06

71.	what is new about it	11:18	\|	arab	26/11/06

72.	57. firepower	11:19	\|	goo	26/11/06

73.	Michael M. the happy bomber	11:23	\|	European	26/11/06

74.	#66 response	12:02	\|	ballistic	26/11/06

75.	#57--take over the ME	12:10	\|	ballistic	26/11/06

76.	Response to #49	12:30	\|	ballistic	26/11/06

77.	#50, mines in Golan	12:31	\|	ballistic	26/11/06

78.	ben jabo re geneva convention	12:39	\|	dubious	26/11/06

79.	#48 William does not read the article that he responds to	12:55	\|	Johnboy	26/11/06

80.	READ EUROPEAN`S REPLY TO MICHAEL	13:00	\|	NEUTERED OBSERVER	26/11/06

81.	Respose to European.	15:33	\|	Michael M.	26/11/06

82.	response to goo.	15:50	\|	Michael M.	26/11/06

83.	EUROPEAN Iran has done nothing wrong.They support your side	16:05	\|	PETER SM	26/11/06

84.	#46	16:08	\|	Barry	26/11/06

85.	#68 - Durson	16:33	\|	* BEN JABO	26/11/06

86.	who laid the mines?	16:47	\|	archangel	26/11/06

87.	Are you really so blind with hate	16:49	\|	it does not matter	26/11/06

88.	No need to apologize	17:22	\|	Tosefta	26/11/06

89.	81: Michael, of course Shrub doesn`t know	17:33	\|	David Teich	26/11/06

90.	Israeli lies	18:58	\|	Nathan	26/11/06

91.	#68, Apparently it can be spun or at least lied about	19:17	\|	Danny - Israeli one	26/11/06

92.	Cruel Israelis	19:43	\|	Sophie	26/11/06

93.	Israel does not lie. We heard wrong.Another antisemitic ploy	19:59	\|	Disgusted Amercian	26/11/06

94.	Nasrallah is the second Iranian Khumainy	20:09	\|	Tamir Gaza	26/11/06

95.	Mine fields maps?Wake up people!!	20:25	\|	Westwell	26/11/06

96.	Tamir, hello	22:04	\|	northern neighbor	26/11/06

97.	#93, I thought Sunday was the KKK`s day of rest	22:18	\|	Danny - Israeli one	26/11/06

98.	hello northern neighbor	22:34	\|	Tamir Gaza	26/11/06

99.	Peter SM - do you want ISrael attacked ?	22:34	\|	European	26/11/06

100.	Michael M. $60.-	22:36	\|	goo	26/11/06

101.	"it does not matter"	22:41	\|	justajew	26/11/06

102.	Land Mines???	22:41	\|	Joe	26/11/06

103.	#97 - Archangel`s Mines	23:06	\|	* BEN JABO	26/11/06

104.	danny - israeli one	23:48	\|	dubious	26/11/06

105.	Stay away from Israel`s border	00:26	\|	Bruriah Sarah	27/11/06

106.	EUROPEAN.Revisionist history,"spittle,foaming at the mouth"	00:32	\|	PETER SM	27/11/06

107.	#102, Israel and US were amongst those opposing a landmine ban	00:54	\|	Danny - Israeli one	27/11/06

108.	#104 Bruriah Sarah	02:19	\|	Johnboy	27/11/06

109.	Stop or someone will stop you	03:28	\|	Orange fevor	27/11/06

110.	How it happened	03:31	\|	Aoun festival	27/11/06

111.	Israeli logic	03:34	\|	Vulgaris	27/11/06

112.	They made us do it.	03:38	\|	Tomas	27/11/06

113.	To Ballistic - You make stuff up.	05:47	\|	Truthteller	27/11/06

114.	Ballistc`s pot smoking hippi thinking	06:38	\|	Nick	27/11/06

115.	#77 Ballistic - Heat has fried brain	06:39	\|	* BEN JABO	27/11/06

116.	# 103 For BJABO and those in denial	07:12	\|	Eric	27/11/06

117.	AND OLMERT WANTS PEACE WITH LEBANON!!!!!	07:30	\|	wally	27/11/06

118.	Response to #110, more spin	07:54	\|	ballistic	27/11/06

119.	Who else, But ???	09:00	\|	Sir Hani	27/11/06

120.	# 112 Match your wit, Tomas?	10:27	\|	Eric	27/11/06

121.	118: Ballistic, try to learn at least a tiny bit of logic	13:26	\|	David Teich	27/11/06

122.	#117 Eric has lied about mines.	14:25	\|	* BEN JABO	27/11/06

123.	#112 Eric & wit	14:27	\|	* BEN JABO	27/11/06

124.	on Seyss-Inquart posts for Ben Jabo	17:34	\|	Seyss-Inquart	27/11/06

125.	Israel is party to CCW cited in 21	18:05	\|	Seyss-Inquart	27/11/06

126.	Is this a joke?	20:50	\|	Michael	27/11/06

127.	#126, but there is doubt you read this article	21:02	\|	Danny - Israeli one	27/11/06

128.	#126, actually, the easiest way is...	21:04	\|	Danny - Israeli one	27/11/06

129.	#126 - Michael the joke is on you	22:29	\|	* BEN JABO	27/11/06

130.	#126 - Michael the joke is on you	23:36	\|	Michael	27/11/06

131.	Jack Ass	02:29	\|	Jacob	28/11/06

132.	To Vic	02:31	\|	Florence	28/11/06

133.	To: BEN JABO	02:35	\|	Education	28/11/06

134.	#130 - MICHAEL, YOU`RE THE JOKE	03:00	\|	* BEN JABO	28/11/06

135.	#124 - Seys Inquart - Killer of Dutch Jews	03:04	\|	* BEN JABO	28/11/06

136.	# 122 --"Eric has lied about mines"	05:48	\|	Eric	28/11/06

137.	#131 Jacob`s rules of war	06:55	\|	* BEN JABO	28/11/06

138.	#136 - Eric`s pasting	14:08	\|	* BEN JABO	28/11/06

139.	#136 - Eric`s useless link returned herewith	14:47	\|	* BEN JABO	28/11/06

140.	#133 - Education needs some	15:00	\|	* BEN JABO	28/11/06

141.	#133 - Education needs some	15:00	\|	* BEN JABO	28/11/06

142.	# 138 & 139 Hey simpleton	21:13	\|	Eric	28/11/06

143.	#142, I would take with massive pinch of salt anything Ms Farran	00:42	\|	danny - Israeli one	29/11/06

144.	#142 Eric stop your fooling around	02:48	\|	* BEN JABO	29/11/06

145.	#142 Eric "paste master & liar`	02:51	\|	* BEN JABO	29/11/06

146.	# 145 BEN JABO, it`s the subject article of this talkback	10:44	\|	Eric	29/11/06

147.	#146 - Eric`s "Subject Article"	17:49	\|	* BEN JABO	29/11/06

148.	Landmine Markings	08:07	\|	* BEN JABO	30/11/06

149.	Ballistic & International Law	08:10	\|	* BEN JABO	30/11/06

150.	# 147 It is this article, Ben Jabo	03:24	\|	Eric	01/12/06

151.	secret	23:58	\|	secret	09/03/09

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