Balloons released in Israeli promotion sow panic in south Lebanon - Haaretz

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		Balloons released Saturday in a promotion by Ha'ir newspaper. (Al-Manar website)

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Balloons released in Israeli promotion sow panic in south Lebanon

By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent

An Israeli promotional campaign involving balloons caused panic among Lebanese civilians Saturday when the wind carried them over the border into southern Lebanon.

The Lebanese media reported that some civilians were hospitalized after inhaling the gas in the balloons.

However, the photographs published on the Web site of Hezbollah's TV station Al-Manar show green balloons from a promotional campaign for Ha'ir, a Schocken group newspaper.

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Lebanese sources said the balloons reached the southern Lebanese cities of Nabatiyeh and Tyre, and the Lebanese army warned civilians not to touch them. Some were brought to Italian UN troops for examination.

Lebanon's official news agency claimed that they were "poisoned balloons" dispersed by IDF aircraft

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1.	inhaling the gas??	01:09	\|	vik	28/01/07

2.	they were poisned al nahar correspondent	01:26	\|	tea man	28/01/07

3.	#1 You didn`t get the REAL story	01:33	\|	Dr Dave	28/01/07

4.	poisoned ?	01:35	\|	sicko	28/01/07

5.	Sick!	01:45	\|	Yahp	28/01/07

6.	Al-Manar ?	01:47	\|	whoopsie	28/01/07

7.	by accident	01:53	\|	souf	28/01/07

8.	sad	01:55	\|	leb	28/01/07

9.	the possibilities	02:04	\|	hmmmmmm	28/01/07

10.	liars	02:04	\|	souf	28/01/07

11.	Hello?!?	02:24	\|	Levi Ammundsen	28/01/07

12.	# 3 DR. DAVE	02:34	\|	Lynn	28/01/07

13.	#4	02:36	\|	Lynn	28/01/07

14.	Liars and here is the link	02:47	\|	Mee	28/01/07

15.	# 2 tea man	02:59	\|	Lynn	28/01/07

16.	Al-Manar presents different news for English vs. Arabic	03:35	\|	Freedom	28/01/07

17.	kinda funny if u ask me	03:42	\|	Leb girl	28/01/07

18.	Arabs are the best actors in the world....	03:58	\|	Tom	28/01/07

19.	Poison in balloons?	04:25	\|	Appleton	28/01/07

20.	99 Luftballoons	04:47	\|	MaoSayTongue	28/01/07

21.	Hey Freedom, is that a lie like WMD	04:57	\|	Marilyn	28/01/07

22.	Little Green Balloons	05:06	\|	Dov	28/01/07

23.	Imagine if these baloons were Lebanese one	05:34	\|	gus	28/01/07

24.	Dr Dave, you a liar	05:38	\|	gus	28/01/07

25.	Party balloons	05:43	\|	J of Hollywood	28/01/07

26.	Lynn, it is possible but put yourselve in the Lebanese place	05:43	\|	gus	28/01/07

27.	To Leb girl I wish you inhail some of the posin	05:46	\|	gus	28/01/07

28.	Panic in Southern Lebanon.	06:27	\|	Maureen Ann	28/01/07

29.	Marilyn	06:34	\|	Josh	28/01/07

30.	Evolution - islamic style	06:41	\|	Raj	28/01/07

31.	to Freedom: Al-Manar presents different news for English vs. Arab	06:41	\|	Fair guy	28/01/07

32.	Haaretz Propaganda	07:01	\|	Ali	28/01/07

33.	Haaretz Propaganda	07:02	\|	Ali	28/01/07

34.	This ?news? comes from the same people who reported the war	07:05	\|	Dan	28/01/07

35.	Basic distrust	07:48	\|	Avi friend of Bruria	28/01/07

36.	stupid people	09:52	\|	mo	28/01/07

37.	#28Whoops, the word should have been	09:52	\|	Maureen Ann	28/01/07

38.	I feel sorry for israel	13:41	\|	Lebanese Woman	28/01/07

39.	#29, Josh	14:28	\|	Andre	28/01/07

40.	Why would the baloons have HEBREW marks?!?!!?	14:32	\|	magali	28/01/07

41.	re to liars	16:01	\|	James Murray	28/01/07

42.	Simple fact for a simple woman #38	16:27	\|	WIlliam	28/01/07

43.	Mass Hysteria	16:30	\|	Yosemite	28/01/07

44.	Mee - what does this prove? 14	16:34	\|	William	28/01/07

45.	re Leb Girl	18:27	\|	pimp	28/01/07

46.	#11 HAHAHAH	18:38	\|	Black Death	28/01/07

47.	To the Haaretz staff - re:censoring	19:10	\|	A journalist	28/01/07

48.	FairGuy re: Different versions of news	21:37	\|	Freedom	28/01/07

49.	Balloons released in Israeli promotion sow panic in south Lebanon	22:03	\|	Dave Kirkeby	28/01/07

50.	re: inhaling the gas??	23:02	\|	Tarek	28/01/07

51.	RADICAL ZIONISM	19:19	\|	DAVID I.	29/01/07

52.	to Mr. William # 42	21:25	\|	Lebanese Woman	29/01/07

53.	to Mr. William # 42	21:26	\|	Lebanese Woman	29/01/07

54.	Hot off the newswire	21:42	\|	Rob	29/01/07

55.	Are you kidding me?	00:13	\|	Moose	30/01/07

56.	This is the funniest thing I`ve ever read	18:08	\|	Seriously	30/01/07

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