Friday, February 9, 2007

HEZBOLLAH DEMANDS WEAPONS BE RETURNED

Hizbullah Demands Back Weapons Seized by Lebanese Government
Hizbullah demanded the return of a truck carrying munitions seized by Lebanese authorities on Thursday. Information Minister Ghazi Aridi said customs authorities had stopped a truck carrying weapons on the outskirts of Beirut. Hizbullah said the authorities had confiscated a "truck carrying munitions to the resistance." The Lebanese government is supposed to halt the flow of weapons to Hizbullah from abroad under a UN resolution. (Reuters)

Lebanon Warns of Threats Against UNIFIL (AP/International Herald Tribune)
Lebanon's Defense Minister Elias Murr said Thursday, "We have information on threats against UNIFIL." There were reports that "fundamentalist groups" in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh in southern Lebanon were contemplating attacks against the peacekeepers.

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