Lebanon: Israel arranged Katyusha fire to keep tensions high
HAARETZ - Jack Khoury
Lebanese President Michel Suleiman on Thursday suggested that Israel had arranged for collaborators in his country to fire Katyusha rockets at the Galilee earlier this week, in a bid to keep tensions high in the area.
According to the Lebanese newspaper A-Sapir, Israel's declarations that it would not cease its intelligence activities on Lebanese territories validate Suleiman's accusations.
A panel of inquiry established by the Lebanese Army found that the rockets, fired from Houla in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, were launched from the home of the village's mayor.
The mayor was not present in his home, according to the panel, and has no connection to the rocket fire.
Lebanese troops found and dismantled four rockets ready for launching in a building under construction near the border with Israel on Wednesday, said a senior Lebanese army official.
Three of the four Katyusha rockets found were ready to be fired, said the official.
The discovery came one day after the Katyusha fired, the first such incident since last month.
The attack on Tuesday drew a rapid response from Israeli artillery in a brief flare-up across the border that caused no casualties.
Lebanese President Michel Suleiman on Thursday suggested that Israel had arranged for collaborators in his country to fire Katyusha rockets at the Galilee earlier this week, in a bid to keep tensions high in the area.
According to the Lebanese newspaper A-Sapir, Israel's declarations that it would not cease its intelligence activities on Lebanese territories validate Suleiman's accusations.
A panel of inquiry established by the Lebanese Army found that the rockets, fired from Houla in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, were launched from the home of the village's mayor.
The mayor was not present in his home, according to the panel, and has no connection to the rocket fire.
Lebanese troops found and dismantled four rockets ready for launching in a building under construction near the border with Israel on Wednesday, said a senior Lebanese army official.
Three of the four Katyusha rockets found were ready to be fired, said the official.
The discovery came one day after the Katyusha fired, the first such incident since last month.
The attack on Tuesday drew a rapid response from Israeli artillery in a brief flare-up across the border that caused no casualties.
Posted by PIMPIN TURTLE at 10/29/2009 9:37 AM 
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Tags: Katyusha Inside Job Lebanon
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