Hizballah should have some explaining to do, but the U.N.'s track record on dealing with the jihadist group's violations of Resolution 1701 and the associated dangers to civilians in the area is, well, not very good.
"Lebanese army says one wounded in Lebanon blast," from Reuters, October 13:
BEIRUT (Reuters) - One person was wounded when a shell exploded in a house in the southern Lebanese village of Tayr Filsi on Monday, the Lebanese army and Hezbollah said on Tuesday.
Hezbollah lawmaker Hussein Haj Hassan said the explosion took place in the garage of a Hezbollah member, wounding one person. "We are concerned with finding out the reasons for this explosion," Hassan said.
Lebanese security sources said on Monday five people had been killed in a munitions explosion in a house in Tayr Filsi, just inside U.N. peacekeepers' area of operations.
Hezbollah then denied anyone died in a blast in the area.
Israeli officials have accused Hezbollah of stockpiling munitions in violation of a truce which ended a 2006 war between the Jewish state and the Shi'ite guerrilla group.
The Israeli military released video footage on Tuesday it said was taken from an unmanned surveillance drone overlooking the scene shortly after the explosion. The footage was taken by an infra-red camera in black and white.
It showed frantic activity by dozens of people around the site with people loading at least one long object on a truck. The army then said two truckloads of munitions, including rockets were taken to another hiding place in nearby village.
"This footage proves that Hezbollah continues to hide munitions at hundreds of locations across southern Lebanon in places that are supposed to be clear of weaponry," a spokeswoman said.
A senior Israeli military source said the Israeli military has asked UNIFIL, the peacekeeping force that was reinforced after the 34-day war in 2006, to open an investigation. Deputy Israeli Defense Minister Matan Vilnai told Israel's Army Radio on Tuesday it was clear this was "a Hezbollah accident."
UNIFIL spokeswoman Yasmina Bouziane said a U.N. peacekeeping patrol and a Lebanese army patrol visited the explosion site on Monday night. On Tuesday investigation teams from both parties "inspected the site and the surrounding area."
"According to the information from the Lebanese army one person was injured and UNIFIL has no reports of other casualties," Bouziane said.
"We're still in the process of analyzing the information and the available evidence to ascertain the circumstances and establish the facts concerning the incident," she said.
Israel and the United States accused Hezbollah of violating a U.N. weapons embargo in southern Lebanon after a weapons cache exploded in a village in July.
The United Nations said at the time there were signs the stockpile belonged to Hezbollah, and added that the presence of these arms were a violation of Security Council resolution 1701 which ended the war.
U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams said after meeting Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri: "We are keeping a close eye on this because of its relevance to Resolution 1701 ..."
Yet another 'work accident'.
OK guys.
Let's start a betting pool.
What odds will people give on the following possibilities?
1. Iran has a large and embarrassing 'work accident' in one or more of their Secret Nuke Project sites.
2. The Al-Aqsa mosque blows up, due either to a 'work accident' such as we see in the posted article, or due to Muslim failure to observe proper procedures for the safe storage of munitions, fuel and explosives.
3. The Dome of the Rock blows up, by accident.
4. All of Jihad Fortress Gaza blows itself up, by accident.
1....100/1 .2.......100/1 3.......100/1 4..100/1 give it time!
"Another accidental munitions explosion in Hizballah residence"
LOL! Yes, another example of Darwinian selection at work.
Hey dumbledoresarmy, What about #5
The entire Arab world reduced to ashes on glass, as a result of a Shi'ite application of jihadi enthusiasm?
It looks as Hisbullas "bomb experts" are infected with Parkinson's DISEASE !
Give to 1000 monkeys, 1000 rockets and one of them will manage to make it go off!
"Jewish Judge" Mr. Goldstone, find these hundreds "duplex" houses and empty the first floors in each one of them of their deadly content or evacuate all the 'little innocent children' on the second floors! Otherwise you will be busy for life !... Or you prefer no to become unemployed?...
"It showed frantic activity by dozens of people around the site with people loading at least one long object on a truck. The army then said two truckloads of munitions, including rockets were taken to another hiding place in nearby village."
If attacked by Israel in a time of conflict, these people would be called "civilians"....
"The army then said two truckloads of munitions, including rockets were taken to another hiding place in nearby village" Ok, so I suppose the "hiding" place is now a target?
"The army then said two truckloads of munitions, including rockets were taken to another hiding place in nearby village" Ok, so I suppose the "hiding" place is now a target?
Unbelievably, the BBC News was trying to shift the blame for the explosion on to Israel even though Hezbollah themselves didn't even stoop that low. For the details see here:
http://edgar1981.blogspot.com/2009/10/bbc-news-today-more-instinctively-anti.html
Edgar
It showed frantic activity by dozens of people around the site with people loading at least one long object on a truck.
My guess is that the object was about 6-ft long and was a wax doll of Prez Obama, the most recent Nobel Peace Prize winner with whom these ambitious Shia Moslem activists can identify.
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I wonder, was the original Mr. Obama, the one who disappeared into the bush and left Prez Obama a bastard, a Sunni or a Shia?
Alarmed Pig Farmer,
If one examines the photographs of Frank Davis, one wonders if Obama's father might not have been Frank Davis.
"Ahmed! No! The red wire is not attached to the black wire..............."
Boom!
Too bad, so sad.
Ah, but you know what the excuse will be to the UN, don't ya?
It must have been planted there by those same large Joo spy-mice that have been infiltrating the Iranian border.
"It showed frantic activity by dozens of people around the site with people loading at least one long object on a truck. The army then said two truckloads of munitions, including rockets were taken to another hiding place in nearby village".
It simply amazes me. The IDF had dozens and dozens of videos showing Hizbollah and Hamas methods of using children and civilians as human shields, how they used schools, gyms, mosques, and civilian areas to store rockets and grenades, and how they launch Qassam attacks from these locations. They also showed how the IDF gives a five-minute warning before attacking a residence suspected of storing arms and how the locals all come over and climb onto the rooftop of the suspect home so they can become innocent martyrs for the cause.
I have never in my life, seen such suicidal tendences. Even the Japanese kamakaze pilots didn't go that far.
But why doesn't the UN watch these IDF videos? Why aren't these videos released on mainstream media?
The UN is just that...UN-Democratic, UN-Just, UN-Peace-keeping, UN-Qualified, UN-Fair, UN-Jewish, UN-Israel, UN-Dignified, UN-Christian, UN-Western, Un, UN, UN...
I thought I’d be a smart ass and post something about it being only a matter of time before the Joooos were blamed for this. Seems BBC beat me to it.
I esp noticed that the article on the BBC site doesn’t even attach a name as the author of this blatant bit of yellow journalism, making the very editors of BBC compliant and responsible for the continued anti-Israeli policy. Guess it’s only a matter of time before the BBC reveals it true partnership with Al-Jazeera.
Sadly munitions accidents are just as likely in the classroom today. Two students were killed at the Dar al Hadeth Islamic Institude in Yemen during "medium weapons" training.
http://armiesofliberation.com/archives/2009/10/13/two-students-at-dar-al-hadeth-islamic-institute-dammaj-saada-die-during-weapons-training-incident/
gordo
You see my friend, Slitting your throat in a single move,using only only one hand, is no problem!
But shoes with laces... oh boy! forget it! They will go bare foot!
This is a trick question, Hezbolla don't ever do any work and you know it! ;p
"Mr. Williams and Mr. Hariri also discussed the process of forming a government in Lebanon, which has still not taken place some four months after elections.
“The United Nations has repeatedly stressed the importance of forming the government as soon as possible to tackle the many challenges facing the country,” said Mr. Williams."
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0910/S00180.htm