UN ‘Peacekeepers’ Hit By Bomb in Lebanon

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Hizballah is rearming and planting roadside bombs right under the noses of the clueless, powerless United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, and today one of the bombs went off: Bomb hits U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon.

BEIRUT, Lebanon AP) — A roadside bomb planted in Lebanon’s coastal south exploded Monday near a U.N. post as a peacekeeping vehicle drove past, the second attack targeting the force in less than a month. No one was hurt.

The bomb struck the U.N. jeep as it drove through a village near the southern port city of Tyre, according to a statement from the United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon, known as UNIFIL.

A U.N. official at the site of the explosion said the bomb was planted near a bridge on the road to Qassimiyeh. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.

Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation television showed Lebanese troops directing traffic and searching the blast scene for evidence.

“We can confirm that a small explosion occurred in the area of the Qassmiyeh bridge, involving one UNIFIL military police vehicle,” Yasmina Bouziane, a spokeswoan for the U.N. force, said in a statement. “No casualties have been reported. Only damage to the vehicle.”

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