Hezbollah leader suggests Israel may be behind attacks on U.N. peacekeepers

International Herald Tribune ^ | 7-24-07

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BEIRUT, Lebanon: Militant Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah suggested Tuesday that Israel may be behind two recent bomb attacks that targeted United Nations peacekeepers in southern Lebanon.

Six peacekeepers belonging to the Spanish contingent were killed on June 24 when a bomb struck their armored personnel carrier in the country's south, marking the first such attack against the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, known as UNIFIL.

On July 16, a roadside bomb struck a U.N. jeep in the village of Qassimiyeh near the southern port city of Tyre, causing damage to the vehicle but no casualties.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks. But in a videotape earlier this month, al-Qaida's deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri blessed the attack against the Spanish contingent, fueling speculation that it was carried out by al-Qaida-linked militants.

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"Why not Israel?" , the UN's tagline. Other folks too.

[brigadoon]

This is classic Goebbels propaganda, taught to the Arabs by the Nazis who fled to Egypt after WWII. The same method is behind the “US and Israelis planned 9-11” lie. The western press, useful idiots and the local populations eat up this fascist tripe.