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2003-10-06 Syria-Lebanon
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Heavy clashes reported along Israel - Lebanese border
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JPost Reg Reqâd
Heavy clashed between IDF forces and Hizbullah guerillas have been reported along the northern border.
| Sounds like somebody's decided to cut the Gordian knot... |
The clashes began after Hizbullah gunners opened fire on Israeli positions along the border close to Metula at 17:00 local time. IDF forces returned fire.
Surprise, surprise... Assadâs army fights back by proxy...again
An Israeli army spokesman, however, denied that Israel soldiers fired across the volatile border.
| "Nope. Nope. Wudn't us. Musta been... ummm... somebody else." |
"I can say no more"
According to media reports the IDF shelled targets in the village of Shuba near the Har Dov region. An officer from the UN Interim Force In Lebanon, a peacekeeping force that regularly sends arms munitions patrols along the Lebanese side of the border, said a UN water tanker truck was hit by three bullets. There were no injuries. Lebanese media have also reported Israeli attack helicopters in the area, who, according to reports, fired missiles at a motor convoy near the village of Khila in southern Lebanon. There have been no reports of injuries as of yet.
developing?
The IDF Spokesperson denied the Lebanese reports, calling them "baseless".
"All your base are belong to us"
One of the Lebanese vehicles fired on was pockmarked by bullets but apparently not seriously damaged, the security officials said. The Associated Press reports that Israeli soldiers yelled at reporters and Lebanese soldiers who arrived at the scene about an hour after the shooting and ordered them to leave the area.
| Ohmigawd! They yelled at them! How brutal! |
One of the Lebanese soldiers replied, "This is Lebanese territory. We are not leaving," according to an Associated Press reporter at the scene. Israeli soldiers shouted back in Arabic, "Go away before we shoot you," the reporter who witnessed the argument said.
Hokay...weâre outta here
Syria, which complained to the UN Security Council about Israelâs air raid on its territory, warned Israel of consequences. "Syria is not incapable of creating a resisting and deterring balance," Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa warned in a letter to the United Nations.
"We can also create levers and fulcums... wanna see?" 
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