Feltman: 'Peace talks' to include Syria and Lebanon; Hezbullah's explosive response
US Assistant Secretary of State for Middle East Affairs Jeffrey Feltman said on Friday that the US wants the 'peace talks' to include Syria and Lebanon. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs Jeffery Feltman stated Friday that the United States wants peace in the region to include Lebanon and Syria, but added that there are great problems and challenges thwarting this aim.One of the 'great problems and challenges' is Hezbullah's explosive response to Feltman's statement.
Addressing the launch of direct Palestinian-Israeli negotiations, he told Al-Arabiya that the success of the negotiations is not guaranteed, but the U.S. will try all it can to ensure their success.
He stressed that it is in the U.S.' interest to achieve peace, noting that both the Palestinians and Israelis agreed to reach a comprehensive peace agreement within a year.
Several explosions caused a large fire at a building in the southern town of Shehabiyeh on Friday amid reports that the blasts went off at a Hizbullah weapons depot.UNIFIL is real effective, isn't it? Heh.
"Three explosions went off in a house in Shehabiyeh" near the southern coastal city of Tyre, an army spokesman told Agence France Presse.
"The nature and cause of the explosions are not yet clear," he added.
The army cordoned off the area and was awaiting bomb disposal experts, he said.
Beirut media said, however, that the blasts went off at a weapons cache belonging to Hizbullah.
The media reports also said that firefighters and ambulances rushed to the scene of the explosions which continued to be heard well after the first sounds reverberated across the area around 1:00 pm.
Al-Arabiya satellite TV network said one person was injured in the explosions, adding that Hizbullah threw a security dragnet around the three-storey building.
According to Voice of Lebanon radio, the building is owned by a man from the Salloum family. A man living near the building told AFP that it had been rented out by Hizbullah.
UNIFIL spokesman Neeraj Singh said U.N. peacekeepers were coordinating with the Lebanese army, adding that they have sent patrols to the location of the explosion in Shehabiyeh.
Shehabiyeh is south of the Litani River, an area patrolled by U.N. peacekeepers and Lebanese soldiers that is supposed to be free of weapons.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 5:14 PM
1 Comments:
If IDF Spox has any video from drones, balloons, satellites, planes, observation posts, etc., maybe they could turn it over to Gen. Eiland (ret.) to make the case in video re civilians-as-Hezbollah/Hamas-military-shielding equipment. Another video presentation like the flotilla one or Dore Gold's Israel security one. Someone did one re weapons storage in civilian areas a month or two ago, but I watched it a couple of times and couldn't figure it out. This would be an excellent example if there's video.
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