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08/01/2008
Irish Troops Hurt As Lebanese Bomb Heralds Bush Visit
Tensions are being raised ahead of a US presidential visit to the Middle East tomorrow with news that Irish troops have had a lucky escape in a roadside bomb attack in Lebanon.
The two UN peacekeeping soldiers were slightly wounded when the bomb hit their vehicle in the south of the country on Tuesday.
The blast smashed the windows of a white UN four-wheel drive vehicle in the area of Rmaileh village, 35km south of Beirut and not far from the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp.
It was the third attack on the 13,500-strong UNIFIL force since it was expanded after a 34-day war ended in August 2006.
It occurred hours after Israel said two rockets fired from Lebanon overnight had exploded in the northern border village of Shlomi, causing no casualties.
Israel, which came under Hezbollah rocket barrages during the 2006 war, is on high alert ahead of a visit by US President George W Bush on Wednesday.
(BMcC)
The two UN peacekeeping soldiers were slightly wounded when the bomb hit their vehicle in the south of the country on Tuesday.
The blast smashed the windows of a white UN four-wheel drive vehicle in the area of Rmaileh village, 35km south of Beirut and not far from the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp.
It was the third attack on the 13,500-strong UNIFIL force since it was expanded after a 34-day war ended in August 2006.
It occurred hours after Israel said two rockets fired from Lebanon overnight had exploded in the northern border village of Shlomi, causing no casualties.
Israel, which came under Hezbollah rocket barrages during the 2006 war, is on high alert ahead of a visit by US President George W Bush on Wednesday.
(BMcC)
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Petrol Bomb Attack On House In Derry
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Petrol Bomb Attack On House In Derry
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