Article: LEBANON - Dec 26 - Lebanese Army Dismantles Eight Rockets Aimed At Israel.

Lebanese Army soldiers find and dismantle eight Katyusha rockets that were pointed south toward Israel. The rockets were found near the southern town of Naqura, in the border region where an expanded UN peacekeeping force has been monitoring an uneasy truce since the war in the summer of 2006 between Israel and Hizbullah, the Shi'ite militant group. The UN force is based in Naqura, and UN teams were sent to help the army dismantle the rockets and investigate the episode, said Yasmina Bouziane, a spokeswoman for the UN Interim Force in Lebanon. The Lebanese Army released a statement saying that the eight rockets were of different weights and calibers, but it did not say how ...

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