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Explosion Wounds Five UN Blue Helmets in Lebanon

LEBANON–(ENEWSPF)–26 July 2011.  

UNIFIL armoured vehicles pass through a Lebanese Armed Forces checkpoint near Ghanduriya

An explosion earlier today has wounded five soldiers serving with the United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, according to a UN spokesperson.

The spokesperson, Martin Nesirky, said the blast hit a convoy of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) near Saida, some 55 kilometres north of the UNIFIL base at Naqoura, near the Lebanese border…

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