Rockets found in Druze heartland
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Police discovered Saturday four rockets on a mountainous road south of Beirut, but said they were not set to explode or be launched.
The rockets were found in a small water canal on the side of the main road in the Shouf mountains, the Druze heartland and stronghold of Druze chieftain Waleed Jumblat, who has become one of the most outspoken anti-Syrian Lebanese politicians.
Police said the 35-millimeter rockets were old and each measured 50 centimeters in length.
Two of the rockets were found inside a bag and the other two next to them. An army patrol was dispatched quickly to the scene and removed the rockets as police started an investigation.
The Shouf mountain is a region inhabited by the Druze and Christians who have reconciled after the 1975-1990 civil war and joined forces in opposing Syrian control of Lebanon, which ended last April with the withdrawal of Syrian forces and intelligence personnel from the country.
The rockets were found in a small water canal on the side of the main road in the Shouf mountains, the Druze heartland and stronghold of Druze chieftain Waleed Jumblat, who has become one of the most outspoken anti-Syrian Lebanese politicians.
Police said the 35-millimeter rockets were old and each measured 50 centimeters in length.
Two of the rockets were found inside a bag and the other two next to them. An army patrol was dispatched quickly to the scene and removed the rockets as police started an investigation.
The Shouf mountain is a region inhabited by the Druze and Christians who have reconciled after the 1975-1990 civil war and joined forces in opposing Syrian control of Lebanon, which ended last April with the withdrawal of Syrian forces and intelligence personnel from the country.
posted by Marko at 12/10/2005 08:10:00 AM
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