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U.S. confirms Syrian aircraft fired rockets into Lebanon

WASHINGTON | Mon Mar 18, 2013 6:26pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The State Department confirmed on Monday that Syrian government aircraft fired rockets into northern Lebanon and it described the incident as "a significant escalation."

"We can confirm what you are seeing in the press, that regime jets and helicopters did fire rockets into northern Lebanon," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters at her daily briefing. "This constitutes a significant escalation in the violations of Lebanese sovereignty that the Syrian regime has been guilty of. These kinds of violations of sovereignty are absolutely unacceptable."

(Reporting By Arshad Mohammed; Editing by Eric Beech)
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StigTW wrote:
a little odd not to have a quote from a Lebanese source isn’t it? I didn’t think Lebanon was US territory.

Mar 18, 2013 2:19pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
nosliw wrote:
Ok, so when Israel bombs Syria it’s totally ok and doesn’t heighten tensions at all. But when Syria does a similar cross border airstrike, its considered “a significant escalation?” Pure hypocritical BS.

Mar 18, 2013 2:26pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
Robtemery wrote:
OH DUH? Why would Assad fire into Lebanon? Because that is where the revolutionaries are. What the revolutionaries doing in Lebanon? To escalate the situation and draw in the West,

Mar 18, 2013 2:27pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
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