Arabic News Weekly Edition for Lebanon, 6/17/2002
Weekly Edition, Lebanon - Week of June 17, 2002
- Lebanese forces intercept Israeli warplanes
The Lebanese national resistance forces have intercepted the Israeli warplanes upon violating the Lebanese airspace in southern Lebanon on Tuesday. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 6/19/2002 - Lebanese attorney general denies to have two bombs implanted at the justice palace in Beirut Lebanon, Local, 6/18/2002
- Al-Kifah al-Arabi: Lebanese minister American warning to Syria, Lebanon regarding S. Lebanon
The Lebanese Minister of Information Ghazi Aridi has denied news that Lebanon has had received any American official warning rumored to be conveyed to Syria or Lebanon on the situation in south Lebanon. Lebanon-USA, Politics, 6/18/2002 - Assassination attempt against Palestinian official in Sidon
The Palestinian armed struggle official in Sidon, Lebanon Abu Ali Tanyous has escaped an assassination attempt by an explosive that went off at the entrance of his house in Sidon. The explosion resulted in wounding Tanyous's daughter (Amal, nine years old) and heavy material losses in various flats of the first floor of the building where all its windows glass were broken. Lebanon, Local, 6/17/2002