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18:31, July 03, 2007 |
A Salafi extremist group was behind the June 24 bomb attack which left six UN peacekeepers killed in southern Lebanon, local daily As Safir reported on Tuesday.
As Safir cited European intelligence sources as saying that the Salafi group "implemented" the attack on the Spanish contingent of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).
The report, however, did not disclose neither the name of the Salafi group nor the location the group is based in.
It said that the Salafi ring had infiltrated into the deep south from an area outside south of the Litani river to carry out the attack.
The group was likely assisted by "local members during the surveillance and preparation operation" ahead of the assault, it added.
The report also said that the speculation of the European intelligence sources coincided with indications by Spanish Defense Minister Jose Antonio Alonzo that the attack was carried out by " non-Lebanese terrorists."
Three Spaniards and three Colombians were killed in the car bombing which struck their personnel carrier as they patrolled the main road between the towns of Marjayoun and Khiam near the Israeli border.
The UNIFIL now has 13,000-strong troops in Lebanon, which has been fulfilling a peacekeeping task since last summer's Israel- Hezbollah conflict.
Islamic Salafism (fundamentalism) is a religious ideology which advocates literalistic interpretations of the texts of Koran, Sharia law which are considered sacred by devotee Muslims and sometimes an Islamic State.
Source: Xinhua
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