Syria fires into Lebanon

[Bosonic]

Source: AFP

AFP: Security official says one person killed & five injured in firing from Syria into Lebanon

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1 killed, 5 hurt in firing from Syria into Lebanon

WADI KHALED, Lebanon: Gunfire from Syria Sunday raked a crowd at Al-Boqayah border crossing in Lebanon near the town of Wadi Khaled, killing one person and wounding five including a Lebanese soldier, a security official and an AFP correspondent said.

The shooting comes as hundreds of Syrians flee violence in their homeland on foot into Lebanon.

The person killed was identified as a Syrian woman, the sources said.

Read more: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2011/May-15/1-killed-5-hurt-in-firing-from-Syria-into-Lebanon-security.ashx#axzz1MPMw6rjz

[Bosonic]

1. Might be connected to this

Hundreds flee Syria to Lebanon after army attack

Hundreds of Syrians fled into Lebanon on Saturday after Syrian army troops attacked a border town, killing at least three people and arresting hundreds in the latest phase of a ferocious crackdown on the two-month uprising against the rule of President Bashar Assad.

Backed by dozens of tanks, Syrian troops entered the town of Talkalakh before dawn, following the pattern of raids on other cities like Daraa, Baniyas and Homs. The assault came a day after another Friday of protests and an announcement by the Syrian government that a national dialogue would begin this week.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/14/MNU91JGALO.DTL

[Rhiannon12866]

2. That's the story I found, too...

At least three people were killed in the assault on Talkalakh, all by sniper fire, said Wissam Tarif, executive director of Insan, a Syrian human rights group.

[Downwinder]

3. Strange that they don't go after the snipers and armed gangs.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Depending on what they're using, it may be difficult to aim accurately.

That's what happened during the 2006 war. They don't exactly have high tech weapons...

[Knight Hawk]

5. If there is one leader................

that needs to go it is Assad and his mafia family.Obama should do EVERYTHING he can possibly do legally to harm Assad and his power structure.Assad is living in the past and it is only a matter of time before he goes down.The Israelis want to keep him in because they really do not want demoracy ,even democracy lite, in the area.