IDF soldier killed in gunfire at troops near Metula

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The radio said that the incident began when two
cars on the Lebanese side approached the
border
fence and its occupants opened fire on the IDF
troops on the other side.

Lebanese security officials denied that the fire
had come from Lebanon, saying that IDF troops
had shot at a sedan and a passenger mini van
on
a road in the south of the country.

One of the vehicles was pockmarked by bullets
but apparently not seriously damaged, the
security officials said.

"But no one fired from our side and there are no
injuries on our side," said one of the
sources.

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Haaretz

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1. newest theory/spin on this

is that the event near Metula/Kafr Kila (not the shellings from both directions--the small arms exchange itself right on the border) was from "rogue" PFLP people retaliating against their camp being hit, in something of an unplanned event. The claim is apparently from some unnamed "Western intelligence source", or perhaps it was "security" not intelligence or whichever. The logic is that it was too haphazard and unorganized for it to have been Hizbullah's style.

I usually spit on those "unnamed intelligence/security source" type theories, but it being PFLP gunmen would at least make sense.

http://www.lebanonwire.com/0310/03100813DS.asp

haven't yet found anything that reliably forms a timeline of what happened when..

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2. So I guess Hizbullah gets some respect.

There was a comment a while back about Hizbullah "infiltrating"
Tanzim and making people nervous.

I don't think how the shooting happened matters much, fog of
war and all that, though it was a rotten day for the dead soldier.

I figure "unnamed intelligence/security source" means they make
their living by lying convincingly. The truth is too important
and useful to be given out for free. In fact, who is there who is
really out to see we all stay unconfused and well informed? A
short list, that.