“99 Green Luft Balloons”
Right!… And my grandmother is a sumo wrestler.
This is just way too much!
Via Ya Libnan and Naharnet, two Lebanese websites that I respect (less so after this report) and al-Menar TV, Hezbollah’s news portal that is pure propaganda:
Beirut- Eight people were hospitalized Saturday after inhaling toxic gases from poisonous balloons dropped by Israeli warplanes over Upper Nabatiyeh in southern Lebanon, the National News Agency reported.
NNA said among those who were rushed to hospital suffering from nausea and fatigue were a Lebanese staff sergeant, a recruit and An Nahar reporter Rana Jouni.
The agency said Israeli warplanes dropped at least 10 poisonous balloons with Hebrew markings over Upper Nabatiyeh at about 9 am Saturday.
NNA said contacts have been made between the Lebanese army command and the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon, which has instructed an Italian peacekeeping unit to take samples from the balloons for examination.
The agency said the results are likely to come out on Sunday. (That ought to be good!)
NNA had earlier said that the Lebanese army’s engineering unit headed to the area and destroyed the balloons by explosives.
The army, in a communiqué issued Friday, warned civilians against messing with the balloons and urged them to report finding them to the closest army unit.
Oh… And please keep any safety pins out of the hands of the children!
This was reported earlier at Little Green Balloons… Er, Footballs.
