| 12/06/2008 The Lebanese army defused a roadside bomb on Thursday near a northern military base, a security official said.
"A special bomb disposal unit defused the bomb, which was placed on the side of the road some three kilometers away from
Qleiat airport, where the army has a base," the source said.
The device, hidden under a bucket and weighing two-five
kilograms), was similar to one that killed a soldier at an army intelligence post in the same region on May 31.
The airport is used solely by the army. It is located near the
Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp, which was devastated during a three-month siege last year in which the army eventually
vanquished gunmen from the Fatah al-Islam group.
Shaker al-Abssi, the leader of the group vowed to seek revenge on the army. Earlier this month, in a statement that could not be
authenticated, the group claimed responsibility for the blast that
killed the soldier in the Abdeh region. | 
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