Lebanon interrogates Kurds for crossing to Israel 

BEIRUT, Aug 31 (Reuters) - The Lebanese security authorities began questioning on Friday
a group of Kurds who tried to cross the borders to Israel to seek asylum, a security source
said on Friday.

Troops sent them back after they entered Israeli-occupied territory on Thursday from the
village of Ghajar, which spans a line the United Nations drew to mark Israel's pullout from
south Lebanon last year.

When the United Nations drew the withdrawal line, known as the Blue Line, it assigned the
northern two-thirds of Ghajar, home to some 10,000 members of the Alawite Muslim sect, to
Lebanon and the rest to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

The group of 10 Kurds, which included women and children, was the latest to try to make it
to Israel wanting asylum.

Tens of thousands of Kurds, some refugees from Iraq, live in Lebanon and many try to seek
asylum in foreign countries.

A family of 16 Kurds who entered Israel through Ghajar to seek asylum were also turned
back in April, before Sweden eventually agreed to take them in.
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