The Asia News website reports today (December 4, 2010) that the terrorist organization Al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the fire that has devastated the forests of Mount Caramel -- the most serious environmental disaster in the history of Israel; however, Israeli police authorities attribute the blaze to negligence and the prolonged drought that is affecting the region.
A new Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group -- called the "Lions of the Mujahideen in Palestine" -- claims to have set the fire to the trees of Mount Caramel, triggering the inferno that is still raging.
The fire has caused at least 42 deaths, the evacuation of 17,000 people, and destroyed thousands of acres of forest in addition to many homes.
Despite the intervention of fire-fighting aircraft sent from abroad, the flames are not yet under control and the strong wind has fueled the fire, which now threatens some suburbs of Haifa.
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