Lebanese army to deploy to south Lebanon

Jerusalem Post ^ | 08/11/2006 | Associat Press

[garbageseeker]

The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1701 Friday evening, calling for a cessation of hostilities between Hizbullah and Israel.

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will recommend to the cabinet that it accept the UNSC resolution at its weekly meeting Sunday.

The resolution authorizes the deployment of 15,000 UN peacekeepers in south Lebanon in support of Lebanese army forces, which are to move into the region and replace Hizbullah in parallel with a withdrawal of Israeli forces.

Israel is not required to withdraw until the deployment of UN and Lebanese forces begins.

The new UN peacekeeping force, still under the auspices of UNIFIL, will, according to the resolution, be enhanced "in numbers, equipment, mandate and scope of operations." The 15,000-strong force will be charged with helping the Lebanese government to implement its sovereignty "over all Lebanese territory," including that previously been under the de facto authority of Hizbullah.

It explicitly requires Hizbullah to be disarmed south of the Litani River.

It also calls for the "unconditional release" of the two IDF soldiers captured July 12, but does not make a direct demand for their freedom.

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan expressed disappointment that the council had not taken action on the month-long fighting sooner.

More than 800 people have died in the month-long conflict, hundreds of Lebanese civilians and dozens of Israelis.

[garbageseeker]

This is so horrible.

[operation clinton cleanup]

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan expressed disappointment that the council had not taken action on the month-long fighting sooner.

And the rest of us are disappointed the UN did not disarm the Hezbos 6 years ago as promised.

[garbageseeker]

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[kinoxi]

I'm Gumby damn it. This is Pokey...

[Mr_Moonlight]

More than 800 people have died in the month-long conflict, hundreds of Lebanese civilians and dozens of Israelis.

In other news:
Kofi Annan and the world body expressed dissapointment that the numbers of dead weren't in the other direction, and that Reuters got caught faking Lebanese casualties .........

[garbageseeker]

Kofi Annan. I cannot describe what I think of him. This is a family board.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Hezbollah will now just move east into southern Syria and setup the same crap there and continue to fire missiles at Israel.

But given that I predict 1000+ or more Hezbollah have been killed during this conflict, I would say we got some major payback for the marine baracks bombing. Israel kicked some major butt as well.

[garbageseeker]

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[Mr_Moonlight]

Kofi Annan. I cannot describe what I think of him. This is a family board.

Then I'll hold my tongue then ...... /chuckle

[sonic109]

Its like stopping cancer therapybefore you got rid of it all..It's just going to come back and you'll hav eto go through it all again. Better to wipe out the Hezbos NOw and save the trouble later,

[CWOJackson]

"Hezbollah will now just move east into southern Syria and setup the same crap there and continue to fire missiles at Israel."

I'm not so sure of that. After Israel buzzed their president in his weekend home I don't think he's ready to play hide and seek with Israeli aircraft. The man isn't exactly the smartest around but he's not suicidal either.

As for the Lebanese Army, I don't think sitting on the border across from the IDF is going to be real high on anyone's dreamsheets.

[kesg]

It explicitly requires Hizbullah to be disarmed south of the Litani River.

This is a bit better than what it could have been, but I would rewrite it like this:

"It explicitly requires Hizbullah to be disarmed." south of the Litani River.

[garbageseeker]

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[LasVegasMac]

The 15,000-strong force will be charged with helping the Lebanese government to implement its sovereignty "over all Lebanese territory," including that previously been under the de facto authority of Hizbullah.

It also calls for the "unconditional release" of the two IDF soldiers captured July 12, but does not make a direct demand for their freedom.

Israel needs to keep kicking a$$ until UN troops #'d 14,999 and 15,000 are in place.

I'll give this 6 months, at most.

[garbageseeker]

I agree with that.

[neverdem]

This seems to be a Relief in Place of the Israelis by an augmented UNIFIL force and Lebanese Army units. A Relief in Place by sister units is tricky enough. IMHO, it has the ingredients for a tactical nightmare. I hope I'm wrong.

[garbageseeker]

I have never heard of that term before. Thank you for pointing that out.

[thoughtomator]

Can we call it the "Road Map to Peace"?

[kesg]

Agree.