Posted on 08/11/2006 4:52:42 AM PDT by familyop
BEIRUT (AP) - United Nations peacekeepers were dispatched Friday to evacuate about 350 Lebanese soldiers and police detained by Israeli forces in Marjayoun after Israeli soldiers swept into the southern Lebanese town, the UN command said.
Two armoured vehicles from the UN Interim Force in Lebanon, a 2,000-member peacekeeping force deployed in southern Lebanon, headed to Marjayoun, which Israeli forces occupied on Thursday, "to facilitate" the withdrawal of the Lebanese force to government territory in the north.
But the UN unit, which made it to the Marjayoun barracks, was unable to leave with the Lebanese force because the roads out of the region were either blocked or destroyed.
UNIFIL spokesman Milos Strugar said an evacuation of the Lebanese troops was delayed because "it is not possible to leave the area at this point."
The UN statement said many local residents in civilian vehicles gathered in the town "with the intention of joining" the convoy of Lebanese police and army vehicles carrying some 350 military personnel.
On Thursday, Interior Minister Ahmed Fatfat said Israeli troops entered the garrison in Marjayoun in the afternoon "and asked to share it with Lebanese troops there."
He said the troops refused and wanted to leave, but the Israelis did not let them.
"We consider them captives," Fatfat said, adding that the government was trying to win their release.
Israel said the force was not detained but had been advised not to leave for its own safety.
Lebanese and Arab media reports said France and the United States intervened to arrange for the evacuation of the Lebanese troops.
There are more than 1,000 Lebanese troops in southern Lebanon conducting security duties. But Hezbollah guerrillas actually control of the south.
The government has pledged to send 15,000 troops to the border with Israel as part of a peace package to end one month of brutal fighting and bombardment by Israel and Hezbollah. Israel has insisted on staying in southern Lebanon until a robust international force is deployed, which could take weeks or months.
Kill the UN forces.
Israeli commander to detained Lebanese troops:
Listen, guys, you couldn't do YOUR job, so we have to do it. We're keeping you out of the way until it's finished. You think we WANT to be here?
Where were these UN jerkoffs the last 6 years while Hizb'Allah dug in, poured concrete fortifications, brought in missiles and rockets and fired them off at Israel!
watching, playing backgamon, drinking "sweet tea", loafing etc.
I heard the IDF yelled "BOO!!" in unison and the UN Piecekeepers (misspelled on purpose), ran the other way.
"There are more than 1,000 Lebanese troops in southern Lebanon conducting security duties.... under Hezbollah command
Yup. I hope the IDF lights them up.
Set up POW camps where the Hezbollah rockets are landing and hold them there.
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You'll notice that the UN hasn't even attempted to evacuate Israeli captives held by Hezbollah.
WHAT?????? They may be Americans.
Exactly... and others who are allied ie Canadians, British Polish, you know the same guys working Afghanistan....
They go where they are told to go, they follow orders, even if the orders suck!
That would be because the subhuman filth kills every Jew they capture.
http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/missions/unifil/facts.html Nope, no Americans.
Can't have Israel finding out exactly how UNIFIL aided and abetted Hizbollah, now can we?
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