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To: HAL9000; sofaman; MNJohnnie; sono

Lebanon - UNIFIL Patrol Takes Nights Off

Despite the 20,000 troops deployed in southern Lebanon, the United Nations admits that weapons smuggling from Syria continues unhindered. A German report finds UNIFIL does not patrol after dark.

And they rarely leave camp.


Spanish UNIFIL official Richard Ortax admitted to the paper that no patrols are carried out at night “because of the danger involved.” UNIFIL commanders said their function is to "observe changes in the behavior of the local population."

One junior officer told Der Spiegel he was glad that his battalion had only left its camp once. "It's absurd," he said. "We landed here and set up our tent city, but since then we've only left the camp to drive around and to make sure that we're seen."

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=114650


12 posted on 11/12/2006 1:12:19 AM PST by AliVeritas (In Victory, Be magnanimous, in Defeat, Defiant!)
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To: AliVeritas
"Spanish UNIFIL official Richard Ortax admitted to the paper that no patrols are carried out at night “because of the danger involved.”

Dhimmies. Afraid to die, therefore they will die.

29 posted on 11/12/2006 8:52:56 PM PST by cookcounty (John Kerry: On both sides of 3 wars. Four if you count the Battle for his Mouth.)
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