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<title><![CDATA[Zu Guttenberg im Bundestag: UNIFIL]]></title>
<link>http://zuguttenberg.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/zu-guttenberg-im-bundestag-unifil/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Stefan Stahlberg</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg spricht im Bundestag zu UNIFIL. Mine Fru de Vodpodbil will nich so as ick]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg spricht im Bundestag zu UNIFIL.</p>
<p>Mine Fru de Vodpodbil will nich so as ick wol will&#8230;daher über Youtube eingebettet:</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Israel Interferes to Keep UNIFIL Commander in His Post!]]></title>
<link>http://uprootedpalestinian.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/israel-interferes-to-keep-unifil-commander-in-his-post/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>uprootedpalestinians</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[LinkHussein Assi 29/10/2009 Once again, Israel has a &#8220;word&#8221; to say… Just a few days afte]]></description>
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<div><a href="http://www.almanar.com.lb/NewsSite/NewsDetails.aspx?id=109162&#38;language=en">Link<br /></a>Hussein Assi </div>
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<div>29/10/2009 Once again, Israel has a &#8220;word&#8221; to say…</p>
<p>Just a few days after Israel didn&#8217;t hesitate to inform the United Nations of its intention to continue its violation to the international resolution 1701 under the &#8220;pretext&#8221; of &#8220;collecting intelligence information&#8221; on the Lebanese situation, Israel decided to penetrate deeply into the international resolution&#8217;s concerns…</p>
<p>Thus, and at the time the suspicious international silence continues to prevail when Israel is concerned, the Israelis found themselves encouraged to interfere even in issues supposed to be &#8220;internal&#8221; for the international in Lebanon…</p>
<p>Indeed, and according to a senior Israeli official, the Zionist entity has asked Italy to try to remain at the helm of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) rather than handing over the responsibility to Spain as planned.</p>
<p>&#8220;Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week called Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and asked him to try to keep the current commander of UNIFIL Claudio Graziano in his post,&#8221; the official said.</p>
<p>Graziano&#8217;s term is due to end in a few weeks, with Spain slated to take over.</p>
<p>Israeli daily Haaretz said Netanyahu&#8217;s move turned into a serious diplomatic incident, with Spain likely to take up the issue during talks with visiting Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak this week.</p>
<p>While the military wanted Netanyahu to press Italy to keep Graziano in his post for at least another six months, the foreign ministry believes Israel should not have become involved to avoid insulting any of the major European countries participating in UNIFIL &#8212; France, Italy and Spain, the daily said.</p>
<p>&#8220;We have no preference regarding UNIFIL command. We will cooperate with any commander,&#8221; an Israeli foreign ministry spokesman claimed.</p>
<p>UNIFIL has some 13,000 troops from various countries stationed in southern Lebanon. </p></div>
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<title><![CDATA[Israel Interferes to Keep UNIFIL Commander in His Post!]]></title>
<link>http://uprootedpalestinians.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/israel-interferes-to-keep-unifil-commander-in-his-post/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>uprootedpalestinians</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[LinkHussein Assi 29/10/2009 Once again, Israel has a &#8220;word&#8221; to say… Just a few days afte]]></description>
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<div><a href="http://www.almanar.com.lb/NewsSite/NewsDetails.aspx?id=109162&#38;language=en">Link<br /></a>Hussein Assi </div>
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<div>29/10/2009 Once again, Israel has a &#8220;word&#8221; to say…</p>
<p>Just a few days after Israel didn&#8217;t hesitate to inform the United Nations of its intention to continue its violation to the international resolution 1701 under the &#8220;pretext&#8221; of &#8220;collecting intelligence information&#8221; on the Lebanese situation, Israel decided to penetrate deeply into the international resolution&#8217;s concerns…</p>
<p>Thus, and at the time the suspicious international silence continues to prevail when Israel is concerned, the Israelis found themselves encouraged to interfere even in issues supposed to be &#8220;internal&#8221; for the international in Lebanon…</p>
<p>Indeed, and according to a senior Israeli official, the Zionist entity has asked Italy to try to remain at the helm of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) rather than handing over the responsibility to Spain as planned.</p>
<p>&#8220;Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week called Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and asked him to try to keep the current commander of UNIFIL Claudio Graziano in his post,&#8221; the official said.</p>
<p>Graziano&#8217;s term is due to end in a few weeks, with Spain slated to take over.</p>
<p>Israeli daily Haaretz said Netanyahu&#8217;s move turned into a serious diplomatic incident, with Spain likely to take up the issue during talks with visiting Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak this week.</p>
<p>While the military wanted Netanyahu to press Italy to keep Graziano in his post for at least another six months, the foreign ministry believes Israel should not have become involved to avoid insulting any of the major European countries participating in UNIFIL &#8212; France, Italy and Spain, the daily said.</p>
<p>&#8220;We have no preference regarding UNIFIL command. We will cooperate with any commander,&#8221; an Israeli foreign ministry spokesman claimed.</p>
<p>UNIFIL has some 13,000 troops from various countries stationed in southern Lebanon. </p></div>
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<title><![CDATA[Participation d’une délégation Belge BELUFIL 10 à la cérémonie de l’ONU à Naqoura]]></title>
<link>http://mplbelgique.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/participation-d%e2%80%99une-delegation-belge-belufil-10-a-la-ceremonie-de-l%e2%80%99onu-a-naqoura/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jeunempl</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[BELUFIL &#8211; MIL Le 23 octobre s&#8217;est tenue au Quartier Général de l&#8217;UNIFIL à Naqoura,]]></description>
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<p><img class="alignleft" src="http://www.mil.be/Belufil/viewpic.asp?LAN=fr&#38;FILE=newstext&#38;ID=5367" alt="" width="151" height="100" />Le 23 octobre s&#8217;est tenue au Quartier Général de l&#8217;UNIFIL à Naqoura, une commémoration à l&#8217;occasion de « La journée nationale des Nations Unies ».</p>
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<p>Chacune des 30 Nations participantes à la mission UNIFIL étaient représentées.</p>
<p>Un détachement Belge de BELUBATT composé de femmes et d&#8217;hommes de notre contingent était présent à cette parade.</p>
<p>La commémoration était présidée par le « Force Commander », le Général-Major GRAZIANO, ainsi que par des autorités civiles et militaires Libanaise.</p>
<p>Après cette célébration, nos militaires ont pu échanger leurs expériences avec leurs collègues de l&#8217;UNIFIL.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Hezbollah Thwarts Israeli Spy Offensive, Accuses UNIFIL of Bias ]]></title>
<link>http://realisticbird.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/hezbollah-thwarts-israeli-spy-offensive-accuses-unifil-of-bias/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>realistic bird</dc:creator>
<guid>http://realisticbird.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/hezbollah-thwarts-israeli-spy-offensive-accuses-unifil-of-bias/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Israeli device by Hussein Assi, al manar 19/10/2009 Once again, the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon th]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hezbollah Thwarts Israeli Spy Offensive, Accuses UNIFIL of Bias]]></title>
<link>http://uprootedpalestinian.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/hezbollah-thwarts-israeli-spy-offensive-accuses-unifil-of-bias/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>uprootedpalestinians</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[LinkHussein Assi 19/10/2009 Once again, the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon thwarts an Israeli plot ag]]></description>
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<div><a href="http://www.almanar.com.lb/newssite/NewsDetails.aspx?id=107603&#38;language=en">Link<br /></a>Hussein Assi </div>
<div>19/10/2009 Once again, the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon thwarts an Israeli plot against the country and its people and uncovers a non-traditional violation of the Lebanese sovereignty under the form of &#8220;espionage.&#8221;</p>
<p>In a statement it released at pre-dawn, Hezbollah hailed the &#8220;major accomplishment&#8221; achieved by the Islamic Resistance when its members &#8220;uncovered and thwarted an Israeli enemy aggression,&#8221; a reference to three Israeli spy devices that have been blown up in south Lebanon over the weekend.</p>
<p>Hezbollah pointed out that the Islamic Resistance members &#8220;managed to uncover a spy device planted by Israel between Houla and Mais el-Jabal in South Lebanon that had been installed following the July 2006 war.&#8221; It said the device was booby-trapped. &#8220;The spying gear was planted on a telecommunication cable that was placed after the 2006 July war. Right after the device was discovered, the&#8221;Israeli enemy remotely destroyed the gear,&#8221; the statement read.</p>
<p>The Resistance party emphasized in its statement that this new failure of the Israeli enemy follows its failure in protecting its spies in Lebanon during the few past months that witnessed the collapse of Israeli agents in the country.</p>
<p>Hezbollah concluded its statement by reiterating that the Israeli uncovered offensive constitutes a flagrant aggression against Lebanon&#8217;s sovereignty and another attempt to target the country by all possible means.</p>
<p>On Sunday, three Israeli spy devices have been blown up in south Lebanon, two detonated remotely by the Israeli army and one destroyed by the Lebanese army.</p>
<p><strong>HEZBOLLAH ACCUSES UNIFIL OF &#8220;UNACCEPTED BIAS&#8221;</strong></div>
<div>A UNIFIL statement, however, said preliminary indications showed that the blasts were caused by &#8220;explosive charges contained in unattended underground sensors&#8221; which were placed in that area by Israeli forces &#8220;apparently&#8221; during the 2006 war. &#8220;UNIFIL immediately launched an investigation to ascertain all the facts and circumstances relating to the presence of these devices and to establish how the explosions were triggered,&#8221; the statement added.</p>
<p>But member of the Loyalty to Resistance parliamentary bloc MP Hasan Fadlallah slammed the UNIFIL statement as biased. Speaking to Agence France Press, Fadlallah said that the UNIFIL&#8217;s statement constitutes a political stance that doesn&#8217;t help the international forces in accomplishing their mission, adding that Hezbollah rejects such bias and urges the UNIFIL leadership to explain it especially that it came before the end of the investigations.</p>
<p>&#8220;I believe that official Lebanon was also surprised by that (UNIFIL&#8217;s) position because it came instantly after the devices and bombs were discovered and before waiting for a Lebanese International investigation, knowing that there is an investigation conducted by a Lebanese Army-UNIFIL committee,&#8221; the Hezbollah MP said.</p>
<p>&#8220;On which basis did the UNIFIL&#8217;s spokesman claim that the bombs and devices have been planted since 2006 and how was this fact discovered before any investigation?&#8221;, Fadlallah wondered.<br />ISRAEL: LEBANESE ALLEGATIONS DON&#8217;T DESERVE RESPONSE<br />Meanwhile, the Israeli enemy maintained its calm &#8220;officially.&#8221; An Israeli Army spokesman claimed that the Lebanese allegations do not warrant a serious response. &#8220;We will continue to act to maintain calm on Israel&#8217;s northern border,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>&#8220;Hezbollah is once again trying to divert the attention of the international community from their continuous violations of UN resolution 1701,&#8221; the Israeli spokesman claimed.</p>
<p>The spokesman, who didn&#8217;t deny the Israeli involvement in the espionage offensive, went on to claim that the mentioned incident proves &#8220;Hezbollah&#8217;s military presence in southern Lebanon, particularly in rural areas near the Israeli border.&#8221;</p>
<p>Some Israeli analysts, however, were clear in admitting the Israeli role in the aggression. &#8220;If this is true, then it means that Israeli is making every possible effort to supervise Hezbollah preparations for the next war,&#8221; an Arab affairs expert in the Israeli media said. Another military expert said that the ongoing intelligence conflict between Hezbollah and Israel was a prelude to Lebanon&#8217;s Third war. </p></div>
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<link>http://uprootedpalestinians.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/hezbollah-thwarts-israeli-spy-offensive-accuses-unifil-of-bias/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>uprootedpalestinians</dc:creator>
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<div><a href="http://www.almanar.com.lb/newssite/NewsDetails.aspx?id=107603&#38;language=en">Link<br /></a>Hussein Assi </div>
<div>19/10/2009 Once again, the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon thwarts an Israeli plot against the country and its people and uncovers a non-traditional violation of the Lebanese sovereignty under the form of &#8220;espionage.&#8221;</p>
<p>In a statement it released at pre-dawn, Hezbollah hailed the &#8220;major accomplishment&#8221; achieved by the Islamic Resistance when its members &#8220;uncovered and thwarted an Israeli enemy aggression,&#8221; a reference to three Israeli spy devices that have been blown up in south Lebanon over the weekend.</p>
<p>Hezbollah pointed out that the Islamic Resistance members &#8220;managed to uncover a spy device planted by Israel between Houla and Mais el-Jabal in South Lebanon that had been installed following the July 2006 war.&#8221; It said the device was booby-trapped. &#8220;The spying gear was planted on a telecommunication cable that was placed after the 2006 July war. Right after the device was discovered, the&#8221;Israeli enemy remotely destroyed the gear,&#8221; the statement read.</p>
<p>The Resistance party emphasized in its statement that this new failure of the Israeli enemy follows its failure in protecting its spies in Lebanon during the few past months that witnessed the collapse of Israeli agents in the country.</p>
<p>Hezbollah concluded its statement by reiterating that the Israeli uncovered offensive constitutes a flagrant aggression against Lebanon&#8217;s sovereignty and another attempt to target the country by all possible means.</p>
<p>On Sunday, three Israeli spy devices have been blown up in south Lebanon, two detonated remotely by the Israeli army and one destroyed by the Lebanese army.</p>
<p><strong>HEZBOLLAH ACCUSES UNIFIL OF &#8220;UNACCEPTED BIAS&#8221;</strong></div>
<div>A UNIFIL statement, however, said preliminary indications showed that the blasts were caused by &#8220;explosive charges contained in unattended underground sensors&#8221; which were placed in that area by Israeli forces &#8220;apparently&#8221; during the 2006 war. &#8220;UNIFIL immediately launched an investigation to ascertain all the facts and circumstances relating to the presence of these devices and to establish how the explosions were triggered,&#8221; the statement added.</p>
<p>But member of the Loyalty to Resistance parliamentary bloc MP Hasan Fadlallah slammed the UNIFIL statement as biased. Speaking to Agence France Press, Fadlallah said that the UNIFIL&#8217;s statement constitutes a political stance that doesn&#8217;t help the international forces in accomplishing their mission, adding that Hezbollah rejects such bias and urges the UNIFIL leadership to explain it especially that it came before the end of the investigations.</p>
<p>&#8220;I believe that official Lebanon was also surprised by that (UNIFIL&#8217;s) position because it came instantly after the devices and bombs were discovered and before waiting for a Lebanese International investigation, knowing that there is an investigation conducted by a Lebanese Army-UNIFIL committee,&#8221; the Hezbollah MP said.</p>
<p>&#8220;On which basis did the UNIFIL&#8217;s spokesman claim that the bombs and devices have been planted since 2006 and how was this fact discovered before any investigation?&#8221;, Fadlallah wondered.<br />ISRAEL: LEBANESE ALLEGATIONS DON&#8217;T DESERVE RESPONSE<br />Meanwhile, the Israeli enemy maintained its calm &#8220;officially.&#8221; An Israeli Army spokesman claimed that the Lebanese allegations do not warrant a serious response. &#8220;We will continue to act to maintain calm on Israel&#8217;s northern border,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>&#8220;Hezbollah is once again trying to divert the attention of the international community from their continuous violations of UN resolution 1701,&#8221; the Israeli spokesman claimed.</p>
<p>The spokesman, who didn&#8217;t deny the Israeli involvement in the espionage offensive, went on to claim that the mentioned incident proves &#8220;Hezbollah&#8217;s military presence in southern Lebanon, particularly in rural areas near the Israeli border.&#8221;</p>
<p>Some Israeli analysts, however, were clear in admitting the Israeli role in the aggression. &#8220;If this is true, then it means that Israeli is making every possible effort to supervise Hezbollah preparations for the next war,&#8221; an Arab affairs expert in the Israeli media said. Another military expert said that the ongoing intelligence conflict between Hezbollah and Israel was a prelude to Lebanon&#8217;s Third war. </p></div>
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<title><![CDATA['A diplomatically isolated Israel on the path of usurpation &amp; deceit ...']]></title>
<link>http://uprootedpalestinian.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/a-diplomatically-isolated-israel-on-the-path-of-usurpation-deceit/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>uprootedpalestinians</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Link REUTERS/ here &#8220;A U.N. investigation into explosions in south Lebanon indicated on Sunday ]]></description>
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<p style="margin:0 0 1em;padding:0;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE59H1YT20091018"><span style="color:#666666;">REUTERS/ here</span></a></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0 0 1em;padding:0;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">&#8220;A U.N. investigation into explosions in south Lebanon indicated on Sunday that Israel had planted spy devices on Lebanese land in what a senior U.N. official said would be a <span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);">violation of a ceasefire agreement</span></span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);">..</span>&#8230;</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0 0 1em;padding:0;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The units were apparently buried by Israeli forces during the 2006 war with the Lebanese Shi&#8217;ite group Hezbollah, it said.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0 0 1em;padding:0;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">&#8220;These do look like some sort of espionage device,&#8221; Michael Williams, the U.N. special coordinator for Lebanon, told Reuters. &#8230;&#8230;<span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);">the devices would represent violations of Security Council resolution 1701 </span></span>which halted the 34-day war&#8230;</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0 0 1em;padding:0;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">&#8220;Preliminary indications are that these explosions were caused by explosive charges contained in unattended underground sensors which were placed in this area by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) apparently during the 2006 war,&#8221; UNIFIL said in a statement&#8230;.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0 0 1em;padding:0;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">UNIFIL said it had protested to the Israeli military about <span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);">overflights by drones</span></span> while the Lebanese army and the peacekeepers were investigating on the ground. Lebanese army troops opened fire on the drones with machine gun and small arms fire, the UNIFIL statement said&#8230;.&#8221;<br /></span></p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0 0 1em;padding:0;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">&#8220;A U.N. investigation into explosions in south Lebanon indicated on Sunday that Israel had planted spy devices on Lebanese land in what a senior U.N. official said would be a <span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);">violation of a ceasefire agreement</span></span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);">..</span>&#8230;</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0 0 1em;padding:0;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The units were apparently buried by Israeli forces during the 2006 war with the Lebanese Shi&#8217;ite group Hezbollah, it said.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0 0 1em;padding:0;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">&#8220;These do look like some sort of espionage device,&#8221; Michael Williams, the U.N. special coordinator for Lebanon, told Reuters. &#8230;&#8230;<span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);">the devices would represent violations of Security Council resolution 1701 </span></span>which halted the 34-day war&#8230;</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0 0 1em;padding:0;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">&#8220;Preliminary indications are that these explosions were caused by explosive charges contained in unattended underground sensors which were placed in this area by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) apparently during the 2006 war,&#8221; UNIFIL said in a statement&#8230;.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin:0 0 1em;padding:0;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">UNIFIL said it had protested to the Israeli military about <span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);">overflights by drones</span></span> while the Lebanese army and the peacekeepers were investigating on the ground. Lebanese army troops opened fire on the drones with machine gun and small arms fire, the UNIFIL statement said&#8230;.&#8221;<br /></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">&#8230; and these are not rolling garage doors &#8230;</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gLlHfLvSAmhihTuvQx3YeTN6EnLg"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span style="color:#666666;">AFP/ here</span></span></a></span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-weight:normal;">
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<blockquote><p style="padding-left:0;padding-bottom:1em;padding-top:0;text-align:justify;border-width:0;margin:0;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">&#8220;Three suspected Israeli spy devices have been blown up in south Lebanon, two detonated remotely by the Israeli army and one destroyed by the Lebanese army, a military official said on Sunday.</span></p>
<p style="padding-left:0;padding-bottom:1em;padding-top:0;text-align:justify;border-width:0;margin:0;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">&#8220;One explosion occurred before midnight (2100 GMT) in a hilly part of the Hula border zone and a second happened in the same district (on Sunday) morning,&#8221; the official told AFP.It &#8220;seems the two detonations were triggered by Israel which exploded two spying devices it had planted in the sector a long while ago,&#8221; she said.</span></p>
<p style="padding-left:0;padding-bottom:1em;padding-top:0;text-align:justify;border-width:0;margin:0;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="color:rgb(204,0,0);">Israel &#8220;feared for one reason or another that they might be discovered and proceeded to destroy them</span></span> by exploding them remotely,&#8221; the official said&#8230;.&#8221;</span></p>
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<p></span></span><br />Posted by G, Z, or B at <a title="permanent link" href="http://friday-lunch-club.blogspot.com/2009/10/of-blown-up-things-in-south-lebanon.html" rel="bookmark"><abbr title="2009-10-18T13:38:00-04:00">1:38 PM</abbr></a></p>
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<p>Members of the Lebanese army and U.N. peacekeepers inspect the site of an explosion between the villages of Meis al-Jabal and Houla in south Lebanon October 18, 2009. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho </p>
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<p>18/10/2009 Three suspected Israeli spy devices have been blown up in south Lebanon, two detonated remotely by the Israeli army and one destroyed by the Lebanese army, a military official declared on Sunday.</p>
<p>“One explosion occurred before midnight in a hilly part of the Hula border zone and a second happened in the same district (on Sunday) morning,” the official told AFP.</p>
<p>It “seems the two detonations were triggered by Israel which exploded two spying devices it had planted in the sector a long while ago,” she said.</p>
<p>Israel “feared for one reason or another that they might be discovered and proceeded to destroy them by exploding them remotely,” the official said.</p>
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<p>Lebanese troops “located another device and exploded it on Sunday morning” after going to the area on Saturday night with UNIFIL peacekeepers, she added.</p>
<p>Yasmina Bouziane, spokeswoman for the UN peacekeeping force, confirmed that UNIFIL troops had deployed in the area but said she had no “detailed information about what happened.”</p>
<p>The military official also said Lebanese anti-aircraft guns fired at an “Israeli MK-type reconnaissance aircraft which violated Lebanese air space, overflying the southern region of Bint Jbeil”. “The army fired because the aircraft was within range,” she added.</p>
<p>The Israeli army said the Lebanese allegations “do not warrant a serious response. We will continue to act to maintain calm on Israel’s northern border.”</p>
<p>“Hezbollah is once again trying to divert the attention of the international community from their continuous violations of UN resolution 1701. Today’s incident proves Hezbollah’s military presence in southern Lebanon, particularly in rural Shiite areas near the Israeli border,” the Israeli army in a statement.</p>
<p>Lebanon has repeatedly complained of violations of its air space by Israeli aircraft.</p>
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<p><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">&#8230; and these are not rolling garage doors &#8230;</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gLlHfLvSAmhihTuvQx3YeTN6EnLg"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span style="color:#666666;">AFP/ here</span></span></a></span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-weight:normal;">
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<blockquote><p style="padding-left:0;padding-bottom:1em;padding-top:0;text-align:justify;border-width:0;margin:0;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">&#8220;Three suspected Israeli spy devices have been blown up in south Lebanon, two detonated remotely by the Israeli army and one destroyed by the Lebanese army, a military official said on Sunday.</span></p>
<p style="padding-left:0;padding-bottom:1em;padding-top:0;text-align:justify;border-width:0;margin:0;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">&#8220;One explosion occurred before midnight (2100 GMT) in a hilly part of the Hula border zone and a second happened in the same district (on Sunday) morning,&#8221; the official told AFP.It &#8220;seems the two detonations were triggered by Israel which exploded two spying devices it had planted in the sector a long while ago,&#8221; she said.</span></p>
<p style="padding-left:0;padding-bottom:1em;padding-top:0;text-align:justify;border-width:0;margin:0;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="color:rgb(204,0,0);">Israel &#8220;feared for one reason or another that they might be discovered and proceeded to destroy them</span></span> by exploding them remotely,&#8221; the official said&#8230;.&#8221;</span></p>
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<p></span></span><br />Posted by G, Z, or B at <a title="permanent link" href="http://friday-lunch-club.blogspot.com/2009/10/of-blown-up-things-in-south-lebanon.html" rel="bookmark"><abbr title="2009-10-18T13:38:00-04:00">1:38 PM</abbr></a></p>
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<p>Members of the Lebanese army and U.N. peacekeepers inspect the site of an explosion between the villages of Meis al-Jabal and Houla in south Lebanon October 18, 2009. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho </p>
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<p><strong><a href="http://www.almanar.com.lb/newssite/NewsDetails.aspx?id=107477&#38;language=en" target="_blank"><u><span style="color:#0000ff;">Al Manar</span></u></a></strong></p>
<p>18/10/2009 Three suspected Israeli spy devices have been blown up in south Lebanon, two detonated remotely by the Israeli army and one destroyed by the Lebanese army, a military official declared on Sunday.</p>
<p>“One explosion occurred before midnight in a hilly part of the Hula border zone and a second happened in the same district (on Sunday) morning,” the official told AFP.</p>
<p>It “seems the two detonations were triggered by Israel which exploded two spying devices it had planted in the sector a long while ago,” she said.</p>
<p>Israel “feared for one reason or another that they might be discovered and proceeded to destroy them by exploding them remotely,” the official said.</p>
<div style="width:409px;"><img height="266" alt="Taken from AP" src="http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c363/Arzeh/aphoula.jpg" width="399" />
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<p>Lebanese troops “located another device and exploded it on Sunday morning” after going to the area on Saturday night with UNIFIL peacekeepers, she added.</p>
<p>Yasmina Bouziane, spokeswoman for the UN peacekeeping force, confirmed that UNIFIL troops had deployed in the area but said she had no “detailed information about what happened.”</p>
<p>The military official also said Lebanese anti-aircraft guns fired at an “Israeli MK-type reconnaissance aircraft which violated Lebanese air space, overflying the southern region of Bint Jbeil”. “The army fired because the aircraft was within range,” she added.</p>
<p>The Israeli army said the Lebanese allegations “do not warrant a serious response. We will continue to act to maintain calm on Israel’s northern border.”</p>
<p>“Hezbollah is once again trying to divert the attention of the international community from their continuous violations of UN resolution 1701. Today’s incident proves Hezbollah’s military presence in southern Lebanon, particularly in rural Shiite areas near the Israeli border,” the Israeli army in a statement.</p>
<p>Lebanon has repeatedly complained of violations of its air space by Israeli aircraft.</p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>La Brigata aeromobile &#8220;Friuli&#8221; è in partenza per Tibnin, sud del Libano, dove assumerà nella prima settimana di novembre la responsabilità del Settore Ovest di UNIFIL (United Nation Interim Force In Lebanon), nell’ambito dell’operazione Leonte 7 che avrà la durata di circa sei mesi.<br />
Darà il cambio alla 132^ Brigata corazzata &#8220;Ariete&#8221;.<br />
La cerimonia di saluto ha avuto luogo oggi alla caserma Mameli di Bologna alla presenza del generale di corpo d’armata Armando Novelli, comandante delle forze operative terrestri. Presenti anche il generale di corpo d’armata Mario Marioli, comandante del 1° FOD, il prefetto di Bologna Angelo Tranfaglia e il presidente del consiglio comunale Maurizio Cevenini.Il contingente in partenza è composto da 1200 militari del comando brigata e reparto comando e supporti tattici &#8220;Friuli&#8221; di Bologna, 66° reggimento aeromobile &#8220;Trieste&#8221; di Forlì e reggimento &#8220;Savoia Cavalleria&#8221; di Grosseto.<br />
La brigata aeromobile &#8220;Friuli&#8221;, rientrata un anno fa dall’operazione ISAF in Afghanistan, ha in organico anche due reggimenti elicotteri, il 5° &#8220;Rigel&#8221; di Casarsa e il 7° &#8220;Vega&#8221; di Rimini che continuano a fornire piloti, specialisti ed elicotteri da esplorazione e scorta A 129 &#8220;Mangusta&#8221; al task group Fenice schierato a Herat, nell’Afghanistan occidentale, fin dal luglio 2007.<br />
L’operazione in Libano è la sesta missione fuori area della Brigata dopo l’Albania nel 1997, la Bosnia nel 1998, il Kosovo nel 2000, l’Iraq nel 2004 e l’Afghanistan nel 2008. </p>
<p>Fonte: Assadakah.</p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.mil.be/Belufil/index.asp?LAN=nl" target="_blank">BELUFIL &#8211; kolonel Karin De Brabander</a></p>
<p><a href="http://mplbelgique.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/colonel-karin-debrabander.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-6921" title="Colonel Karin De Brabander" src="http://mplbelgique.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/colonel-karin-debrabander.jpg" alt="Colonel Karin De Brabander" width="219" height="300" /></a>Op 15 oktober 2009 om acht uur vond de bevelsoverdracht plaats tussen BELUFIL 9 en BELUFIL 10 in het kantonnement met de bijnaam “Camp Scorpion”, gelegen op een heuvel in het Zuid-Libanese dorp TIBNIN, een twintigtal kilometer verwijderd van de Israëlische grens. Vanuit het kantonnement hebben we prachtig zicht op het heuvelachtig landschap rondom ons. Na een lange periode van onzekerheid omtrent de inzet van het tiende detachement in Libanon, is onze opdracht van start gegaan onder een stralende zon met temperaturen van rond de 30 graden, temperaturen waar men als Belg in deze periode alleen maar van kan dromen. Dank zij de fel gewaardeerde steun van onze voorgangers hebben we een vlotte overgang kunnen realiseren met het volledig detachement in de diverse domeinen die ons aanbelangen.</p>
<p>Onze hoofdopdracht bestaat uit ontmijning- en constructiewerken. Het peloton ontmijning komende van het 11de Geniebataljon uit Burcht is onmiddellijk na aankomst in de operatiezone gestart met de noodzakelijke nationale en UNO accreditaties om een veilige start te garanderen op de ontmijningssites. Hierna zullen ze, onder controle van de specialisten komende van de Dienst voor Opruiming en Vernietiging van Ontploffingstuigen (DOVO), de submunities opruimen die na de oorlog zijn achtergebleven op de velden, wegen en olijfboomgaarden in de buurt van Tibnin om aldus deze landbouwgebieden veilig te stellen voor de lokale bevolking. Naast deze humanitaire ontmijning is er ook veel werk in de operationele ontmijning. De grens waarachter Israël zich heeft teruggetrokken, genaamd de “Blue Line”, ligt immers bezaaid met mijnenvelden en deze grens moet in het terrein duidelijk gemarkeerd worden op diverse locaties. Onze ontmijners zullen dus weldra aan de slag gaan op de grens tussen Israël en Libanon om een doorgang door het mijnenveld te realiseren en aldus het grenspunt te markeren. De militairen van de genie die deel uitmaken van het peloton constructie zijn eveneens afkomstig van het 11de geniebataljon. De constructie bevat onder meer specialisten van de wegenbouw die met hun zware genietuigen weldra de werken van onze voorgangers zullen voortzetten voor de uitbreiding van<!--more--> het UNO hoofdkwartier te NAQOURA, vlak bij de Middellandse Zee. Het peloton bevat ook specialisten voor de verbetering van diverse infrastructuurwerken in verscheidene UNO kantonnementen alsook operatoren voor hijstoestellen.</p>
<p>Om al deze genieopdrachten veilig te kunnen uitvoeren beschikt de battle group over twee pelotons paracommando&#8217;s afkomstig uit het 2de Bataljon Paracommando. Zij verzekeren de beveiliging van het kantonnement, van de escortes in en buiten de operatiezone en van de diverse ontmijning- en constructiesites waar de genie werkzaam is. Een moeilijke klus in een onherbergzaam gebied met smalle wegen en druk verkeer in de omgeving van Beiroet.</p>
<p>Het veelzijdige logistieke steundetachement is klaar om zowel mens als materieel draaiende te houden. De logistieke steunelementen zijn afkomstig van het 8ste Bataljon Logistiek uit Belgrade, de 10de Groepering CIS zorgt ervoor dat de communicaties op het terrein en met het thuisfront vlot verlopen en de medische ploeg wordt geleverd door EMI 1 (Elementen voor Medische Interventie) uit Destelbergen en staat garant voor de medische verzorging van ons detachement.</p>
<p>De staf is samengesteld uit mannen en vrouwen met diverse achtergronden afkomstig uit een waaier van verschillende eenheden en is paraat om het commando te ondersteunen in de diverse domeinen van personeel, materieel, veiligheid, operationele planning en permanentie, publieke relaties en goede contacten met de lokale bevolking en autoriteiten.</p>
<p>De battle group BELUFIL 10, samengesteld uit een gezonde mix van 237 jonge en ervaren militairen van het actief kader en van het reservekader, komende van 26 verschillende eenheden, twee taalstelsels en twintig vrouwelijke deelnemers is klaar om een unieke buitenlandse opdracht voort te zetten in een prachtige omgeving en met de hoop op gunstige blijvende weergoden …</p>
<p>Het menselijk kapitaal, onze rijkdom, is meer dan een leuze voor dit detachement!</p>
<p>Karin DE BRABANDER<br />
Luitenant-kolonel Stafbrevethouder<br />
Commandant BELUFIL 10</p>
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<title><![CDATA[securing a seat at the table: Lebanon joins the Security Council]]></title>
<link>http://adiamondinsunlight.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/securing-a-seat-at-the-table/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>adiamondinsunlight</dc:creator>
<guid>http://adiamondinsunlight.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/securing-a-seat-at-the-table/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[For those following today&#8217;s no-contest election of Lebanon and four other states to non-perman]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>For those following today&#8217;s no-contest election of Lebanon and four other states to non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council &#8230;</p>
<p>The UN offers a helpful (and quite comprehensive) explanation of the seats, the candidates, and the process by which they have been chosen and will be elected, which I am excerpting below. (You can read the entire report <a href="http://www.securitycouncilreport.org/site/c.glKWLeMTIsG/b.5488243/k.5A83/UN_Security_Council_Elections_2009.htm">here</a>.)</p>
<p align="justify">This is the UN report&#8217;s introduction:</p>
<p><em>The General Assembly is expected to hold elections on 15 October for five of the ten seats on the Security Council which are available for elected members serving two-year terms. The five seats available for election in 2009 will be distributed regionally as follows:</em></p>
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<div><em>two seats for Africa (currently held by Burkina Faso and Libya)</em></div>
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<div><em>one seat for Asia (currently held by Viet Nam);</em></div>
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<div><em>one seat for Eastern Europe (currently held by Croatia); and</em></div>
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<div><em>one seat for the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States (GRULAC), (currently held by Costa Rica).</em></div>
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<p align="justify"><em>The five new members elected this year will take up their seats on 1 January and will serve on the Security Council for the period 2010-2011.</em></p>
<p align="justify"><em>At this time it appears that all five candidates will enjoy “clean slate” elections (i.e. they do not have any competing candidates). This is the first time since 2004 that there has been an election to the Security Council with absolutely no contested seats.</em></p>
<p align="justify"><em>Nigeria and Gabon have been endorsed by the AU as the two candidates for the African seats. Nigeria was also endorsed by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in June 2009. Nigeria has had three terms in the Council, in 1966-1967, 1978-1979 and 1994-1995. Gabon has been on the Council twice, in 1978-1979 and 1998-1999.</em></p>
<p align="justify"><em>Lebanon is the Asian Group candidate and won regional endorsement in 2008 from the Asian Group. Lebanon, which was a founding member of the UN, was last on the Council in 1953-1954.</em></p>
<p align="justify"><em>Bosnia and Herzegovina is the candidate for the Eastern European seat. Poland had previously also been a candidate for the Eastern European seat but withdrew in October 2008. Bosnia and Herzegovina has never been on the Council, although as part of Yugoslavia it was previously represented on the Council four times (1950-1951, 1956, 1972-1973 and 1988-1989).</em></p>
<p align="justify"><em>Brazil is the candidate for the GRULAC seat. It was endorsed by the Group in February 2009. Brazil is one of the founding members of the UN and was part of the first group of elected Council members in 1946. Since then it has served on the Council nine times, most recently in 2004-2005.</em></p>
<p align="justify"><em>Although all five candidates have won regional endorsement and are therefore, in practice, assured of being elected by the General Assembly, a formal election with secret ballots is still required. (This is because these are elections to a principal organ of the UN and formal balloting is required for principal organs even though the candidates have been endorsed by their regional groups.) General Assembly decision 34/401, paragraph 16, which allows the Assembly to dispense with elections where there is a “clean slate” from a regional group, applies only to subsidiary organs and therefore does not apply to Security Council elections.) All five candidates will therefore need to secure two-thirds of the 192-member General Assembly, a minimum of 128 votes if all members are present and voting.</em></p>
<p align="justify"><em>If no new candidates emerge at the last minute the ten elected members of the 2010 Security Council will be as follows: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Gabon, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, Turkey and Uganda.</em></p>
<p align="justify">Here&#8217;s the section on Lebanon:</p>
<p align="justify"><em><strong>2.2 The Asian Seat<br />
</strong>In 1997 Lebanon obtained the endorsement of the Arab League as its candidate for the 2009 election. In 2008 it was endorsed by the Asian Group. Lebanon’s first attempt at a Council seat was in 1950 when it faced 14 rounds against Turkey before finally withdrawing. Lebanon then won a seat on the Council in 1952 in a clean slate election.</em></p>
<p align="justify"><em>Among the broad areas of interest for Lebanon as a Council member is the fight against terrorism and disarmament (particularly a nuclear-free Middle East).</em></p>
<p><em> Lebanon is not a contributor to any UN peacekeeping mission but now has long experience as a host country for UN peacekeeping. The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has now been in place for thirty years.</em></p>
<p>Um. I think the &#8220;long experience as a host country&#8221; is a delightfully UN&#8217;y euphemism, but it would give the country a unique perspective on Security Council peacekeeping resolutions. And between Lebanon serving with Turkey, and its apparent effort to redefine &#8220;disarmament&#8221; from a domestic to a regional concern, this should be a hoot of a Security Council.</p>
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<title><![CDATA['Blij dat hij niet vergeten is']]></title>
<link>http://mplbelgique.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/blij-dat-hij-niet-vergeten-is/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jeunempl</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mplbelgique.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/blij-dat-hij-niet-vergeten-is/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Het Nieuwsblad Frieda Monsy, de weduwe van de verongelukte Stefaan Vanpeteghem, was ontroerd toen er]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.nieuwsblad.be/Article/Detail.aspx?ArticleID=N72FQN1K" target="_blank">Het Nieuwsblad</a></p>
<p><a href="http://mplbelgique.wordpress.com/files/2008/11/hommage-vanpeteghem.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1957" title="hommage-vanpeteghem" src="http://mplbelgique.wordpress.com/files/2008/11/hommage-vanpeteghem.jpg?w=150" alt="hommage-vanpeteghem" width="150" height="102" /></a>Frieda Monsy, de weduwe van de verongelukte Stefaan Vanpeteghem, was ontroerd toen er gisteren ook hulde werd gebracht aan haar man.  &#8216;Ik ben blij dat Stefaan één jaar na het ongeval niet vergeten is. Hij heeft zijn leven gegeven ten bate van andere mensen. Ik ben in Libanon op de plek geweest waar hij verongelukte. Daar is een monument opgericht voor Stefaan. Dat zijn momenten die helpen bij de verwerking van het verlies. Ik krijg ook veel steun van zijn makkers en de mensen die hier op de legerbasis werken.&#8217;</p>
<p><!--para2-->&#8216;In het dagelijks leven worden ik en mijn dochtertjes Sarah (9) en Lisa (8) heel vaak herinnerd aan Stefaan. Ik heb een goede band met hen en we kunnen gelukkig open over het ongeluk praten.&#8217;</p>
<p><!--para3-->Na de plechtigheid informeerde minister Leterme bij Frieda hoe het met haar dochters ging. Hij sprak haar moed in voor de moeilijke momenten die zij nog altijd beleven.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Le Liban refuse l'installation de réfugiés palestiniens sur son territoire]]></title>
<link>http://mplbelgique.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/le-liban-refuse-linstallation-de-refugies-palestiniens-sur-son-territoire/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dodzi</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mplbelgique.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/le-liban-refuse-linstallation-de-refugies-palestiniens-sur-son-territoire/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ONU Un casque bleu de la FINUL le long de la &quot;Ligne bleue&quot; à la frontière entre le Liban e]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.un.org/apps/newsFr/storyF.asp?NewsID=20161&#38;Cr=Liban&#38;Cr1=" target="_blank">ONU</a></p>
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<div id="attachment_6664" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 194px"><img class="size-full wp-image-6664" title="FINUL ligne bleue" src="http://mplbelgique.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/finul-ligne-bleue.jpg" alt="Un casque bleu de la FINUL le long de la &#34;Ligne bleue&#34; à la frontière entre le Liban et Israël" width="184" height="122" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Un casque bleu de la FINUL le long de la &#34;Ligne bleue&#34; à la frontière entre le Liban et Israël</p></div>
<p>Réaffirmant le droit légitime des Palestiniens à retourner sur leur terre, le président du Liban Michel Sleiman a appelé devant l&#8217;Assemblée générale de l&#8217;ONU à une solution « juste » à la cause palestinienne et souligné que le Liban continuerait à refuser l&#8217;implantation des réfugiés sur son territoire.</p>
<p>« L&#8217;expérience des 61 années précédentes ont confirmé un ensemble de vérités, à savoir que :</p>
<p>1- La cause palestinienne est au coeur du conflit du Proche-Orient.</p>
<p>2- Le recours par Israël à la force pour imposer une situation de fait accompli est inefficace et ne saurait saper la volonté du peuple arabe et sa détermination à recouvrir ses droits.</p>
<p>3- Les solutions partielles et unilatérales ne peuvent engendrer une paix véritable et authentique, et les solutions injustes sont vouées à l&#8217;échec », a déclaré le président libanais au troisième jour du débat des chefs d&#8217;Etat et de gouvernement à l&#8217;Assemblée générale de l&#8217;ONU à New York.</p>
<p>« Le Liban tient à affirmer toute solution au problème des réfugiés palestiniens se doit d&#8217;abord d&#8217;être d&#8217;ordre politique, et réitère son soutien entier à tout effort visant à promouvoir le programme et les capacités de [l'Office de secours et de travaux des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés de Palestine dans le Proche-Orient (<a href="http://www.un.org/unrwa/index.html">UNRWA</a>)] pour lui permettre d&#8217;améliorer les conditions de vie et humaines des réfugiés, en collaboration avec les pays hôtes, en attendant de trouver une solution juste et définitive à leur tragédie », a précisé le président Sleiman. <!--more--></p>
<p>« Une telle solution ne pourrait, en aucun cas, outrepasser leur droit naturel et légitime au retour dans leur terre et leur pays d&#8217;origine et ne saurait se produire sans la participation des pays hôtes ou en contradiction avec leur souveraineté, leurs situations particulières ou leurs intérêts nationaux. D&#8217;où le refus exprimé par le Liban de l&#8217;implantation des réfugiés palestiniens sous toutes ses formes sur son territoire, dans le souci de préserver leur droit au retour et de respecter les stipulations de sa Constitution et de son Pacte national, une position sur laquelle il ne saurait faire de concessions quoi qu&#8217;il en soit et à laquelle il n&#8217;acceptera jamais de renoncer », a-t-il expliqué.</p>
<p>Concernant les relations avec Israël, le chef d&#8217;Etat libanais a rappelé que trois ans s&#8217;étaient écoulés depuis l&#8217;adoption par le Conseil de sécurité de la <a href="http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=S/RES/1701%20%282006%29">résolution</a> 1701 (2006). Il a affirmé qu&#8217;il était aujourd&#8217;hui indispensable de poursuivre les efforts en vue d&#8217;amener Israël à se conformer à toutes ses dispositions, « en particulier l&#8217;obligation de se retirer de tous les territoires libanais qu&#8217;il continue d&#8217;occuper dans les fermes de Chebaa, les collines de Kfarchouba et la partie nord du village de Ghajar et d&#8217;arrêter ses violations quotidiennes de la souveraineté libanaise et ses menaces réitérées contre le Liban, ses institutions et son infrastructure ».</p>
<p>Par ailleurs, le Liban n&#8217;aura de cesse d&#8217;appeler la communauté internationale et d&#8217;oeuvrer en vue d&#8217;amener Israël à dédommager convenablement le Liban pour les dégâts considérables occasionnés par ses attaques répétées contre lui, y compris les dommages causés par la marée noire qui s&#8217;est répandue sur les côtes libanaises suite à l&#8217;attaque israélienne menée contre la centrale électrique de Jiyeh durant l&#8217;été 2006, a insisté M. Sleiman.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Fatah al-Islam planifie des attaques terroristes contre le Liban]]></title>
<link>http://mplbelgique.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/fatah-al-islam-planifie-des-attaques-terroristes-contre-le-liban/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dodzi</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mplbelgique.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/fatah-al-islam-planifie-des-attaques-terroristes-contre-le-liban/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Iloubnan.info BEYROUTH- D’après le journal Koweitien Al-Rai, Fatah el-Islam essaye toujours d’infilt]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.iloubnan.info/politique/actualite/id/38472" target="_blank">Iloubnan.info</a></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-185" title="Chaker el Abssi - Fatah al islam" src="http://mplbelgique.wordpress.com/files/2008/02/shaker_abssi.jpg" alt="Chaker el Abssi - Fatah al islam" width="300" height="200" />BEYROUTH- D’après le journal Koweitien Al-Rai, Fatah el-Islam essaye toujours d’infiltrer plusieurs camps de refugiés palestiniens, plus particulièrement le camp Beddawi situé au Nord du Liban et le camp al-Shamali situé dans la région du Sud, afin de former de petits groupes capables de lancer des attaques terroristes contre les responsables palestiniens et Libanais ainsi que contre la FINUL.</p>
<p>“ Fadi Ibrahim a été dernièrement découvert dans le camp de Ain al-Hilweh entrain de travailler en cachette avec Jund al-Sham et Fatah al-Islam pour former des groupes terroristes” a déclaré la source.</p>
<p>Le journal a signalé que le Mouvement de Fatah mené par le président palestinien Mahmoud Abbas coopère avec les Forces Armées Libanaises afin de recueillir des informations concernant les membres de Fatah al-Islam, et lancer une campagne de sensibilisation au sein des camps pour que les résidents puissent signaler à leur tour l’existence de tout nouvel individu douteux.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Kahwagi appelle à redoubler d’efforts pour surveiller les actions des terroristes]]></title>
<link>http://mplbelgique.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/kahwagi-appelle-a-redoubler-d%e2%80%99efforts-pour-surveiller-les-actions-des-terroristes/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dodzi</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mplbelgique.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/kahwagi-appelle-a-redoubler-d%e2%80%99efforts-pour-surveiller-les-actions-des-terroristes/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;Orient le Jour Le commandant en chef de l&#8217;armée, le général Jean Kahwagi, a souligné q]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.lorientlejour.com/category/Liban/article/631861/Kahwagi_appelle_a_redoubler_d%27efforts__pour_surveiller_les_actions_des_terroristes.html" target="_blank">L&#8217;Orient le Jour</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.lorientlejour.com/category/Liban/article/631861/Kahwagi_appelle_a_redoubler_d%27efforts__pour_surveiller_les_actions_des_terroristes.html" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1122" title="Général Jean Kahwaji" src="http://mplbelgique.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/jean_kahwaji.jpg" alt="Général Jean Kahwaji" width="200" height="227" /></a>Le commandant en chef de l&#8217;armée, le général Jean Kahwagi, a souligné que « les circonstances délicates » par lesquelles passe le pays ne doivent pas « nous décourager ». Au contraire, « nous devons, en tant qu&#8217;armée et institutions sécuritaires, redoubler d&#8217;efforts pour surveiller les actions des terroristes et les guetter ». « Nous devons aussi faire face aux plans de l&#8217;ennemi israélien et ses agents, et être fermes avec tous ceux qui essaient de déstabiliser la paix civile, a-t-il poursuivi. C&#8217;est ainsi que nous préserverons les institutions de l&#8217;État et consoliderons l&#8217;union nationale. »</p>
<p>Se prononçant au cours d&#8217;un iftar, le général Kahwagi a appelé « à une plus grande vigilance sur la frontière sud du pays et à une collaboration étroite avec la Finul, conformément à la résolution 1701 ». Il a estimé que « le dernier tir de roquettes en direction d&#8217;Israël visait à transformer le Sud en une scène pour échanger les messages, ce que nous ne permettrons pas, d&#8217;autant que cela porte atteinte à l&#8217;intérêt du pays et sert l&#8217;ennemi israélien ».</p>
<p>Il a enfin rendu hommage aux « sacrifices des militaires », appelant ces derniers à « serrer les coudes et à préserver leur unité ».<!--more--></p>
<p>Par ailleurs, le général Kahwagi a reçu hier le commandant en chef américain des forces terrestres, le général William Webster. Les discussions ont porté sur l&#8217;étape à suivre dans le cadre du programme d&#8217;aide américain à l&#8217;armée libanaise et sur les moyens de renforcer la coopération entre les deux armées, notamment au niveau de l&#8217;entraînement et de la logistique. Le commandant en chef de l&#8217;armée a de même reçu le premier juge d&#8217;instruction près le tribunal militaire, le magistrat Rachid Mezher.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Sud Liban : 5 membres du Fatah al Islam arrêtés]]></title>
<link>http://mplbelgique.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/sud-liban-5-membres-du-fatah-al-islam-arretes/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dodzi</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mplbelgique.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/sud-liban-5-membres-du-fatah-al-islam-arretes/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Libnanews Beyrouth, le 18 septembre – 5 membres du groupuscule terroriste du Fatah al Islam, proche ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.libnanews.com/index.php?option=com_content&#38;view=article&#38;id=430%3Asud-liban--5-membres-du-fatah-al-islam-arretes-&#38;catid=47%3Alibjustice&#38;Itemid=83" target="_blank">Libnanews</a></p>
<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-6547" title="Islamistes Liban" src="http://mplbelgique.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/islamistes-liban.jpg" alt="Islamistes Liban" width="372" height="192" />Beyrouth, le 18 septembre – 5 membres du groupuscule terroriste du Fatah al Islam, proche d’Al Qaida ont été arrêtés par l’armée libanaise dans le camp palestinien de Bourg al Chamali au sud de Tyr selon le quotidien libanai Al Liwaa.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Ces derniers seraient accusés d’avoir surveillé les mouvements de la FINUL déployée au Sud Liban dans le cadre d’une préparation à des attentats visant les casques bleus. </strong></p>
<p>Ces arrestations interviennent suite à l’interception par les autorités libanaises de messages à destination des réseaux dormants de l’organisation terroriste déjà accusée de divers attentats visant notamment le personnel de l’ONU en juillet 2007 lors de l’assaut de l’armée libanaise contre les positions du Fatah al Islam dans le camp palestinien de Nahr Bared au Nord Liban.</p>
<p>L’armée libanaise répliquait à l’époque à l’attaque d’une de ses positions dans laquelle les terroristes avaient égorgé dans leur sommeil une vingtaine de soldats. Le Fatah al Islam serait également impliqué dans l’assassinat de l’ancien ministre de l’industrie Pierre Gemayel et dans l’attentat visant des bus dans la localité chrétienne d’Ein Alak.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Déjà vu?]]></title>
<link>http://mayazankoul.wordpress.com/2009/09/12/deja-vu/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>maya zankoul</dc:creator>
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<p>I know, I know. The reason why we can panic so much is because we see terrible events from the past repeating themselves in a very, very stupid way. (Human are supposed to learn from their mistakes). But since I think we will be having a lot of surprises soon with the cabinet&#8217;s mission impossible, I decided to take things lightly, and not to panic unless things get <strong>REALLY</strong> messy. Which, hopefully, optimistically and idealistically will not happen. Keep it positive! <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  Have a great weekend!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[¿Está Hizbulá preparándose para iniciar ataques químicos sobre Israel?]]></title>
<link>http://noticiasterrorismo.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/esta-hizbula-preparandose-para-iniciar-ataques-quimicos-sobre-israel/</link>
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<p>Fuentes europeas citadas en el artículo también comentaron que tres de los ocho terroristas de Hisbulá que murieron en la explosión fallecieron después de entrar en contacto con los productos químicos.</p>
<p>Según el informe, la organización terrorista libanesa trató de mantener al personal del Ejército libanés, así como las fuerzas de la FINUL lejos del lugar de la explosión, a fin de encubrir las pruebas.</p>
<p>El medio kuwaití, conocido por su firme oposición a Hisbulá, dijo que la organización islamista almacena armas químicas en Baalbek, así como al norte y al sur del río Litani, desde diciembre de 2008.</p>
<p>El artículo también declaró que Irán envió recientemente nuevos tipos de armas químicas, así como miles de máscaras de gas que proporcionan protección contra las armas químicas y biológicas, a través de aeropuertos de Siria.</p></blockquote>
<p>¿La UNIFIL/FINUL hará algo al respecto?</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Hezbollah WMD's]]></title>
<link>http://worldnewsandpolitics.wordpress.com/2009/09/03/hezbollah-wmds/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Un Israélien qui avait traversé la frontière avec le Liban renvoyé en Israël]]></title>
<link>http://mplbelgique.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/un-israelien-qui-avait-traverse-la-frontiere-avec-le-liban-renvoye-en-israel/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[AFP/Iloubnan.info JERUSALEM &#8211; Un Israélien qui avait pénétré au Liban et souffre apparemment d]]></description>
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<p>JERUSALEM &#8211; Un Israélien qui avait pénétré au Liban et souffre apparemment de troubles mentaux, a été renvoyé en Israël dans la nuit de jeudi à vendredi, apprend-on de source militaire.</p>
<p>L&#8217;homme, âgé d&#8217;une trentaine d&#8217;années, est résident de Rishon le Tzion, au sud de Tel-Aviv, selon cette source. Il a été arrêté mardi pour interrogatoire après avoir été remis aux autorités israéliennes par la Force intérimaire de l&#8217;ONU au Liban (Finul).</p>
<p>Il avait été capturé par l&#8217;armée libanaise après avoir été repéré près du village d&#8217;Aytaroun, distant d&#8217;environ cinq kilomètres de la frontière israélienne, marquée par une barrière de fils barbelés. Israël avait informé la Finul qu&#8217;un homme avait franchi la clôture frontalière.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Asharq Alawsat: &quot;Syria &amp; Hezbollah Backing Salafist Groups in Northern Lebanon&quot;]]></title>
<link>http://uprootedpalestinians.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/asharq-alawsat-syria-hezbollah-backing-salafist-groups-in-northern-lebanon/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Link &#8216;The Raid on Ashrafieh, as condoned by Hariri&#8217;s allies&#8217; here &#8220;&#8230; A]]></description>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-style:italic;">&#8216;The Raid on Ashrafieh, as condoned by Hariri&#8217;s allies&#8217;</span></div>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&#38;id=17910"><span style="color:#666666;">here</span></a></span>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span style="font-size:medium;">&#8220;&#8230; Asharq Al-Awsat spoke to a high-ranking Lebanese security <span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">(see Hariri&#8217;s &#8216;branch&#8217; of the ISF)</span></span> source who revealed that &#8220;there are no worries with regards to civil peace at the current stage, and there is no information that this is under threat.&#8221; &#8230;The high-ranking Lebanese source added &#8220;<span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);">It is known</span></span> that Syria and Hezbollah have allies in some parties who follow the Islamist Salafist trend in Tripoli. They support them with money and weapons&#8230;..</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span style="font-size:medium;">The source revealed that the link between the Salafist groups and Hezbollah was discovered after the Lebanese security force raided a house belonging to a Salafist group member with ties to Hezbollah and discovered a weapons cache&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8221;The Lebanese security forces, from the army to the internal security apparatus, are in control of the situation&#8221;. &#8230;.</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span style="font-size:medium;">Speaking about information about assassination plots against official figures, the source revealed &#8220;around one month ago the authorities arrested a network of ten individuals who belong to Fatah al-Islam who were in possession of Hungarian passports and Greek telephone numbers. After questioning them, the authorities received unconfirmed information about plans to booby-trap a UNIFIL [United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon] truck which would be detonated close to the headquarters of the Phalange Party <span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);">whilst MP Samy Gemayel was present.</span></span> The Lebanese authorities warned Gemayel of this treat and provided him with the necessary protection&#8230;.&#8221;<br /></span></span></span></span></p>
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<div>Posted by G, Z, &#38; or B at <a title="permanent link" href="http://friday-lunch-club.blogspot.com/2009/08/asharq-alawsat-syria-hezbollah-backing.html" rel="bookmark"><abbr title="2009-08-27T10:25:00-04:00">10:25 AM</abbr></a> </div>
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<link>http://uprootedpalestinian.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/asharq-alawsat-syria-hezbollah-backing-salafist-groups-in-northern-lebanon/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Link &#8216;The Raid on Ashrafieh, as condoned by Hariri&#8217;s allies&#8217; here &#8220;&#8230; A]]></description>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-style:italic;">&#8216;The Raid on Ashrafieh, as condoned by Hariri&#8217;s allies&#8217;</span></div>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&#38;id=17910"><span style="color:#666666;">here</span></a></span>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span style="font-size:medium;">&#8220;&#8230; Asharq Al-Awsat spoke to a high-ranking Lebanese security <span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">(see Hariri&#8217;s &#8216;branch&#8217; of the ISF)</span></span> source who revealed that &#8220;there are no worries with regards to civil peace at the current stage, and there is no information that this is under threat.&#8221; &#8230;The high-ranking Lebanese source added &#8220;<span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);">It is known</span></span> that Syria and Hezbollah have allies in some parties who follow the Islamist Salafist trend in Tripoli. They support them with money and weapons&#8230;..</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span style="font-size:medium;">The source revealed that the link between the Salafist groups and Hezbollah was discovered after the Lebanese security force raided a house belonging to a Salafist group member with ties to Hezbollah and discovered a weapons cache&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8221;The Lebanese security forces, from the army to the internal security apparatus, are in control of the situation&#8221;. &#8230;.</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span style="font-size:medium;">Speaking about information about assassination plots against official figures, the source revealed &#8220;around one month ago the authorities arrested a network of ten individuals who belong to Fatah al-Islam who were in possession of Hungarian passports and Greek telephone numbers. After questioning them, the authorities received unconfirmed information about plans to booby-trap a UNIFIL [United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon] truck which would be detonated close to the headquarters of the Phalange Party <span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);">whilst MP Samy Gemayel was present.</span></span> The Lebanese authorities warned Gemayel of this treat and provided him with the necessary protection&#8230;.&#8221;<br /></span></span></span></span></p>
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<div>Posted by G, Z, &#38; or B at <a title="permanent link" href="http://friday-lunch-club.blogspot.com/2009/08/asharq-alawsat-syria-hezbollah-backing.html" rel="bookmark"><abbr title="2009-08-27T10:25:00-04:00">10:25 AM</abbr></a> </div>
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