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UN peacekeepers conduct evacuation drill as Israel-Lebanon war looms
The United Nations peacekeeping force has conducted an evacuation exercise from Lebanon in case of war with Israel.
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Over the last two months, the UN has warned of increasing tension along the Israeli-Lebanese border, including Israeli overflights and Iranian weapons shipments to Lebanon from neighboring Syria.

Officials said the UN Interim Force in Lebanon concluded a one-day exercise to test its response to an emergency in southern Lebanon. The exercise aimed to evacuate UN civilians and their families from the area south of Lebanon's Litani River.

"This training is routine and conducted by all UN personnel and civilians wherever there is deployment by an international force," UNIFIL spokesman Neeraj Singh said.

During the exercise, UN civilians were directed to a helicopter strip for rapid evacuation from southern Lebanon. Officials said the exercise was coordinated with the Lebanese Army.

UNIFIL contains about 13,500 troops from both NATO and Asian states.
Posted by: tipper 2010-06-03
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=298155