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Annan sez Hezbollah is big heat
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United Nations must recognize Hezbollah as a force to be reckoned with in implementing the U.N. resolution calling for the withdrawal of all Syrian forces from Lebanon and the disarmament of the country's militias, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Tuesday.
| In a technical, military sense I suppose that's true, as the Division S-2 will have to generate a plan. |
He was responding to a question about the disarmament of Hezbollah. Annan said the world needs to accept that in every society different groups may hold different views. "Of course, we need to be careful of the forces at work in Lebanese society as we move forward," he said.
| Remind me, Kofi, what part of Lebanon Hezbollah represents. |
"But even the Hezbollah - if I read the message on the placards they are using - they are talking about non-interference by outsiders ... which is not entirely at odds with the Security Council resolution, that there should be withdrawal of Syrian troops," Annan told reporters. "But that having been said, we need to recognize that they are a force in society that one will have to factor in as we implement the resolution," he said.
Posted by: Steve White 2005-03-09 |
