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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
U.N. gets 3,500 troops for Mideast force
2006-08-18
The United Nations got pledges Thursday of 3,500 troops for an expanded U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon, ...
National Pledge Week for Lebanon! I can see this on public TV and NPR. Make your pledge today and get your choice of this lovely minature Lebanese flag or Hezbollah banner suitable for your office or living room ...
... but it was unclear whether the soldiers represented the right mix of countries and units and could deploy very quickly. Bangladesh made the largest offer of up to 2,000 troops but France offered just 400, a disappointment to some who expected more from the country likely to lead the force.
The disappointment was in expecting something from France ...
Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown told a meeting of nearly 50 potential troop contributing countries that at least 3,500 new troops are needed in south Lebanon within 10 days to expand the 2,000-strong U.N. force trying to help maintain an uneasy truce between Israel and Hezbollah militants. ...
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#3  By God, I understood your post Joe. It was damned fine, too. I need to go lie down, now.
Posted by: Flogum Clavitch3333   2006-08-18 23:53  

#2  If what was reported on FOX + CNN is correct, the nations comprising the UNO force are nations wid evidence of anti-Amer agendas, e.f. FRANCE and Iraq; andor are domestically at risk of destabilization-anarchy themselves from Commie-Maoist-supported Radical Islamist/Terror groups. The Hizzies, Hezzies, Hammies, Huzzies, Poppies, and Jihadies, etc, get their weapons, etch, and advisors, etal. from SYRIA-IRAN, ergo Lebanon's 15,000 want to block arms coming from southern Israel, NOT northern Lebanon, dem dar Syria-Iran ways.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2006-08-18 23:50  

#1  Muslim expeditionary force?
Posted by: gromgoru   2006-08-18 13:01  

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