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| Syria-Lebanon-Iran |
| Hezbollah insists on control of border |
| 2005-08-05 |
| BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Hezbollah Friday rejected calls by U.N. Representative in South Lebanon Geir Pederson to deploy the Lebanese army along the border with Israel. Minister of Energy Mohammed Fneish, who represents Hezbollah in Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's government, said the army was already present in the south. Speaking in an interview with Beirut's daily al-Balad, Fneish charged that the United Nations was acting at the behest of Israel and the United States, which want to have the Lebanese army deployed on the border in order to act as a security shield for Israel. Hezbollah militants virtually control the border with Israel. On Thursday Pederson called Lebanon to deploy the army along the Blue Line, which the United Nations drew in 2000. |
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