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| U.N. Mideast Draft Meets Arab Opposition |
| 2006-08-07 |
| The United States and France ran into strong opposition from Lebanon and the Arab world Sunday in their drive for speedy adoption of a U.N. resolution aimed at ending the escalating Israeli-Hezbollah conflict, primarily over the withdrawal of Israeli troops. Washington and Paris had hoped to put the draft in final form for a Security Council vote Monday. But they delayed action after Lebanon and Qatar, the council's only Arab member, proposed many amendments to the U.S.-French draft resolution —first and foremost demanding Israel pull its forces out of Lebanon once hostilities end. The council was scheduled to meet Monday morning when the U.S. and France are likely to present a revised text, taking into account some of the Arab concerns, with a view to a possible Security Council vote on Tuesday, council diplomats said, speaking on condition of anonymity because negotiations have been closed. "The most important thing for us is to obtain the agreement of the Lebanese government (and) the Arab world," France's Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said on France-Info radio. Lebanese special envoy Nouhad Mahoud proposed an amendment to the U.S.-French draft that would have Israel would immediately hand over the ground it held when fighting ended to U.N. peacekeepers. Within 72 hours, the peacekeepers would assist the Lebanese armed forces to deploy throughout southern Lebanon to the U.N.-drawn boundary with Israel known as the Blue Line. Mahoud also urged the council to amend the text to call for Israel to immediately hand over the Chebaa Farms area, which it seized in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, "to U.N. custody" until the border is marked. Lebanon claims the area but the United Nations determined that it is Syrian, and that Syria and Israel should negotiate its fate. Hezbollah uses the Chebaa Farms to claim that Israeli forces still occupy Lebanon. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #11 Yep, #10, they have gotten very damn used to bullying for concessions via the "imternational community" ; nice to see them finding out that everyday's not a Sunday. |
| Posted by: Duh! 2006-08-07 16:42 |
| #10 The Arabs are habituated to their allies in the UN forcing a losing cease fire on Israel, and that is what they are negotiating for again this time. Only things have changed, and I do not believe this time they will get what they consider the inevitable. It will be a salutory learning experience for all parties. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-08-07 13:23 |
| #9 BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) — Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said Monday that one person was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the southern village of Houla, not 40 as he had earlier reported. “The massacre in Houla, it turned out that there was one person killed,” Reuters quoted Siniora as saying. “They thought that the whole building smashed on the heads of about 40 people ... thank God they have been saved.” Siniora had earlier told Arab foreign ministers in Beirut that the attack “was a horrific massacre ... in which more than 40 martyrs were victims of deliberate bombing.” Oh yeah, but some ppl only shed tears but has no shame about blathering BS. A "Shame Culture"(indeed!)that breeds liars. |
| Posted by: Duh! 2006-08-07 13:10 |
| #8 The Arabs MUST know that bringing up the Cheeba Farms will prevent reaching any decision. Hence they WANT the fighting to continue, and escalate. |
| Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever) 2006-08-07 11:12 |
| #7 Hey, the UN is living up to it's design criteria - do nothing in the wordiest way possible. Don't like it? Blame the design. |
| Posted by: mojo 2006-08-07 09:57 |
| #6 What part of Hezb' Allah is not in the military wing? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-08-07 09:27 |
| #5 Amen to that. I'm getting awfully sick of the coverage of "civilians" killed in Lebanon. I notice in many of the reports, they show apartment buildings with the sides blown off. Many of the apartments are relatively undisturbed, except for the missing wall. You can see the TV, the furniture, the decor, and one other little detail: A large portrait of Nasrallah hanging on the wall. These people are the enemy, plain and simple. Israel's naive notion that they would somehow blame the Hezzies and support the strikes is nonsense. They ARE Hezbollah. Maybe not the 'military' wing, but Hezbollah nonetheless. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-08-07 08:50 |
| #4 True, gorb. But at least this time the right bits are burning. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-08-07 05:57 |
| #3 They're off doing what they do best: Fiddling/negotiating while Rome/Lebanon burns. |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-08-07 03:05 |
| #2 Keep the discussions going! |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-08-07 03:01 |
| #1 The United States and France ran into strong opposition from Lebanon and the Arab world Sunday in their drive for speedy adoption of a U.N. resolution aimed at ending the escalating Israeli-Hezbollah conflict, primarily over the withdrawal of Israeli troops. I love it - make them an offer they can't accept. |
| Posted by: xbalanke 2006-08-07 00:46 |