French U.N. peacekeepers in an armored personnel carrier pass a billboard showing Iran's late leader Ayatollah Khomeini as they patrol a road in the southern village of Alma Chaab, Lebanon, Monday, Sept. 18, 2006. French Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie who arrived to Beirut late Sunday reaffirmed France's support for the Lebanese government following a monthlong war between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas. Major-General Alain Pelligrini, the commander of the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon said Monday that his troops will not try to disarm Hezbollah, saying that was a matter for the Lebanese government. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
A Lebanese soldier, right, and a soldier from France's Foreign Legion, right, hold a ribbon to be cut by France's Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie and Lebanon's Defense Minister Elias Murr, both unseen, during the official ceremony to open a bridge on the highway by the coastal town of Naameh, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Sept. 18, 2006, reconstructed by soldiers from France's Foreign Legion to replace an old bridge that was destroyed following an Israeli forces' attack during the 34-day long Hezbollah-Israel war. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)