Posted on 04/22/2008 9:21:38 AM PDT by jhpigott
(IsraelNN.com) Hizbullah terrorists scared off UNIFIL armed forces last month after the armed international soldiers found a truck carrying arms and ammunition for the group.
According to Haaretz, which quotes an unnamed "source in Jerusalem," the UNIFIL troops were on patrol and pulled the truck over. When they approached the vehicle, armed Hizbullah terrorists exited and threatened them at gunpoint. The UNIFIL troops returned to their cars and went back to their base.
The March 31 incident, which undercuts confidence in the ability of international troops to prevent the activities of the terrorist group in the region, was kept secret at the time. It was mentioned in a semi-yearly report submitted to the UN Security Council by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
Hizbullah is not allowed to enter the area in which the weapons shipment was found according to UN Security Council Resolution 1701. The incident constitutes a major violation of the resolution, which Prime Minister Ehud Olmert counts among Israel's great successes of the Second Lebanon War.
Rules of Engagement Questioned, Hizbullah Threatens Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced last week that he would be reviewing the rules of engagement for the 2,500 Italian soldiers serving in the UN force, saying the troops were being prevented from reacting to certain situations. "We pledge our support for the strengthening of democracy (in Lebanon)," he said, "but we want to look at the rules of engagement. Our soldiers find themselves in a unique situation...because they cannot react. We will re-examine the rules of engagement."
The Hizbullah-led opposition in Lebanon warned against amending UNIFIL's rules of engagement, saying that it would change it into "occupation forces." The use of that language is meant to signal that Hizbullah terrorists would begin targeting UN forces in attacks.
"Any amendment would give the international forces the jurisdiction to use force and erect checkpoints outside its area of deployment," the statement said. "That would transcend on the Lebanese Army's authorities, and would change these forces' mandate from observing implementation of resolution 1701 to occupation forces."
Hizbullah Calls the Shots Hizbullah is tightening its control over southern Beirut, according to a report in Al-Mustakabel translated by MEMRI. The group has recently clashed with Lebanese forces and forced them to abide by Hizbullah’s rules.
In one case, a Lebanese security official was kidnapped and questioned by Hizbullah agents after reportedly taking pictures of illegally built structures in a Hizbullah-friendly neighborhood. In another, members of Hizbullah forced the Lebanese police to release two men who had been arrested after they refused to stop for a routine inspection.
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As usual, simply pathetic.
Those blue helmets need a yellow stripe down the middle.
The UN gets billions a year to provide all the aid for the palestinian “refuge” camps in Lebannon. They don’t want to mess with that gravy train by enforcing any resolutions to disarm Hezbollah.
And we’re supposed to listen to the UN?
Hey.........at least we know that if they bring their blue helmets here, all our gangs will be safe.
UN says: Why would we do that? The current rules of engagement provide cover for Hizbullah to rearm and reposition itself. That is what was intended.
The UN is worthless.
We need to get the US out of the UN, and the UN out of the US!
Ya ever hear of the Bureau of Indian Affairs?
They get billions a year and do little for it also.
I’m sure most people are aware of it, but I’ll mention it anyway.
One recent proposal for peace between the Palestinians and Israel would be an international zone between running the length of Israel between it and the Palestinian territories.
This would be manned by the same ‘Internation Order of the Barney Fifes’, that now supposedly monitors the south of Lebanon, to prevent Hezballah from rearming there.
Sound like a plany any of us would want protecting our nation from terrorists?
The U.N. is a destructive body. It hates western interests and loves terrorists. It userps our values through the education arm of UNESCO.
Why we play along with the UN is beyond me, unless our government officials like where it is leading us.
Quit playing along you assholes in Washington, D.C. We’re tired of it.
Asking a man to risk his life for nothing usually has this result.
Just like they did in Rwanda.
The peace UN blue helmet peacekeepers keep is that in their immediate vicinity. They also steal and rape defenseless females if the mission is in central Africa.
The peace that western European and north American liberals pine for is that enforced by the UN blue helmets. Any real peace imposed by our US military acting under our president’s and Congress’s direction is a bad peace.
Is this a shock? Its one thing to give one’s life for one’s country. Its another thing to do it for the UN.
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