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UN reports apparent ceasefire violations in Lebanon Dec 7, 2006, 19:28 GMT New York - The United Nations has received reports of illegal arms smuggling across the Lebanese-Syrian border, but has been unable to substantiate them, the UN said Thursday in an evaluation of the 4-month-old ceasefire in Lebanon. The UN report said that in the last month its mission in southern Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, and Lebanese troops monitoring the ceasefire were challenged by two Hezbollah soldiers carrying AK47 rifles, who were then arrested. The UN also found caches of rifles and explosive devices near Bourhoz. 'The UN continues to receive reports of illegal arms smuggling across the Lebanese-Syrian border, but have not been able to verify such reports,' it said. The UN report said Lebanese authorities have taken measures to prevent arms smuggling and military activities in southern Lebanon since the ceasefire was declared on August 14, ending the war between Israel and Shitte Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. The ceasefire declared by the UN Security Council under Resolution 1701 also imposed a demilitarized zone in southern Lebanon where troops movements and weapons are prohibited. There are now more than 5,000 UNIFIL troops and 8,000 Lebanese troops monitoring the ceasefire, the report said. It also said engineering units and demining workers have cleared more than 60,000 cluster bombs since the ceasefire, but 822 new cluster bomb sites had been discovered since November 20. The report said a total of 152 civilians have been hit by the bombs and 17 of them have died. Israel has so far failed to provide UNIFIL with data on cluster bomb firing sites to assist demining efforts, the report said. © 2006 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur +++ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
