U.N. Force Is Treading Lightly on Lebanese Soil


	U.N. Force Is Treading Lightly on Lebanese Soil

RecordSage

9-25-2006 2:06 AM

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un, lebanon, unifil

RecordSage says:

UN shows its ineptitude once again sending people in who can do... nothing. What was the point of sending them? Based on the recent speech by the hezbollian and this - history will again be repeating itself.

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