Hezbollah Says UN Force Should Defend Lebanon
Joseph S. Mayton - All Headline News Middle East Correspondent Cairo, Egypt (AHN) - Hezbollah said that the United Nations peacekeeping force in the country should defend Lebanon against Israel. A top leader in the militant organization said the Shiite group would have no problems with the UN force in the country as long as it did not pursue other agendas. "UNIFIL [the UN Interim Force in Lebanon] is here to protect the Lebanese and Lebanon's sovereignty and we want its mandate limited to that," Nabil Qaouk, the group's chief in the south, told AFP. "We want the new UNIFIL to do its work in conformity with the UN Security Council Resolution 1701," Qaouk added. The resolution has called for the bolstering of the UN force in Lebanon to as many as 15,000 troops. European nations will make up the majority of the troop base with over 7,000 soldiers. Resolution 1701 officially ended the war between Hezbollah and Israel on August 14.
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