Original source URL: http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/12877.asp French refuse to send troops in IN peace mission without Lebanese assurance that Hizbollah will be disarmed - Hizbollah refuses Media Release Aug. 16, 2006 Hizbollah refuses to disarm and French are not sending troops in without Hizbollah disarming. French officials on Tuesday insisted Paris would resist leading a bolstered international force in southern Lebanon without Lebanese government assurances that Hizbollah, the militant Shia group, would be disarmed. Paris¹ requirements were spelled out on the eve of Wednesday¹s visit by Philippe Douste-Blazy, French foreign minister, to Beirut a visit likely to prove pivotal in deciding the fate of the multinational UN force proposed to police the fragile ceasefire between Hizbollah and Israel. -- -------------------------------------------------------- Escaping the Matrix website http://escapingthematrix.org/ cyberjournal website http://cyberjournal.org subscribe cyberjournal list mailto:•••@••.••• Posting archives http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/ Blogs: cyberjournal forum http://cyberjournal-rkm.blogspot.com/ Achieving real democracy http://harmonization.blogspot.com/ for readers of ETM http://matrixreaders.blogspot.com/ Community Empowerment http://empowermentinitiatives.blogspot.com/ Blogger made easy http://quaylargo.com/help/ezblogger.html
