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To: geode00 who wrote (198959)	8/23/2006 11:18:17 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Thank you for the UNIFIL link. Interesting reading. Nevertheless, tension between Israel and Lebanon remains high and the relative calm along the Blue Line is an uneasy one," he noted. The most significant sources of tensions were the persistent Israeli violations of Lebanese airspace and the Hezbollah anti-aircraft fire directed towards Israeli villages....." That is a far cry from Strindberg's description that you cited earlier. A very far cry. I don't doubt for a moment that Israel violated Lebanese airspace. If it can be called "Lebanese airspace"--given the fact that Lebanon couldn't or wouldn't disarm Hezbollah, and indeed allowed them to turn the south into their own little military camp, Israel obviously had an interest in trying at least to know what was going on. After all, one of Hezbollah's stated goals is the elimination of the Israeli government. Think about the following comment in the context of our earlier discussion of Westphalia: By unanimously adopting resolution 1614 (2005), the Council extended the mandate of UNIFIL accordingly and called upon the Government of Lebanon to fully extend its “sole and effective” authority throughout the south, including through the deployment of sufficient numbers of armed and security forces and to exert “control and monopoly over the use of force” on its entire territory. In that connection, the Council welcomed the Secretary-General’s intention to discuss with the Lebanese Government the next steps in preparing for an expansion of its authority in the south. And yes, I am serious when I say that Israel had nothing to do with Syria leaving Lebanon. They don't have that kind of clout in that country. If they did, Hezbollah would have been disarmed long ago.