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2010-06-03 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

UN peacekeepers conduct evacuation drill as Israel-Lebanon war looms

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Posted by tipper 2010-06-03 08:48|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Alternative headline:
War Looms:UN Practices Running Away

Posted by Grunter 2010-06-03 09:54|| 2010-06-03 09:54|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm not sure why the UN needs to practice that, Grunter.

They already have such copious experience in that area....

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-06-03 11:25|| 2010-06-03 11:25|| Front Page Top

#3 So the UN has not stopped the flow of rockets, weapons, and materiel into Lebanon, but has just observed some of it. Totally useless expenditure of funds and resources.

It is all appearances and no substance. That is the UN, all right.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2010-06-03 11:30|| 2010-06-03 11:30|| Front Page Top

#4 You mean they're not going to hang around and get ground into dogmeat in the war they've spent the last couple years enabling?

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-06-03 12:46|| 2010-06-03 12:46|| Front Page Top

#5 Three guesses as to which direction the Mighty Blue Helmets will be bugging out in. My guess is south, which is ironic in itself.

Unless the UN suddenly grew a fleet.

Posted by mojo 2010-06-03 13:29|| 2010-06-03 13:29|| Front Page Top

#6 What would be funnier still is if Isreal refused and told them to go parallel (west) to the Coast. At gunpoint, since they can't be sure who among them has been helping Hezbollah get all those arms. After-all, they were supposed to STOP it, so there must be traitors.

Please let them do that. PLEASE.

Posted by Charles 2010-06-03 15:44|| 2010-06-03 15:44|| Front Page Top

#7 Actually the "Mighty Blue Helmets" have had a significant impact on the military situation in Northern Israel/Southern Lebanon.

They have been de facto human shields for Hezbollah.

I'd be surprised if that wasn't the intent in the first place.

Posted by Chuckles Elmeter9046 2010-06-03 19:28|| 2010-06-03 19:28|| Front Page Top

#8 Does the evac drill include Resolution Passing or is that a separate operation?

Posted by SteveS 2010-06-03 20:05|| 2010-06-03 20:05|| Front Page Top

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