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| 'Multinational force must fight Hamas' |
| 2007-06-16 |
| A proposed multinational force deployed along the Gaza Strip's border with Egypt must be willing to fight Hamas to stop weapons smuggling in the area, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Friday. Livni said Israel was not interested in any proposal involving a monitoring force for the Philadelphi corridor where, she said, Hamas used tunnels to bring in weapons. "Those who are talking in terms of international forces have to understand that the meaning is not monitoring forces but forces that are willing to fight, to confront Hamas on the ground," Livni said. "The question is the effectiveness of these (multinational) forces. We don't need monitors to come in to tell us about the (smuggling), we need someone to stop it," she told a news conference during an official visit to Portugal. Livni rejected the possibility of deploying an international force inside the Gaza Strip. "I don't think that this is relevant ... when the situation is that Hamas controls everything," she said. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon discussed the possible deployment of a multinational force in Gaza with the Security Council on Wednesday. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Tuesday proposed stationing international forces along the Gaza Strip's border with Egypt to prevent arms from reaching Palestinian terrorists. Livni said the Gaza Strip fighting was "an internal problem" for Palestinians. "Let's wait and see what the Palestinians do," she said. "We are waiting. We are watching the situation very closely." She urged the international community to join Israel in strengthening the strategy of isolating extremist movements, such as Hamas, and encouraging moderates, including Fatah. On Thursday, US officials expressed doubt that the international community would be willing to risk its troops in the region. US State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said that although the US would consider any such proposal, it was unlikely that any country would be ready to volunteer forces. "We'll, of course, take a look at whatever the Secretary General has to propose. And I have to confess I haven't seen any details of such a proposal. But I would, just as an initial reaction, put out for you that I think it would be difficult to find forces that would be ready and effective in going into such a clearly non-permissive environment," said McCormack. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 Nope, nothing to see here. Move along, move along. Israel had better not, as has been reported elsewhere, be thinking about going back into the Hellmouth that is Gaza any time soon and neither should the US send any troops in there. Everybody just wants somebody else to clean up their mess and they usually want the US to do it. Let 'em stew in their own juices for awhile and see how they like it. If we send troops in it should be to make sure all the bodies are buried so they don;t stink up the Negev too badly or pollute the Med any worse. |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2007-06-16 23:43 |
| #7 Capable, maybe, willing, NO. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-06-16 15:58 |
| #6 One geta a bit tipsy with Tzipi's idea that the proposed multinational farce is capable of fighting. |
| Posted by: Duh! 2007-06-16 15:50 |
| #5 "The question is the effectiveness of these (multinational) forces. We don't need monitors to come in to tell us about the (smuggling), we need someone to stop it," she told a news conference during an official visit to Portugal. I guess she told te EU where they can stick their multinational force. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2007-06-16 12:25 |
| #4 You and whose army is going to fight Hamas? |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2007-06-16 12:08 |
| #3 [points to previous post] I'll have what he's having ... |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-06-16 08:49 |
| #2 A proposed multinational force deployed along the Gaza Strip's border with Egypt must be willing to fight Hamas I flew last night for the first time in months, it was fun, holding my arms out and diving, climbing and looking at certain backyard pools, scaring the dawgs and being applauded by the police for my crime-fighting efforts. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2007-06-16 08:42 |
| #1 A proposed multinational force deployed along the Gaza Strip's border with Egypt must be willing to fight Hamas to stop weapons smuggling in the area, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Friday. Hey! Howz'about you Muslim fuckwits fight these steenkin' Islamic assholes all by yourselves? After all, you've done everything within your power to ensure the current outcome, so go ahead and deal with for once. Emkay? |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-06-16 01:34 |