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LEBANON: Arrival of about fifty French peacekeepers

About 50 French peacekeepers arrived in south Lebanon on Saturday (August 19), the first reinforcements for a U.N. force charged with helping the Lebanese army take over the area, witnesses said. France has pledged just 200 army engineers, disappointing the United Nations and the United States, which had hoped Paris would provide the backbone and leadership of the force that is to monitor a truce between Israel and Hizbollah guerrillas.

ITN Source | August 19, 2006Watch more videos from ITN Source

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