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July 25, 2006
Rice to Hezbollah: agree or be defeated
BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is proposing an ambitious plan with up to two international military forces that would help the Lebanese government stabilize the situation in southern Lebanon, Lebanese political sources said.
Elements of Rice's proposal include the following:
- A cease-fire followed by putting an international force of up to 10,000 Turkish and Egyptian troops under a NATO or U.N. commander into southern Lebanon.
- An additional international force of up to 30,000 troops that would help the Lebanese government regain control over the southern part of the country, where the Shiite militia Hezbollah now dominates.
- Hezbollah either would have to agree to the plan or be defeated militarily.
Posted by tim at July 25, 2006 11:03 AM
