Who Will Disarm Hizballah? Not the Lebanese Army
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1223159,00.html
The force envisaged as taking control of the border won't do so until
Hizballah agrees
By ANDREW LEE BUTTERS/BEIRUT
Posted Friday, Aug. 04, 2006
Despite the furious diplomatic debate over how and in what sequence it
will be implemented, the peace plan for Lebanon requires the following:
Israeli forces will withdraw; an international force will be deployed
in southern Lebanon; Hizballah will be disarmed; and protection of the
border will be handed over to the Lebanese Army.
In essence, though the Lebanese Army is envisaged as the foundation of
the long-term solution, it has remained remarkably silent during the
three-week war on what is, legally at least, its own territory. And the
reasons for its passivity may hold important clues to the final shape
of a peace agreement.
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