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An army:

by Nicholas Blanford

But is it enough? International interest in reforming the Lebanese army was triggered by the Syrian disengagement from Lebanon last year, but the month-long war this summer between Hizbullah and Israel has given the process a renewed sense of urgency.Within days of the ceasefire coming into effect on August 14, some 15,000 soldiers were dispatched to the area south of the Litani river to take up new positions in territory vacated by withdrawing Israeli troops – the first time Lebanese troops have been posted on the border with Israel in more than three decades.“There is no place prohibited for it and when the army sees any weapon even in the hands of the resistance, it will confiscate it,” Prime Minister Fuad Seniora said in an interview with Orbit television in mid-September.The Lebanese troops in the South will be coordinating closely with UNIFIL II, the name given to the newly-reinforced UN

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