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	CalendarHome.com - Blue Line (Lebanon) - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Blue Line is a border demarcation between Lebanon and Israel published by the United Nations on 7 June 2000 for the purposes of determining whether Israel had fully withdrawn from Lebanon.
		The Blue Line is based on the deployment of the IDF prior to March 14, 1978, not to be confused with the Green Line, established in 1949, which is the armistice line of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
		The 1949 line is in turn the same as the 1923 Mandate Line which was the border between France and Britain's territory (see: Treaty of Sèvres); Lebanon is an ex-French mandate and Israel an ex-British mandate.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Blue_Line_(Lebanon) (817 words)

	Thin Blue Line
		This was the name given to the 1949 cease-fire lines, and to it was added the Purple Line - the cease-fire lines at the end of the Six-Day War.Then the Israel Defense Forces drew the Red Line in Lebanon - the northern limit of the security zone, which ceased to exist when the IDF withdrew.
		It is the IDF withdrawal line, which UN experts have determined by their interpretation of UN Security Council Resolution 425 of March 1978.
		The plethora of lines and colors can be confusing, but what is important is the political interpretation that the final determination of the international border will be made when the time comes.
	www.4mothers.org.il /lebanon/blue.htm (645 words)

	Security Council Condemns Violence along Blue Line Between Israel and Lebanon, Extends Mandate of UNIFIL until 31 July
		Lebanon’s representative, who had been invited to participate in the discussion, said his delegation appreciated the hard work undertaken and the sacrifices made by UNIFIL in order to ensure peace and security in the region.
		Without Syria and Lebanon, it was not possible to achieve a solid peace in the region, which was based on the well known resolutions of the Security Council, the Madrid principles, land for peace, and the Arab peace initiative approved in 2002 at the Beruit Summit of the League of Arab States.
		While the lack of instances of anti-aircraft fire across the line during the reporting period must be noted and welcomed, Hezbollah’s launch of a drone into Israel was a regrettable development, an activity sure to raise tensions and to increase the prospects for military confrontation.
	www.unis.unvienna.org /unis/pressrels/2005/sc8299.html (3478 words)

	UNIFIL: United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon - Background
		Unanimously adopting resolution 1310 (2000), the Council called on the Government of Lebanon to ensure the return of its effective authority and presence in the south, and, in particular, to proceed with a significant deployment of the Lebanese armed forces as soon as possible.
		It also reaffirmed that the expected redeployment of UNIFIL should be conducted in coordination with the Government of Lebanon and the Lebanese armed forces, and re-emphasized its terms of reference and general guidelines as stated in the report of the Secretary-General of 19 March 1978, approved by resolution 426 (1978).
		The Government of Lebanon, however, continued to maintain the position that, as long as there was no comprehensive peace with Israel, the Lebanese armed forces would not be deployed along the Blue Line.
	www.un.org /Depts/dpko/missions/unifil/background.html (11585 words)

	Blue Line (Lebanon) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Blue Line is a border demarcation between Lebanon and Israel, drawn by the United Nations for the purposes of determining whether Israel had withdrawn from Lebanon.
		The Blue Line is based on the deployment of the IDF prior to March 14 1978.
		It is equivalent to the 'Purple Line' which is the cease-fire line of the Six Day War (1967), and the 'Green Line' (established in 1949) which is the cease-fire line of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
	www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/bl/Blue%20Line%20%28Lebanon%29.htm (610 words)

	Lebanon (02/07)
		Lebanon is a parliamentary democracy in which the people constitutionally have the right to change their government.
		Lebanon embarked on a massive reconstruction program in 1992 to rebuild the country's physical and social infrastructure devastated by both the long civil war (1975-90) and the Israeli occupation of the south (1978-2000).
		Lebanon participated in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and despite the 1948 Lebanon-Israel armistice, Lebanon's lack of control over the border region resulted in repeated border hostilities, initiated mainly by Palestinian exile groups from 1968 to 1982 and later by Hezbollah.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/35833.htm (7061 words)

	Robert Fisk Article 7.2.2002
		At Sheikh Abad Hill, the wire mesh of the United Nations Blue Line marking the Lebanese-Israeli border actually bisects an ancient tomb, variously regarded as the last resting place of an imam or a rabbi, depending which side of the frontier you're on.
		Save for a brief attack at Shebaa farms, a terrain of abandoned fields belonging to Lebanon but occupied by Israel since 1967 (the UN says its fate should be decided at a peace conference and puts it on Israel's side of the Blue Line) the only action has been in the air.
		The Hizbollah were accused of breaching the Blue Line agreement with their airbursts – it was indeed a violation, just like the Israeli overflights – but no- one was hurt.
	www.robert-fisk.com /articles26.htm (1067 words)

	Violence along Blue Line between Israel and Lebanon & UNIFIL, Security Council Resolution 1583
		It urged the parties to put an end to the violations, refrain from any act or provocation that could further escalate the tension, and abide scrupulously by their obligation to respect the safety of the Interim Force and other United Nations personnel.
		The United States’ representative said that UNIFIL played a critical role in attempting to maintain stability in southern Lebanon, with one remaining mandate to fulfil –- the restoration of international peace and security.
		The Government’s assertion that the Blue Line was not valid in the Shab’a farms area was not compatible with Security Council resolutions and, in any case, was no excuse for allowing Hezbollah to engage in violations across the Line.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/UN/unres1583.html (590 words)

	Lebanon, Landmine Monitor Report 2004
		Casualties have steadily declined from 119 in 2000, to 93 in 2001, 49 in 2002, and 26 in 2003.
		Lebanon is not a member of the Convention on Conventional Weapons or its Amended Protocol II, but it attended the Fifth Annual Conference of States Parties to Amended Protocol II in November 2003 as an observer.
		Lebanon’s nationwide Landmine Impact Survey (LIS) was completed by the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) in August 2003, but the official report has still not been released—due in part to delays in the UN certification of the survey.
	www.icbl.org /lm/2004/lebanon (6862 words)

	Michelle Malkin: U.N., LEBANON & BOLTON
		Hizballah’s incursions across the Blue Line on July 12 were a deliberate and premeditated provocation intended to undermine regional stability and are contrary to the interests of both the Lebanese and Israeli people.
		Provocations across the Blue Line by terrorist groups highlight the urgent need for full and immediate compliance by Syria and Hizballah with relevant UN Security Council resolutions, including 1559, 1583, 1655, and 1680.
		We have repeatedly made clear to Lebanon and Syria our serious concern about the presence of terrorist groups on their soil and the periodic attacks against Israel from groups and individuals in southern Lebanon.
	www.michellemalkin.com /archives/005540.htm (686 words)

	Game of the Day: Moon holds off Mt. Lebanon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Lebanon trailed, 47-33, with 6:22 left and cut it to 56-54 in the final minute.
		Walsh made 3 of 4 from the line in the final 38 seconds and Valenzi went 2 for 2 to seal the victory.
		The Blue Devils shot 50 percent from the field (22 of 44).
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/06354/747489-361.stm (370 words)

	Country Profiles Foreign & Commonwealth Office
		Lebanon is tiny (around half the size of Wales) and averages around 50km from east to west and 225 Km from north to south.
		The Mount Lebanon range runs along the coastline and in some cases the flat coastal strip is limited to a matter of metres before the land starts to climb.
		Lebanon's main exports to the UK are metal ores and scrap; beverages; telecommunications & sound recording, reproducing apparatus and equipment; paper, paperboard and pulp; and miscellaneous manufactured articles.
	www.fco.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1018721190906 (2240 words)

	About Lebanon - Travel, Maps, Flag and Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Republic of Lebanon, or Lebanon (لبنان), is a small, largely mountainous country in the Middle East, located at the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea.
		It is bordered by Syria to the north and east, and Israel to the south, with a narrow coastline along its western edge.
		Lebanon is demarcated to the west by the Mediterranean (Coast: 225 kilometres) and to the east by the Syro-African Depression.
	www.canadiancontent.net /profiles/Lebanon.html (686 words)

	Transcript: Bush, Rice news conference - Boston.com
		Since the crisis in Lebanon began more than three weeks ago, the United States and other key nations have been working for a comprehensive solution that would return control of Lebanon to its government and to provide a sustainable peace that protects the lives of both the Lebanese and the Israeli people.
		It is essential that we create the conditions for the Lebanese government to move her own forces, with international help, into the south of Lebanon to prevent Hezbollah and its sponsors from creating another crisis.
		Lebanon's parliament's speaker, Nabih Berri, whose been negotiating for Hezbollah, has rejected the first resolutions as unacceptable; they want the Israeli troops to pull out immediately.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/washington/articles/2006/08/07/transcript_bush_rice_news_conference?page=1 (4548 words)

	IslamOnline.net- News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		"Israel is interested that an effective multinational force comes to Lebanon in order for it to deploy along the blue line (Lebanon's border with Israel), as well as at the border crossings between Syria and Lebanon," Olmert's office quoted him as telling Blair in a telephone call.
		Lebanon is still in mourning after the Qana massacre, the biggest single loss of life since Israel unleashed its firepower on its northern neighbor on July 12.
		Flags flew at half-mast throughout Lebanon and banks and public institutions were closed in memory of the victims.
	www.islamonline.net /English/News/2006-08/01/01.shtml (972 words)

	Behind the Headlines: UN Security Council Resolution 1701
		As a result of Hizbullahâs attack on Israel on July 12th, Israel embarked on a campaign in Lebanon that was designed to damage the terrorism infrastructure in Lebanon, to change the rules of the game between Israel and Lebanon and to create more favorable conditions for handling the root causes of the attack on Israel.
		Operative paragraph 8 specifies the elements of a long-term solution between Israel and Lebanon, and the Secretary-General is requested to secure as soon as possible agreements in principle from the government of Lebanon and the government of Israel to the principles and elements of this solution.
		In its two key paragraphs, the resolution is worded with language taken from resolutions under Chapter 7: (a) in section 12, the resolution authorizes UNIFIL to implement enforcement measures not previously authorized, and (b) in section 15, the components of the arms embargo are identical to the language of resolutions under Chapter 7.
	www.mfa.gov.il /MFA/About%20the%20Ministry/Behind%20the%20Headlines/Behind%20the%20Headlines-%20UN%20Security%20Council%20Resolution%201701%2012-Aug-2006.htm (2327 words)

	Security Council Unanimously Approves Cut in UN Force in Lebanon - Global Policy Forum - UN Security Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The council urged Lebanon to deploy its troops throughout the territory ''to ensure the return of its effective authority and presence in the south.'' Lebanon has so far refused to send its army to the border, saying it does not want its troops to serve as Israel's border guards.
		In a report to the council last week, Secretary-General Kofi Annan called the situation in southern Lebanon generally ''calm and orderly.'' But he denounced Lebanese attacks on Israelis across the U.N.-drawn blue line, the ''reckless behavior'' of Lebanese demonstrators, and the ''overly harsh response'' from Israeli soldiers.
		Annan said the simplest way to ensure calm in the area was for all sides to respect the blue line, which marked the withdrawal positions, and for Lebanon to assert its authority up to the line.
	www.globalpolicy.org /security/issues/lebanon/2001/0130.htm (653 words)

	A/57/854-S/2003/800 of 8 August 2003
		On Sunday, 3 August 2003, Hizbullah terrorists fired missiles across the Blue Line from Lebanon, injuring a civilian in the northern Israeli town of Even Menahem.
		The organization is once again seeking to escalate tensions in the area of the Blue Line by purposefully and systematically carrying out numerous unprovoked cross-border attacks endangering both Israeli and Lebanese citizens, in clear violation of the Blue Line as established by the United Nations.
		The present letter is a follow-up to previous letters concerning the dangerous situation in South Lebanon caused by the illegal attacks perpetrated by Hizbullah across the Blue Line.
	domino.un.org /UNISPAL.nsf/3822b5e39951876a85256b6e0058a478/a64acf26aafddb4785256d80004bc495!OpenDocument (700 words)

	September 2006Lebanon - Security Council Report
		Lebanon also requested, as part of a seven-point plan adopted by the Lebanese Council of Ministers, that a counterpart international force be authorised to assist it.
		S/RES/1559 (2 September 2004) urged Syria's withdrawal from Lebanon and the disbanding of militias.
		S/2006/582 (27 July 2006) was the letter from the Permanent Observer of the League of Arab States regarding the follow-up of the resolutions adopted by the Council of the League of Arab States on 15 July 2006.
	www.securitycouncilreport.org /site/c.glKWLeMTIsG/b.2043725/k.16DA/September_2006BRLebanon.htm (2063 words)

	Naharnet Newsdesk - U.N. Envoy Says Blue Line Still Defines Lebanon's Border
		When Israel withdrew from Lebanon in May 2000, the U.N. drew a demarcation line between the two countries known as the Blue Line.
		Lebanon and Syria say the area is Lebanese but the U.N. says it belongs to Syria and its fate is linked to Resolution 242 that calls on Israel to pull out from the Golan Heights.
		The edict calls for an end to foreign influence in Lebanon, the disarming and disbanding of militias and the holding of free and fair presidential elections.
	www.naharnet.com /domino/tn/Newsdesk.nsf/Lebanon/88834A4D7B3EF4A6C22571370037B384?OpenDocument (604 words)

	Lebanonwire.com \| Top UN political official condemns violence across Israel/Lebanon Blue Line
		UNITED NATIONS - The top United Nations political affairs official today condemned the heavy exchange of fire across the Blue Line between Israel and Lebanon which, according to the available information, began from the Lebanese side around 3 p.m.
		Gambari called on all parties to cease fire immediately, to respect the Blue Line in its entirety and to exercise maximum restraint, bearing in mind that one violation does not justify another, according to a UN spokesperson.
		Previously, during a visit over the weekend to the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Gambari toured Gaza, held meetings with senior Palestinian officials and observed parts of the barrier being built by Israel to separate it from parts of the West Bank.
	www.lebanonwire.com /1105/05112101UN.asp (314 words)

	MACC SL - Mine Problem
		Landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) left over from the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon and previous periods of conflict in the area dating back to the French mandate continue to hamper the effective restoration of peace and security in the area.
		These border minefields remain a risk to the UNIFIL troops operating in the area and to those villages in the immediate vicinity of the Blue Line.
		Mines and UXO are also present in and around the immediate vicinity of villages throughout the area away from Blue Line.
	www.maccsl.org /mineproblem.htm (350 words)

	Blue Line (Lebanon) @ HockeyLiving.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		BEIRUT (AP)--Lebanon's president on Saturday called for a joint effort by his country's army and international peacekeepers to remark sections of the U.N.- drawn line that defines the border between Israel and Lebanon.
		MAROUN A-RAS, Lebanon -- UN troops sent tanks and armor yesterday to a tense area along the frontier with Israel to try to determine whether an Israeli bulldozer crossed into Lebanon, sparking the first shootout since last summer's Hezbollah-Israel war.
		MAROUN EL-RASS, Lebanon - U.N. troops sent tanks and armor yesterday to a tense area along the frontier with Israel to try to determine whether an Israeli bulldozer crossed into Lebanon, sparking the first shoot-out since last summer's Hezbollah-Israel war.
	www.hockeyliving.com /info/Blue_Line_%28Lebanon%29 (366 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Comment is free \| Israel responded to an unprovoked attack by Hizbullah, right? Wrong
		Whatever we think of Israel's assault on Lebanon, all of us seem to agree about one fact: that it was a response, however disproportionate, to an unprovoked attack by Hizbullah.
		Since Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon in May 2000, there have been hundreds of violations of the "blue line" between the two countries.
		Second, stop provoking the armed groups in Lebanon with violations of the blue line - in particular the persistent flights across the border.
	www.guardian.co.uk /commentisfree/story/0,,1839280,00.html (1241 words)

	AHN \| United Nations Denies Israeli Violations Into Lebanon \| April 15, 2007
		Beirut, Lebanon (AHN) - The United Nations commander in Lebanon said that Israeli did not violate the Blue Line in southern Lebanon.
		According to Wickipedia, the Blue Line marks the border between Lebanon and Israel.
		UNIFIL has monitored the Blue Line between Lebanon and Israel since 1978.
	www.allheadlinenews.com /articles/7006135478 (247 words)

	Lebanon must not become Gaza
		Resolution 1559, which calls for “all remaining foreign forces to withdraw from Lebanon” was used as a whip to force Syria to end its de facto occupation of that country but hasn’t been applied to Israel’s ongoing occupation.
		Israel has said it will withdraw its military personnel behind the blue line and put an end to the blockade once UNIFIL II is 15,000 strong, which could be months away.
		Lebanon’s frustrated Labor Minister Tarrad Hamadeh called upon Arab nations to order their ships and planes to defy the blockade.
	www.onlinejournal.com /artman/publish/printer_1154.shtml (1037 words)

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