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	Litani River
		River of Lebanon, 145 km long, and the country's most important.
		The river cuts through the Lebanon Mountains in a 280 deep gorge and ends in the Mediterranean Sea midway between Sayda and Tyre.
		The Litani is a very important water source for both the Bekaa Valley as well as southern Lebanon.
	lexicorient.com /e.o/litani_r.htm (111 words)

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		Characterization of the Lower Litani River Basin Facts and figures The Litani River is the longest and largest river in Lebanon, with a length of 170 kilometers and an estimated average discharge rate of varying from 8 to 9 cubic meters/seconds (UNDP, 1940).
		Evapotranspiration The evaporation coefficient from the Litani River is estimated to reach 68.2% because of the dry nature of the climate in southern Bekaa and in the south (UNDP, 1970).
		During wintertime, the water of the Litani River is lost to the sea because of the decrease of water consumption especially for irrigation purposes in the period from December to March.
	www.ess.co.at /OPTIMA/PUBS/khoury2.doc (4516 words)

	Litani River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After heading south parallel to the Syrian border, as the Litani nears northern Israel and the Golan Heights, the course of the river bends dramatically westward.
		This river constitutes the geographic boundary between the Upper Galilee to its south and Mount Lebanon on its northern bank.
		The Qasmieh-Ras-el-Aïn region, irrigated from the river's lower reaches from main irrigation canals, to south and north, is one of the largest irrigated areas in the nation, consisting of 32.64 km², shared among 1257 irrigating farmers, who concentrate on citrus crops and bananas (Raad 2004).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Litani_River (438 words)

	The Litani river is anti-semitic. : SF Indymedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		It is less than 10 kilometers from the upper regions of the Jordan, which Israel controls, and it is only a couple of kilometers between the bend of the Litani and one of the upper tributaries of the Jordan.
		The entire course of the Litani would need to be controlled to have the necessary water level at the inlet to the tunnel.
		To further complicate things, throughout the seasons, the Litani's flow greatly varies and the result would be too much water at the flooding season and too little water during the dry season.
	sf.indymedia.org /news/2006/08/1731899.php (420 words)

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		The IDF presented the cabinet with a timetable for its operations in the field, by which the operation would take a minimum of one week to reach the Litani River.
		In the eastern sector of the border, soldiers are 1.5 km from the Litani and are overlooking it, although in the west troops remain roughly 15 km from the river.
		Officials in the Northern Command explained that there remained terrorist strongholds in the area south of the Litani that were firing rockets at Israel.
	www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3289830,00.html (454 words)

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		To the Litani River – from the north - Opinion from Israel, Ynetnews
		To the Litani River – from the north
		There are three rivers in south Lebanon – the Litani, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the Israeli border (it turns north near Metulla); the Awali, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) from the border, and the Zahrani in between.
	www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3287515,00.html (800 words)

	The Litani River Basin - Amery
		ater is a scarce commodity in Lebanon, especially in the provinces of the Biqa` and the South which are almost solely dependent on the Litani River and its tributaries.
		For Israel the lure of the Litani is twofold, relating to both the quantity and quality of the river's water.
		Having access to the Litani was on the minds of Israeli government officials early in the state's formative years.
	www.bintjbeil.com /water/litani_river_basin.html (3786 words)

	COMBINEDOPS Litani
		The Litani River raid was a courageous attempt to capture a key bridge from the Vichy French, in the then Palestine, before they could blow it up in the face of advancing Australian forces.
		C Battalion's (11 Commando) original objective was to secure the Qasmiye Bridge on the lower reaches of the River Litani 50 miles south of Beirut on the coastal road.
		The original objective assigned to C Battalion "Layforce" (11 Scottish Commando) was to land on two beaches to the north of the River Litani and one to the south, seize and hold the Qasmiye bridge over it until relieved by 21 Australian Infantry Brigade.
	www.combinedops.com /Litani_River.htm (2361 words)

	Litani - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Litani, river, Lebanon, about 145 km (90 mi) long.
		The Litani River hydroelectric project in the Bekaa Valley is the largest in the country.
		Baalbek (ancient Heliopolis), town in eastern Lebanon between the Litani and Asi rivers.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Litani.html (97 words)

	ICE Cases: Litani River Dispute
		The river rises in the central part of the northern Biqa'a Valley, a short distance west of Baalbek and flows between the Lebanon mountain to the west and the anti-Lebanon mountains to the east, running south and southwestardly at its own pace.
		The river enters a gorge at Qarun, flows through it about 30 kilometers and, near Nabatiya and the Beaufort Castle, abruptly turns right (to the west), to break through the mountain range to the right, and continues to flow through the hilly terrain of the al-Amal region.
		The Litani River is 170 kilometers long, with a basin of 2,290 square kilometers.
	www.american.edu /ted/ice/litani.htm (3796 words)

	Lebanese troops deploy south of Litani River; Flight lands at Beirut airport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The UN plan calls for the Lebanese force to reach 15,000 and to be joined eventually by an equal number of international peacekeepers to patrol the region between the Israeli border and the Litani River.
		In Marjayoun, a key town near the Israeli border that was briefly occupied by Israeli forces during their incursion into Lebanon last week, flatbed trucks carrying a total of 20 Lebanese tanks arrived along with a dozen trucks loaded with troops and hoisting the Lebanese flags.
		On the coastal road, trucks and jeeps, hoisting Lebanese flags and carrying soldiers, streamed down toward the river and south toward the port city of Tyre, where troops were also expected to be brought in by sea.
	www.cbc.ca /cp/world/060817/w081722.html (924 words)

	Water and the Arab
		Three rivers are involved in the Arab-Israeli struggle for water: the Jordan, the Yarmuk and the Litani.
		Much of the design of the civil works for capturing the Jordan River was completed in the 1950s, and they succeeded in diverting the entire volume of sweet water from the Upper Jordan by the late 1960s, when construction of the National Water Carrier system was completed.
		The second river involved in this conflict is the Yarmuk, a tributary of the Jordan River which rises in southeastern Syria and flows into the Jordan a few kilometers downstream of Lake Tiberias.
	www.d-n-i.net /al_aqsa_intifada/collins_water.htm (926 words)

	Blue Crab Boulevard » Israeli Forces Reach The Litani
		In a massive push, Israeli units have reached the Litani River in Southern Lebanon.
		The objective was to control southern Lebanon up to the Litani River, about 18 miles from the Israeli border, before handing over the area to the Lebanese army and U.N. troops.
		It was part of an all-put push to drive Hezbollah fighters behind the Litani River, about 18 miles from the border, before the truce.
	bluecrabboulevard.com /2006/08/12/israeli-forces-reach-the-litani (1298 words)

	1978 South Lebanon conflict - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1978 South Lebanon conflict (code-named Operation Litani by Israel) was the name of the Israel Defense Forces 1978 invasion of Lebanon up to the Litani River.
		On March 14, 1978, Israel launched Operation Litani, occupying the area south of the Litani River, excepting Tyre, with over 25,000 soldiers.
		The PLO retreated north of the Litani River, continuing to fire at the Israelis.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Operation_Litani (1209 words)

	Antiwar.com Blog · Litani of Sorrows
		With the reach of Hezbollah rockets extending farther into Israel than ever before, the use of the Litani River as the northern border of a safety zone seems increasingly arbitrary; however, a look at the history of the Litani might shed some light on its symbolic importance.
		As the Litani nears northern Israel and the Golan Heights, the course of the river bends dramatically westward.
		Near this bend, the Litani comes within 5 km of the Hasbani River and 4 km from the Israeli border.
	www.antiwar.com /blog/2006/07/19/litani-of-sorrows (514 words)

	The World Today - Israel Army pushes north to Litani River
		In areas where they believed they actually held position, a good example is the village of Bint Jbeil, which two weeks ago Israel announced that it held, still in the last 48 hours it's fighting cells of Hezbollah fighters who come up from the rear, as it were, and disappear.
		So it's a very, very great challenge for them, particularly, as you say, to press through to the town of Tyre, which is south of the Litani River, so therefore, theoretically, it's a town they would have to go through.
		And it has identified the Litani River, the zone up to the Litani River, that is about 25, 30 kilometres, as being a buffer because that will restrict the ability of Hezbollah to fire short-range missiles into northern Israel.
	www.abc.net.au /worldtoday/content/2006/s1711662.htm (1211 words)

	Boker tov, Boulder!: the War. from the Litani River to Seattle WA
		from the Litani River to Seattle WA Map of southern Lebanon; the Litani river is seen in the upper part of the image, north of Tyre.
		The IDF estimates that the area between the Litani river and the security zone that military forces are currently maintaining is home to 70 percent of the Katyusha rockets launched at northern Israel.
		In the plan approved by the cabinet on Wednesday, the IDF was also granted permission to cross the Litani river into areas like Nabatiyeh, from where Hizbullah has been firing rockets at the upper Galilee, as well as Haifa and other coast-lying cities.
	bokertov.typepad.com /btb/2006/08/map_the_war.html (351 words)

	For Israel, Southern Lebanon Means the Litani River
		At France’s insistence, Sykes-Picot was upheld at the Paris conference, and the Litani went to Lebanon.
		To end the Israeli siege of Beirut, the PLO was rapidly evacuated to Tunisia, and Israel eventually retreated from the Lebanese capital.
		Even after it withdrew, however, Israel remained determined to eventually seize the Litani River waters—as attested to by the Jewish state’s latest attempt to ethnically cleanse the land between the Litani and Israel’s northern border.
	www.wrmea.com /archives/Sept_Oct_2006/0609021.html (298 words)

	israelinsider: diplomacy: Lebanese troops deploying south of Litani River, Israel begins handover (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Lebanese troops, backed by tanks and armored vehicles, have begun deploying south of the Litani River in line with a U.N. cease-fire plan to end fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, a senior military official said Thursday.
		Earlier Wednesday, the Lebanese Cabinet approved a plan to deploy the Lebanese army south of the Litani River, 30 kilometers from the Israeli border, to extend government control in the region for the first time in nearly four decades.
		The U.N. cease-fire plan calls for the force to reach 15,000 and to be joined eventually by an equal number of international peacekeepers to patrol the region between the Israeli border and the Litani River.
	web.israelinsider.com /Articles/Diplomacy/9197.htm (1393 words)

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		The IDF has stepped on the gas racing to the Litani River before the U.N. cease-fire takes effect at eight o'clock local time on Monday morning.
		In its dash to the Litani that began just hours before the passage of Security Council resolution 1701, the IDF has skirted Lebanese villages which are Hezbollah fortresses.
		The terrorists are barred from moving south of the Litani River and have been hit with an arms embargo.
	www.isracast.com /Articles/Article.aspx?ID=160 (1091 words)

	USATODAY.com - Lebanese army deploys south of Litani River as Israel steps up withdrawal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		By Lefteris Pitarakis, AP Hezbollah's top commander in the south, Sheik Nabil Kaouk, center, walks Wednesday on the rubble of what used to be an apartment complex in the southern port city of Tyre.
		BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese troops began deploying south of the strategic Litani River early Thursday, a senior military official said, after the Israeli army stepped up its withdrawal from the south Lebanon region and handed over some of its positions to U.N. peacekeepers.
		The Lebanese army had also been assembling north of the Litani River, 18 miles from the Israeli border.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2006-08-16-UN-Mideast_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA (1217 words)

	OPTIMA Case Studies: LEBANON
		It is bordering the ancient city of Tyr (Sour), covering the coastal part of the Litani river watershed between N 33:10 to N 33:20 and E 35:15 to E 35:28 making round 600 km2.
		There is a major river (Litani) with other minor water courses, over a 100 springs and an increasing number of water wells indicating further reliance on groundwater.
		The chaotic urban expansion is growing at the expense of prime land.
	www.ess.co.at /OPTIMA/CASES/LB/litani.html (438 words)

	Lebanese Army enters the country's south - Africa & Middle East - International Herald Tribune
		MARJAYOUN, Lebanon Lebanese soldiers, their nation's red, white and cedar-tree flag waving from trucks and aged armored personnel carriers, began crossing the Litani River at dawn Thursday in a deployment that was more about symbolism than security.
		Under the cease-fire agreement, Israel was to transfer control of its positions in southern Lebanon to the UN force, known as Unifil, which would then turn them over to the Lebanese Army.
		The UN plan calls for the Lebanese force to reach 15,000 and to be joined by an equal number of international peacekeepers to patrol the region between the Israeli border and the Litani River.
	www.iht.com /articles/2006/08/17/news/mideast.php (895 words)

	israelinsider: security: Israeli ground forces aim to push Hizbullah to Lebanon's Litani River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Israeli troops will move deeper into southern Lebanon, up to the Litani River, and hold on to the territory for several weeks, until a multinational force is deployed there, senior Israeli officials and media reports said Tuesday.
		The Litani River is about 18 miles north of the Israeli-Lebanese border.
		The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to discuss decisions of closed-door government meetings with reporters.
	web.israelinsider.com /Articles/Security/9009.htm (478 words)

	Asia Times Online :: Middle East News - It's about annexation, stupid!
		Now the Israeli army is sweeping the area south of the Litani River as a temporary occupation.
		This would put Israel, assuming for a moment that the Israel Defense Forces' operations prove ultimately successful, in control of the Litani River, thus fulfilling Israel's founding fathers' dream, stretching back to Chaim Weizmann, head of the World Zionist Organization, who in 1919 declared the river "essential to the future of the Jewish national home".
		As a timely addition to their old wish, Israel today has a security-related explanation, justifying the territorial takeover in the near future in terms of the lessons of the present war, the main lesson being Israel's dire need to gain strategic depth to avoid rocket attacks.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Middle_East/HH05Ak01.html (1125 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Lebanese troops begin deploying south of Litani River
		MARJAYOUN, Lebanon — Lebanese troops, tanks and armored vehicles deployed south of the Litani River on Thursday, a key provision of the U.N. cease-fire plan that ended fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
		In southern Lebanon, Lebanese troops in ten armored carriers mounted on flatbed trucks drove across a newly installed metal bridge over the Litani at dawn, escorted by several military vehicles.
		Under the cease-fire agreement that has been in effect since Monday, Israel was to transfer control of its positions in southern Lebanon to the U.N. force known as UNIFIL, which would then turn them over to the Lebanese army.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,645193984,00.html (1057 words)

	IDF reach Litani river - Iran Defence Forum
		An Israeli radio station, broadcasting in Arabic into Lebanon called upon all Hizbullah operatives south of the Litani River to completely cease their fighting against Israel.
		I read your post, picked the phone and called Lebanon and no IDF is in sight anywhere near the Litani; Nor are they even anywhere within 5 km of it -- you owe me $5 dollars for the call.
		Israeli helicopters, meanwhile, flew hundreds of commandos into the Hezbollah heartland, and some army units reached the Litani River on Saturday as both sides indicated they would accept the U.N. cease-fire plan to stop heavy fighting still raging in southern Lebanon.
	www.irandefence.net /showthread.php?t=2503 (1176 words)

	Lebanese Troops Move South; Commercial Flight Lands in Beirut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Lebanese troops are deploying in the southern part of the country in line with a U.N. ceasefire resolution on ending the monthlong war between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas.
		Lebanese troops cross the Litani River at the Khardali bridge, in the southern town of Marjayoun, Lebanon, Thursday, August 17, 2006
		Soldiers in trucks, armored carriers and jeeps crossed the Litani River at several points early Thursday and began moving further south toward the Israeli border.
	www.voanews.com /english/2006-08-17-voa5.cfm (490 words)

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