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	Israeli warplanes fly low over south Lebanon \| Reuters
		A spokesman for the U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon confirmed the army had opened fire from a mobile anti-aircraft gun.
		Israeli warplanes regularly fly over south Lebanon but witnesses said Wednesday's flights, seen from the Bekaa Valley and the southern city of Sidon, were unusually frequent and at a lower altitude than normal.
		Israeli air raids during the war destroyed large districts of the Hezbollah stronghold southern suburbs in Beirut and several towns and villages in south Lebanon.
	www.reuters.com /article/idUSL2110291620070221 (529 words)

	Lebanon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is bordered by Syria on the east and north, and Israel on the south, with a narrow coastline on its west.
		A Middle Eastern country, Lebanon is demarcated to the west by the Mediterranean (Coast: 225 kilometres) and to the east by the Syro-African Depression.
		Lebanon borders Syria for 375 kilometres to the north and to the east and Israel for 79 kilometres to the south.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lebanon (4303 words)

	Lebanon, country, Asia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The Orontes in the north and the Litani in the south are the main rivers.
		Lebanon did not enter the Oct., 1973, Arab-Israeli War, nor did the Lebanese army interfere with Palestinian guerrillas operating in S Lebanon.
		Lebanon became embroiled in civil war among the Christians, Muslims, and Palestinians from early 1975 to late 1976.
	www.bartleby.com /65/le/Lebanon.html (2514 words)

	The Peace Encyclopedia: Lebanon, Lebanese
		Lebanon was divided between a pro-Arab, mostly Islamic camp, which supported the Palestinians, and a Lebanese nationalist, Christian inspired camp, opposed to the dilution of the country's historic identity.
		Lebanon continues to labor under the burden of Syrian occupation of its national territory resulting in control of its political and economic life and continued conflict in southern Lebanon.
		I was born and raised in the Christian village of Ain Ebel in south Lebanon.
	www.yahoodi.com /peace/lebanon.html (6092 words)

	Israel and South Lebanon, March 5, 1984
		In the political chaos that is Lebanon, one of the few things that is clearly emerging is the prospect of the permanent occupation by Israel of the south of the country.
		Since their arrival in south Lebanon the Israelis have managed to make a new set of enemies which they didn't have before the invasion, when their concern was mainly with the Palestinians.
		The early Zionists always included this part of Lebanon on their maps as part of the Zionist state, and others believe possession of the waters of the Litani is essential to Israel for life-and-death economic reasons.
	www.washington-report.org /backissues/030584/840305003.html (827 words)

	Background Notes Archive - Near East and North Africa
		Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, and representatives of the Palestinians concluded round 11 of the negotiations in September 1993.
		Lebanon served historically as a haven for Arab capital and as a Middle East transit point and enjoyed a vibrant and largely unregulated private sector.
		Lebanon may have experienced a modest balance of trade deficit in the first quarter of 1993, estimated by a private bank at $1.8 million.
	dosfan.lib.uic.edu /ERC/bgnotes/nea/lebanon9401.html (5736 words)

	Lebanon (08/05)
		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 is a member of the Francophone countries and hosted the Francophone Summit in October 2002.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/35833.htm (6209 words)

	Human Rights Watch: Middle East and Northern Africa : Lebanon
		As the first group of former South Lebanon Army (SLA) militiamen left Israel last week to resettle in Germany, Human Rights Watch called on German and Lebanese authorities to ensure that those who committed serious violations of human rights and humanitarian law during the Israeli occupation of south Lebanon are identified and brought to justice.
		Key developments since March 1999: Israel's withdrawal from its occupied zone in South Lebanon in May 2000 revealed a high level of contamination in the area, and greatly increased risk to civilians.
		A dangerous situation is emerging in south Lebanon as the Israeli-backed South Lebanon Army (SLA) disintegrates and abandons military positions recently vacated by the Israeli army.
	www.hrw.org /mideast/lebanon.php (732 words)

	Israel's Lebanon Policy
		As in 1978, the plan was to equip and support the indigenous South Lebanese Army (SLA), the reconstituted FLM led by General Antoine Lahad since Haddad's death in 1984, to act as a buffer between northern Israel and antiIsrael forces in south Lebanon.
		Lebanon's sectarian politics cause many observers to fall into the trap of using religious or confessional shorthand in characterizing actors: the SLAHizballah strife is often mistakenly described as Christian versus Shi'a; the SLAIDF alliance as a ChristianJewish partnership.
		Lebanon's official position is that it endorses UN resolutions 425 (1978) and 509 (1982), both of which call for an unconditional Israeli withdrawal to the international border as established by the armistice.
	www.biu.ac.il /SOC/besa/meria/journal/1997/issue3/jv1n3a3.html (5073 words)

	PAGenWeb - Lebanon County, Pennsylvania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Lebanon County was formed from parts of Dauphin and Lancaster Counties on February 16, 1813.
		Lebanon was incorporated as a borough on February 20, 1821.
		South Lebanon Township was incorporated in March 1840 from Lebanon Township.
	www.chm.davidson.edu /PAGenWeb (1013 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Middle East \| Country profiles \| Timeline: Lebanon
		It includes the former autonomous province of Mount Lebanon, plus the provinces of north Lebanon, south Lebanon and the Biqa, historically part of Syria.
		The 1932 census which had shown that Christians were 54% of the population is used as the basis for the distribution of seats in the Chamber of Deputies (later known as the National Assembly) on a ratio of six to five (later extended to other public offices).
		Lebanon and Syria do not sign the "understanding" but the Israel-Lebanon Monitoring Group (ILMG), with members from the US, France, Israel, Lebanon and Syria, is set up to monitor the truce.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/middle_east/819200.stm (2342 words)

	BBC News \| MIDDLE EAST \| Chaos in south Lebanon
		Israeli forces are speeding up their withdrawal from south Lebanon as Hezbollah fighters advance ever closer to the border.
		But there was also fear on the faces of the refugees, many militiamen from the Israeli-sponsored South Lebanon Army and their families, also desperate to head south.
		Meanwhile, there is jubilation in south Lebanon where civilians are now returning to reclaim villages and homes they left during the long conflict.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_760000/760816.stm (695 words)

	South Lebanon: Rights Crisis Looms (Human Rights Watch, 23-5-2000)
		A dangerous situation is emerging in south Lebanon as the Israeli-backed South Lebanon Army (SLA) disintegrates and abandons military positions recently vacated by the Israeli army, Human Rights Watch said today.
		As growing numbers of militia from the South Lebanon Army are deserting, Human Rights Watch also called on the Lebanese government to publicly announce clear procedures for those who surrender.
		Those with a well-founded fear of persecution in Lebanon should be provided with refugee protection in Israel, unless they are known, or suspected, to have committed a war crime or a crime against humanity, in which case, they should be excluded from international refugee protection and tried and prosecuted in accordance with international standards.
	www.hrw.org /press/2000/05/leb0523.htm (658 words)

	Aljazeera.Net - South Lebanon's struggles continue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The occupation effectively isolated the region’s inhabitants from the rest of the country by imposing strict travel restrictions on movement beyond the 20km strip that was the former occupation zone.
		The situation was the same throughout the [occupied part of the] south,” said Sarhan, the son of the mukhtar in the Shia village.
		The Council of the South, an administrative body created by the government in 1970, has sought to fill the void created by the absence of ministerial offices in the region.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/50247577-735C-443B-9734-0DEBB1FFCE1E.htm (1241 words)

	Community of South Lebanon, Ohio
		South Lebanon missed being the county seat by one vote.
		The House Speaker of the State of Ohio voted to break the tie between South Lebanon and Lebanon.
		The House Speaker voted for Lebanon and the rest is history.
	www.southlebanonohio.org (110 words)

	6. Lebanon: 1982-1984
		With an active Israeli invasion of Lebanon underway, a besieged set of Palestinian fighters, a Syrian expeditionary force on the ground, and dozens of separate armed Lebanese factions already embroiled in lethal contests and active warfare for the previous seven years, Lebanon was a perilous land for well-meaning strangers.
		Carter referred to the suffering in Lebanon, the involvement of foreign forces and governments, and added: "My commitment has been to strengthen the [President Elias] Sarkis government, politically, economically, and militarily."[4] Carter said that he had discussed Lebanon with President Sadat of Egypt and Prime Minister Begin of Israel.
		The mission of the MNF was described in the August 18 and August 20 Exchange of Diplomatic Notes[18] which constituted an agreement between the governments of Lebanon and the United States for the deployment of 800 military personnel to join the MNF in Beirut.
	www.rand.org /publications/CF/CF129/CF-129.chapter6.html (7211 words)

	South Lebanon
		For years, South Lebanon was the scene of tragic events until 24 May 2000 when Israel withdrew from it.
		The Litani River flows south into the hill region of the southern Beqaa Valley, where it makes an abrupt turn to the west and is thereafter called the Al Kasmieh River.
		The South region is currently being rediscovered and many amature eco-tourism related activities are taking place, but no official program has been organized yet.
	www.ikamalebanon.com /eco_tourism/south_et/south_et.htm (154 words)

	The Lessons of South Lebanon IV
		Hence, the struggle in Lebanon was for Lebanon, and whether it would or would not become a Zionist foothold to weaken, infiltrate, and set an example for the rest of the Arab World.
		The victory in South Lebanon means that this project has been TEMPORARILY defeated, and 'temporarily' is why the resistance and Syria have to remain en guard.
		In South Lebanon, the interests of the Arab people and the Arab state system happened to coincide, but that doesn't mean that they are one and the same.
	www.freearabvoice.org /TheLessonsOfSouthLebanon_4.htm (4218 words)

	Israel's Withdrawal from South Lebanon: The Human Rights Dimensions (Human Rights Watch Press Briefing, New York, May ...
		Linked to the prospect of a unilateral Israeli withdrawal are two other key issues: the Syrian presence in Lebanon, and the ultimate fate of some 350,000 stateless Palestinian refugees, some of whom have lived as unwelcome residents in Lebanon for over fifty years.
		These Palestinians were the pretext for Israel's invasion of Lebanon in 1978 and have long been a source of political friction in Lebanon.
		On April 26, Lebanon's military court sentenced one student to one month in prison and another to ten days, while a third was fined and released.
	www.hrw.org /campaigns/lebanon/israel051000.htm (1990 words)

	SOUTH LEBANON ARMY (SLA)
		This enclave with a population of 100,000 (60% Shiite Muslims and 35% Christians) was placed under the leadership of Major Haddad and his 2,000 militia men, strongly backed by Israeli advisors.
		The SLA (whose present strength is estimated between 5,000 and 10,000 soldiers) advocate for a pro-Western Lebanon and devoid of Syrian presence.
		In June 1999, after the election of Ehud Barak as Prime Minister of Israel, the SLA started withdrawing from the northernmost part of the so-called "Security Zone", the Jezzine area of which it took control in 1985.
	www.soundofegypt.com /palestinian/adult/sla.htm (279 words)

	South Lebanon, OR News
		This is opening weekend for a new production at the Lebanon Community Theater and the cast and crew are working hard to make sure one of their own who died tragically last month is never forgotten.
		A Lebanon woman was killed Sunday night when her car was struck by a train in Lebanon County.
		The continued presence of armed groups in Lebanon is incompatible with the restoration of Lebanese sovereignty and territorial integrity although the...
	www.topix.net /city/south-lebanon-or (963 words)

	Warren County Ohio Sheriff - South Lebanon Patrol Post
		The South Lebanon Post is staffed to provide twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week coverage for the Village of South Lebanon.
		In a typical month, deputies from the South Lebanon Post will respond to an average of 160 calls for service within the village.
		In addition to deputies assigned to the South Lebanon Post, all of the services from the Warren County Sheriff's Office are available to the citizens of the village and the township.
	www.wcsooh.org /sheriff/road_patrol/south_lebanon.htm (232 words)

	CNN.com - World - South Lebanon Army leader reportedly headed to Israel - May 23, 2000
		TYRE, Lebanon -- Diplomatic sources said the head of the South Lebanon Army left Paris to join his disbanding militia, which was scattering out of southern Lebanon after Israel suddenly began removing troops from its self-declared security zone.
		Diplomatic sources said Lahad was going back to look after his troops, many of whom were fleeing south into Israel as Hezbollah guerrillas swept into southern Lebanon behind the departing Israeli troops.
		The Israeli and SLA withdrawal from southern Lebanon followed approval from the Israeli Cabinet but came weeks ahead of Israel's self-imposed July 7 deadline.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/WORLD/meast/05/23/lebanon.sla.02 (761 words)

	Lebanese army anti-aircraft guns fire at Israeli planes over south Lebanon, no hits
		The official spoke on condition of anonymity as is customary for the Lebanese military in the absence of a formal statement.
		Israel, which often declines to comment on the operations of its air force, has defended the over-flights since the war as necessary to check that Hezbollah is not being re-armed in violation of the ceasefire.
		A NATO soldier was killed in eastern Afghanistan and five Afghan police officers were killed in the country's south in separate incidents Thursday.
	www.cbc.ca /world/story/2007/02/21/lebanon-israel.html (1297 words)

	South Lebanon News @ Middle East News.com
		A large part of South Lebanon was occupied by Israeli forces for over Twenty-two years.
		On May 24, 2000, the Lebanese Resistance defeated the Israeli occupation, and a large part of South Lebanon was liberated.
		The Lebanese Government and Resistance are waging a diplomatic and a military resistance to free the Lebanese land.
	www.middleeastnews.com /SLebanonNews3-1999.html (211 words)

	South Lebanon Army (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The South Lebanon Army (SLA) was a Lebanese militia formed in the late 1970s.
		Following the Israeli withdrawal from Southern Lebanon in May 2000, the SLA collapsed in the face of Hezbollah's rapid advance.
		The fact that the SLA rapidly crumbled after the withdrawal of the Israeli forces reinforced the popular conception that it was nothing more than a puppet of the Israelis, who had tried to present the SLA as a legitimate allied armed force.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/S/South-Lebanon-Army.htm (315 words)

	SOUTH LEBANON FIGHTING
		TEXT: An Israeli-controlled outpost in southern Lebanon was attacked by Hezbollah guerrillas, killing an unconfirmed number of soldiers from the Israeli allied South Lebanon Army, or S-L-A. The assault occurred when a Hezbollah vehicle exploded in Aramta in the eastern sector of south Lebanon.
		One Israeli soldier was wounded in additional shelling by the guerrillas, as were an unknown number of fighters in the South Lebanon Army.
		Since then, Iranian-backed Hezbollah guerrillas have fought a war of attrition against Israeli soldiers and the South Lebanon Army, a militia financed and trained by Israel.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2000/04/000428-lebanon2.htm (326 words)

	Astrologers.ByCityDirectory.com - astrologer services South Lebanon Ohio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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	astrologers.bycitydirectory.com /Ohio/SouthLebanon/index.php3 (354 words)

	Occupation of South Lebanon - Background, Documents, Articles & more
		For many years, the Israeli occupation of South Lebanon had been viewed in the context of the security of the Zionist entity's northern border.
		This claim, which was adopted by Israel's allies and mimicked by most of the world media channels, illustrates the magnitude of the Zionists influence in shaping the world’s opinion regarding the struggle in the Middle East in general and particularly in Lebanon.
		One of these areas includes part of the Wazzani river, a small river that runs along the border, from which the Zionists are openly pumping the water toward their colonies south of the border.
	www.bintjbeil.com /E/occupation.html (1659 words)

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