Rice proposes 10,000 Turkish and Egyptian troops for southern Lebanon

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BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is proposing an ambitious plan with up to two international military forces that would help the Lebanese government stabilize the situation in southern Lebanon, Lebanese political sources said.

The plan initially would involve putting an international force of up to 10,000 Turkish and Egyptian troops under a NATO or U.N. commander into southern Lebanon following a cease-fire.

That force ultimately would be replaced by another international force of up to 30,000 troops that would help the Lebanese government regain control over the southern part of the country, where the Shiite militia Hezbollah now dominates.

Rice presented the plan to Lebanese officials Monday and was showing the same proposal to Israeli officials Tuesday, the political sources said.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/25/...macy/index.html

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good

[almaty 19]

hmmmmmm..... i see american troops there ...

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hmmmmmm..... i see american troops there ...

What else do you see in your crystal ball, o prescient one?

[Risto 0]

Turkish troops in Lebanon! I would love to see this.

[internetkafe 0]

I say no.

Why does anyone have to do the shitty job Israel could not do (despite having the US Federal Reserve as the main backer) and get killed?

I do not want Turkish troops there...I do not want any foreign troops there.

By agreeing to a ceasefire Israel lost and now they want soldiers from other countries in Lebanon to serve as IAF soldiers. (A is for Attack instead of D for defense).

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I say no.

Why does anyone have to do the shitty job Israel could not do (despite having the US Federal Reserve as the main backer) and get killed?

I do not want Turkish troops there...I do not want any foreign troops there.

By agreeing to a ceasefire Israel lost and now they want soldiers from other countries in Lebanon to serve as IAF soldiers. (A is for Attack instead of D for defense).

israel was on the negative side of political opinion, they didn't have much choice. if they went in there balls to the wall there would not be a need for un troops.........

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israel was on the negative side of political opinion, they didn't have much choice. if they went in there balls to the wall there would not be a need for un troops.........

Yay .. even if isreal was invaded and a bomb dropped on them .. they would be at fault for causing it .

[Mirorgate 0]

hmmmmmm..... i see american troops there ...

again.

[ak3 0]

No thank you to her "bright idea" my husband was just drafted.

[dalegg 143]

hmmmmmm..... i see american troops there ...

We tried that once and it didn't go so well. We're still waiting for Reagan's revenge.

[ual777 0]

No thank you to her "bright idea" my husband was just drafted.

uhhhhh, wouldnt that be EGYPTS fault? You win some and lose some I guess. Egypt can always say "no". Jeez.

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Egyptian Government is partially dependent on US policy choices. Why? Because since Camp David Accords Egypt has been receiving 2.2 billion dollars a year (each and every year) from the US in pure handouts along with Israel which gets 3.2 billion dollar a year (each and every year). Egypt has been being paid because it accepted 'peace' with the Jewish state. Therefore Egypt has NO choice whatsoever. It has to say yes to each and every US demand. Unfortunately... Does the people of Egypt think the same as its totalitarian regime does?

No. Is there any attempt aimed at regime change in Egypt? No. Did Bush mean Egypt when he recently talked of 'totalitarian-fascist' regimes? Of course not.

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I didn't know Condi had the authority to deploy turkish and egyptian troops, let alone any troops from other countries

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Egyptian Government is partially dependent on US policy choices. Why? Because since Camp David Accords Egypt has been receiving 2.2 billion dollars a year (each and every year) from the US in pure handouts along with Israel which gets 3.2 billion dollar a year (each and every year). Egypt has been being paid because it accepted 'peace' with the Jewish state. Therefore Egypt has NO choice whatsoever. It has to say yes to each and every US demand. Unfortunately... Does the people of Egypt think the same as its totalitarian regime does?

No. Is there any attempt aimed at regime change in Egypt? No. Did Bush mean Egypt when he recently talked of 'totalitarian-fascist' regimes? Of course not.

egypt has no choice? lol and they don't want to help stop their muslim brothers from being killed? how interesting.

I didn't know Condi had the authority to deploy turkish and egyptian troops, let alone any troops from other countries

she don't