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Germany extends naval peacekeeping mission off Lebanon coast

By The Associated Press

BERLIN - The German Cabinet on Wednesday approved a one-year extension to its peacekeeping mission with the United Nations in Lebanon where it has led naval patrols off the country's coast.

The Foreign Ministry said the Cabinet at its regular weekly meeting decided to extend the mission to September 2008. It still requires approval by parliament, which is expected to vote in mid-September.

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) deployed in southern Lebanon following the war between Israel and Hezbollah last summer to maintain peace.

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Germany last September sent eight ships to join the Lebanon mission in the country's largest naval deployment since World War II.

It currently has 960 sailors with the mission, designed to prevent arms reaching Hezbollah guerrillas by sea.

Chancellor Angela Merkel's government ruled out sending combat troops to try to ensure that German soldiers would not get caught up in any confrontation with Israeli forces.

German military deployments abroad require parliamentary approval, which typically is renewed on an annual basis.

The head of parliament's foreign affairs committee said that the mission has been a success so far.

That little has happened is a sign that the deployment is successful, Ruprecht Polenz, a member of Merkel's Christian Democrats, said on Suedwestrundfunk radio.

It works preventively as well - potential weapons smugglers know they barely have any chance of smuggling weapons into Lebanon by sea.

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2.	WITH A HIGH RISK TO BE ATTACKED BY IDF	15:07	\|	indrajaya	22/08/07

3.	Jonathan got it right	16:15	\|	Jack	22/08/07

4.	if IDF attacks Germans, it is doomed	16:34	\|	mehmet	22/08/07

5.	Trying to stop smuggling is futile	17:05	\|	Realist	22/08/07

6.	Bite the hand that feeds you	17:17	\|	Mike	22/08/07

7.	# 6 mike	17:36	\|	Axel	22/08/07

8.	Jonathan`s paranoia (#1)	18:11	\|	Mordechai Margalit	22/08/07

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12.	#1, Are you in Frankfurt/M, Frankfurt/O or Frankfurt/Gush Etzion?	18:39	\|	Karl Zweigert	22/08/07

13.	Stupid Germany	18:59	\|	Dav	22/08/07

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15.	#6, Mike	19:39	\|	Hannah	22/08/07

16.	Only a floating Wurstbude,nothing more! What do they do? nothing!	21:23	\|	Alan	22/08/07

17.	israel patrols its own coastline....	22:47	\|	Avi	22/08/07

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24.	Germanys peacekeeping Mission	00:10	\|	bernd Schulligen	23/08/07

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