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del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 11:14 25/10/2007 UN: Hezbollah has increased military strength since 2006 war By DPA More than a year after the summer war in southern Lebanon ended, the United Nations said Wednesday the Hezbollah militia has "rebuilt and even increased its military capacity." A report to the United Nations Security Council on progress to pacify southern Lebanon said Hezbollah's military strength is now comparable to the period before the July-August 2006 war with the Israel Defense Forces, which ended with a council-ordered ceasefire. The report said the findings about the situation in the region is "deeply disconcerting and stands in stark contradiction to the terms of Resolution 1559," which contains the ceasefire provisions. It called for disarming forces in southern Lebanon and for the UN peacekeeping operations and Lebanese army to monitor the ceasefire. Advertisement Under terms of the ceasefire, Hezbollah has to be disarmed and transformed into a political party that would take part in political life in Lebanon. The report by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, which covered the past six months of activities in the region, called for renewed political dialogue in Lebanon to reaffirm the commitment by all parties to disarm. "I also expect the unequivocal cooperation of all relevant regional parties who have the ability to support such a process, most notably the Syrian Arab Republic and the Islamic Republic of Iran, which maintain close ties with the party, for the sake of both Lebanon's and the wider region's security, stability and welfare," the report said. The report said "most political parties" in Lebanon were preparing for the possible deterioration of the situation following the rash of political assassinations of Lebanese politicians. "Rearmament and military training directly contravenes the call contained in Resolution 1559 for the disarming and disbanding of all Lebanese and non-Lebanese militias," the report said. It called on Syria to cooperate with the ceasefire resolution and respect Lebanon's territorial integrity, sovereignty and political independence. Related articles: Lebanese sources: Troops open fire on IAF planes over Lebanon Hezbollah hides rockets from UN in S. Lebanon villages Hezbollah slams UN over report of arms smuggling from Syria UN envoy talks to Hezbollah about abducted IDF soldiers Bookmark to del.icio.us 6 years on Officials say Syria's suspected reactor was under construction in 2001. Nyet to aliyah The minister was wrong: Nativ's tactics simply aren't suited to today's Jewish village.   1.   Countdown to bombing! 02:32  |  Awake 25/10/07   2.   WHAT !! Hez ebola`s (virus) military? 03:07  |  cristo 25/10/07   3.   The Lebanonese Toilet needs Flushing again. 03:38  |  Fred McCann 25/10/07   4.   Lebanon is Self Destructing - Again 05:03  |  Fred McC 25/10/07   5.   I do not have a problem with that 05:24  |  Dan 25/10/07   6.   "stands in stark contradiction to the terms of Resolution 1559," 05:47  |  PETER S.M. 25/10/07   7.   WHAT !! Hez ebola`s (virus) military? 06:43  |  mb 25/10/07   8.   Yes Indeed 06:56  |  Druid 25/10/07   9.   And there were those that said, why not go the diplomatic route? 07:07  |  Jacob Blues 25/10/07   10.   #3 dan 07:24  |  matt 25/10/07   11.   ISRAEL PROVIDER OF HEZBOLLAH STRENGTH! 07:24  |  NAD 25/10/07   12.   you guys will never understand it will you ? 08:09  |  Bilal 25/10/07   13.   Israel began violating the resolution the day it was enacted 08:22  |  Natallie Durson 25/10/07   14.   to mb..Baltimore 08:26  |  Freddy 25/10/07   15.   SO DOES ISRAEL 08:55  |  indrajaya 25/10/07   16.   DRUID. OK. Then lets not have any more holier than thou "UN said" 09:01  |  PETER S.M. 25/10/07   17.   WHERE is JOHNBOY.Does the UN not understand 1559?? 09:06  |  PETER SM 25/10/07   18.   BBC: Italian peacekeepers turning blind eye on it 09:21  |  Absolute Sweden 25/10/07   19.   BILAL you forget Hesballa started the last one.Nasralla said so.. 09:22  |  PETER S.M. 25/10/07   20.   NDURSON.The Lebanese army is there for defending Lebanon. 09:32  |  PETER S.M. 25/10/07   21.   Resolution 1559 is illegitimate intereference 09:40  |  Rowan Berkeley 25/10/07   22.   Israel violating UN Resolution??? 09:47  |  FootJohn 25/10/07   23.   9 10:08  |  Dave 25/10/07   24.   Durson 10:10  |  Michael 25/10/07   25.   RBERKLEY So now the UN is "illegimate" but with Israel? 10:23  |  PETER S .M. 25/10/07   26.   BILAL you don`t understand.Hesballa started the last war 10:25  |  PETER S.M. 25/10/07   27.   Rowan Berkeley #16 10:32  |  S 25/10/07   28.   This is good news 10:39  |  Stephen Murray 25/10/07   29.   Rowan Berkeley 10:45  |  Sarah 25/10/07   30.   Hezbollah has rearmed 10:49  |  Chris Linthwaite 25/10/07   31.   Stephen Murray 11:03  |  Sarah 25/10/07   32.   Haaretz, a weak source 11:15  |  Shadi Fadda 25/10/07   33.   Ironic: UN vs OLMERT 11:18  |  Mark 25/10/07   34.   SARAH Ignore mononeuronal Murray.Every post says exactly the same 11:58  |  PETER S.M. 25/10/07   35.   Saber-rattling by Syria/Iran and their proxy, Hezbollah 12:48  |  akiva (zionist) 25/10/07   36.   hezbollah defeated israel 17:44  |  john 25/10/07   37.   to freddy 17:54  |  mb 25/10/07   38.   John ny 20:51  |  Mark T 25/10/07   39.   NR 36- His Ebola (Virus) defeated Israel? by 05:14  |  cristo 26/10/07   40.   Nr 7- MB the mohamedan hiding in the US 00:00  |  cristo 28/10/07

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