Article: Lahoud rejects Israeli threats.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 4 (UPI)

Lebanese President Emile Lahoud has rejected Israeli threats to destroy the Lebanese Army if resistance operations continue in southern Lebanon after a planned Israeli withdrawal.

Lahoud said today that the Lebanese Army will continue ``to carry out its mission with heroism and courage to confront the Israeli occupation and will not be in any day a guard or guarantee for its security.''

He said, ``The language of threat and menace used by the enemy would not dissuade Lebanon from holding on its firm position regarding the peace process.''

Lahoud's comments came after the Israeli Assistant Defense ...

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