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Article: Lebanese troops start deployment in southern Lebanon
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- August 17, 2006
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Lebanese troops start deployment in southern Lebanon
BEIRUT, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese troops started to deploy in
south Lebanon from early Thursday under a UN resolution which ended
the Israel-Hezbollah conflict, local Future television reported.
Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Elias Murr
said that the first batch of around 1,500 Lebanese soldiers would be
deployed in the country's south, according to the TV report.
Eight regiments were sent earlier to deploy in the areas south of
Lebanon's strategic Litani River, about 30 km from the border with
Israel, according to the report.
Meanwhile, Lebanese soldiers have already arrived in the Marjeoun
barricade, ...