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Article: Lebanese troops continue deployment in the south
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- August 18, 2006
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Lebanese troops continue deployment in the south
BEIRUT, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Lebanon continues to deploy its troops
on Friday in the south of the country in the fifth day of a
ceasefire, taking control of some major towns in the region,
witnesses said.
Lebanese troops arrived at the southern border town of Khiam early
Friday, where four UN military observers were killed in an Israeli
air strike late July during the Israel-Hezbollah conflict.
According to witnesses, the Lebanese army reached the country's
border with Israel at Kfar Kila for the first time on Friday.
On Thursday, eight regiments of Lebanese troops were sent to
deploy in the areas south of Lebanon's strategic Litani River, ...