U.N. Troops Take Up 2 Posts in S. Lebanon
U.N. peacekeepers began a limited deployment in southern Lebanon on Friday, taking up positions on two hills at the border that were the sites of Israeli violation of Lebanese territory.
Three white U.N. armored carriers with peacekeepers aboard arrived at the Manara hill at midmorning, next to the Israeli settlement of Manara. They carried up to 30 Ghanaian soldiers.
Several Israeli soldiers watched from behind the so-called blue line--the border drawn by the United Nations to confirm the Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon.
A platoon of Irish peacekeepers deployed on the Yaroun hill, about 10 miles away, U.N. officers said.
Though limited, Friday’s moves were the first sign of a long-awaited U.N. presence in the Israeli-evacuated zone.
Anti-Israel guerrillas have been the real authority in the area since Israel’s May 24 withdrawal ended two decades of Israeli occupation.
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