French peacekeepers on Mideast patrols

[tocqueville]

By ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU, Associated Press Writer
11 minutes ago

YAROUN, Lebanon - An advance team of French peacekeepers wove around rubble and minefields Wednesday as it made its way through destroyed villages on one of its first reconnaissance missions in southern Lebanon.

The patrol — seven men in a jeep and an armored vehicle freshly painted white with U.N. letters on the side — kept a wide berth from dug-in Israeli tanks positioned in the hilltops.

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A smattering of French flags flapped in the wind Wednesday atop buildings and lampposts among hundreds of Hezbollah banners in the village of Yaroun. Women waved to the soldiers as they drove by, and children ran along the road cheering and catching candy tossed by the peacekeepers.

"Overall, the villagers seem quite welcoming," said Quiot. "A group of youngsters threw stones at a patrol yesterday, but on the whole, people here seem relieved to see us."


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[orpupilofnature57]

1. It's like a league of united nations, everyone making sure ,everyones

protected ,what a concept.Who's fucking up the apple cart?

[scarletwoman]

2. A telling quote:"We know the Europeans understand us - not like America,

which thinks we're all terrorists and gives bombs to Israel to use against us."

sw