Disagreements remain between Israel, UNIFIL on Israeli withdrawal

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JERUSALEM, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- A meeting, among Israel, Lebanese army and the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on the withdrawal of Israeli troops from south Lebanon, ended in disagreement Tuesday evening, Israeli Ynet news reported on its website edition.

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"The talks didn't fall apart, but there are still some disagreements regarding coordination and the authorities that should be exercised by the UNIFIL and the Lebanese army," an Israeli army official was quoted as saying.

A source from the Israeli army said that the meeting, which took place at the UNIFIL headquarters in the Lebanese town of Naqoura was a "failure" and that the IDF threatened to keep its soldiers inside Lebanon for as long as it took for the UNIFIL to take its job seriously.

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Several hundred IDF soldiers, the officer said, were still present inside Lebanon although only several hundred meters away from the Blue Line, the United Nations-demarcated border between Lebanon and Israel.

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[enigma000]

1. The article doesn't say what the IDF's concerns are

I wonder what they are.

[muesa]

2. Typically things like

1. Radio frequencies, radio calls, and radio protocols
   
2. Levels of encryption of radio signals
   
3. Advance notice of "movements" as resupply, troop rotations
   
4. "Embedding" Lebanese officers in IDF units and IDF officers in Lebanese units
   • Rank of the embeds,
   • Number of embeds,
   • Where embedded,
   • Authorized radio frequencies and encryption for embeds,
   • "Referee/Umpire" role of embeds - or merely observers back to UNIFIL higher headquarters
5. "Referee/Umpire" role of UNIFIL, including initiating review, levels of review,
6. relationship of UNIFIL to ICRC (including Lebanese Red Cross, Syrian Red Crescent, Israeli Red Crystal
   
7. Languages used for "official" communications.

plus lots of other "admin" stuff.

Remember - because the NYPD, Port Authority Police, and FDNY used different frequencies on 9/11 .......

[enigma000]

3. I guess it would be best that there are no "surprises"

and there is communication between all parties concerned. Especially now that the Lebanese army is, for the first time in years, patrolling the Lebanese-Israeli border.

[muesa]

4. That is critical

On 9/11 and Katrina, among other mass tragedies, the failure to plan (see ) probably contributed to the death toll, just like the way too many "fratricide" ("friendly fire") deaths occur in a combat situation.

If you try to resolve these "admin" issues ad hoc things escalate and more people die.