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This UN force is struggling to help keep the peace in southern Lebanon. So why is it still there?

This UN force is struggling to help keep the peace in southern Lebanon. So why is it still there?

As Lt. Col Jordan Hertzberg watches black smoke rise beyond a ridge moments after Israeli artillery fires into southern Lebanon, he tells CBC News that he believes Israel's offensive could have been avoided, if the UN peacekeepers stationed along the 120 kilometres border were doing their job. "If they had been enforcing the mandate, we would not have […]

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