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"Alain Pellegrini" google news:
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we protest to the Israelis...

The commander of the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon has said force may have to be used to stop repeated Israeli violations of Lebanese air space.
General Alain Pellegrini, the French commander of the Unifil force in Lebanon, said on Thursday that the UN was relying on diplomacy to try to end the violations.
"If the diplomatic means should not be enough, maybe it could be considered other ways," he added, referring to the possible use of anti-aircraft missiles equipping French forces in Lebanon.

Aljazeera 20.Oct.06
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to shoot down Israeli Air Force planes, which conduct surveillance flights in Lebanon to supervise...

Alain Pellegrino, the commander of United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL), threatened Thursday to ask for guidelines allowing his troops to shoot down Israeli Air Force planes, which conduct surveillance flights in Lebanon to supervise terrorists' movements.
An officer of the 2,500 Italian contingent of UNIFIL added he is "upset overt the repeated violations by Israel."
UNIFIL did not address charges by Israel that Hizbullah is violating the United Nations Security Council ceasefire resolution.

Arutz Sheva 19.Oct.06
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Israel, for its part, has accused the U.N. force, known as UNIFIL, of doing nothing to disarm Hezbollah guerrillas in its and failing to prevent arms from being smuggled from neighbouring Syria.
But Pellegrini said only U.N. and Lebanese soldiers were legally allowed to have arms in the area.
"We have not spotted any illegal weapons" since arriving, he said. UNIFIL's area of operations is bordered by the Litani River to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the west, and to the south by the "Blue Line" marking the Israel-Lebanon border.
Pellegrini said he also knew of no arms smuggling.
"I think all these moves fell off" after large numbers of UNIFIL and Lebanese troops moved in, he said.
The Lebanese troops working with UNIFIL were "well deployed along the border (with Syria) and they are doing a marvellous job," he said.

Reuters 19.Oct.06
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