Sunday, March 01, 2009

Polish Soldiers With UNIFIL In Lebanon

Polish Soldiers With UNIFIL In Lebanon
(News Source Info) March 1, 2009: An undated handout picutre obtained from the United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon's (UNIFIL) press office shows Polish soldiers working with the UNIFIL holding a national flag during a military ceremony at the UNIFIL's headquarters in Naqura on southern Lebanon's border with Israel. Poland is to quit UN-flagged peacekeeping missions in Chad, Lebanon and the Golan Heights, Defence Minister Bogdan Klich, citing crisis-driven spending cuts and a strategic rethink.
Poland also has nearly 500 troops in Lebanon as part of the UN peacekeeping force which is helping to monitor a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah following a month-long war in 2006.

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