Little pressure on Hezbollah to disarm
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Six weeks after the end of the Lebanon war, the militant Hezbollah group is facing little on-the-ground pressure to give up its weapons and disarm &#151; despite a U.N. cease-fire resolution demanding just that.
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Israel said Wednesday it had wiped out half of Hezbollah's arsenal in a week of fighting, but the Shiite guerrilla group and some experts say that claim is wishful thinking. With supply lines disrupted and no early cease-fire in sight, the big question is how long Hezbollah can hold out.
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Hezbollah on Tuesday shrugged off French accusations that it engaged in terrorism, without threatening to pull out of an all-party conference in France aimed at easing Lebanon&#39;s political crisis.
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The French general commanding U.N. peacekeeping forces in Lebanon said Monday his troops would not intervene to disarm Hezbollah, even as French President Jacques Chirac said the militant group should not keep a military wing.
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On the roads of Lebanon, it's hard to know when to be afraid. Is it wise to drive through a long tunnel, a potential target for an Israeli airstrike? Or head down a deserted highway where the overpasses have been demolished by bombs? Is it dangerous to tail a truck that might be suspected of carrying Hezbollah weapons and attacked from the skies?
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Lebanon's power brokers and their regional backers seem inclined to seek a compromise, but the passions stoked by their showdown may not be easily defused
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The prime minister tells TIME his country is not sliding into civil war, but says he can't ask Hizballah to disarm until Israel does
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian security forces  intend to disarm militant factions as part of a plan to prevent  attacks on Israelis, a senior Palestinian security official  said on Tuesday.
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Analysis: As it grapples with the problem of Hizballah in Lebanon, the Bush Administration's hopes of stabilizing Iraq may depend on its ability to entice or force Iraq's own equivalent -- the Mehdi Army -- to disarm
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Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Moqtada al-Sadr, the Iraqi Shiite Muslim cleric leading an insurgency in Najaf, has failed to act on promises to disarm his militia in the city, Agence France- Presse reported, citing the Interior Ministry.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - An uneasy calm settled over a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Friday after the Lebanese army claimed victory in 33 days of fighting against al Qaeda-inspired militants.
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Hezbollah fighters have vanished in south Lebanon, melting back into the population. Whether peace holds will depend on how they put up with the newest players in their longtime stronghold: the Lebanese army and a beefed-up U.N. peacekeeping force.
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Progress continues to be hampered by Iranian-supported militias, latest update says
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The fighting between Israeli forces and Islamic militants in Lebanon hasn&#039;t touched Iran or Syria yet, but many analysts think those countries were the hidden hand behind Hezbollah&#039;s capture of two Israeli soldiers.
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Israel would be ready to call a cease-fire with Hezbollah if its captured soldiers are returned, the Lebanese army deploys along the countries&#039; shared border and the future disarmament of the militia can be guaranteed, the foreign minister said Tuesday.
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Text of report by Lebanese Hezbollah TV Al-Manar on 16 September  Quoting Lebanese Prime Minister Fu'ad al-Sanyurah, a Canadian radio station said that he planned to disarm Hezbollah.
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For Israel, the U.N. cease-fire deal is far from perfect. A U.N. force deploying in south Lebanon as part of the truce will have trouble keeping Hezbollah at bay for long or prevent the Iranian-supplied guerrillas from rearming, critics said, pointing to past failures of international peacekeepers.