All (Too) Quiet on the Southern Front

[Der Spiegel-Germany] Ulrike Putz - No patrols are carried out at night, for safety reasons, admits Ricardo Ortax, press officer of the elite Spanish unit. UNIFIL does not know what the local militias are doing under the cover of darkness. One Spanish junior officer said, "We landed here and set up our tent city, but since then we've only left the camp to drive around and to make sure that we're seen."


2006-11-03 01:00:00

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