(Reuters/Ha'aretz) "We want to see the Syrian Army out of Lebanon," U.S. ambassador to Lebanon Jeffrey Feltman said Tuesday in Beirut. Feltman said the U.S. wanted Lebanon to assert its sovereignty over all of Lebanese territory. The UN Security Council passed Resolution 1559 in September calling on foreign troops to pull out of Lebanon. Feltman said the first step in implementing the resolution "is for the Lebanese Army to start redeploying to the south to prevent further katyushas being fired across the Blue Line" border with Israel.
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