(Beirut Daily Star) - The Brussels-based International Crisis Group (ICG) has issued a report recommending that the UN reduce UNIFIL's troop numbers in southern Lebanon to a level that will "induce" the Lebanese government to dispatch the army to the southern border district. The report also calls challenges to the UN-delineated Blue Line border "unacceptable," and urges Hizballah to respect the Blue Line and declare its opposition to attacks against civilians.
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