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Bush: "Make Sure Hizballah Doesn't Rearm"

[White House] President Bush said Monday: "You have people launch attacks on a sovereign nation without the consent of the government in the country in which they are lodged. And that's why it's very important for all of us, those of us who are involved in this process, to get an international force into Lebanon to help the Lebanese government achieve some objectives. One is their ability to exert control over the entire country; secondly is to make sure that the Hizballah forces don't rearm, don't get arms from Syria or Iran through Syria, to be able to continue to wreak havoc in the region." "There will be another resolution coming out of the United Nations giving further instructions to the international force. First things first; is to get the rules of engagement clear, so that the force will be robust to help the Lebanese. One thing is for certain - is that when this force goes in to help Lebanon, Hizballah won't have that safe haven, or that kind of freedom to run in Lebanon's southern border....The Lebanese government is eventually going to have to deal with Hizballah."
2006-08-22 01:00:00
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