All Entries Tagged With: "UNIFIL"

Joke of the Day

Problem is, it’s not funny.
The commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Claudio Graziano has distributed among his troops a contingency plan in case an Israel Air Force aircraft is shot down over Lebanon, the Lebanese daily al-Akhbar reported Tuesday.
The report came amid fears that Israeli aircraft would be targeted.
According to the [...]

UN Defends Its Terrorist-Saluting Soldiers

Israel has called for the removal of the two UNIFIL soldiers who were photographed saluting the coffins of Hizbullah terrorists during Wednesday’s prisoner exchange.
But instead of doing the responsible thing and removing the soldiers, the UN has defended their actions!

Israel is calling for removal of two United Nations soldiers from Lebanon after photographs surfaced of [...]

UNIFIL’s True Colors: Yellow and Green

From tomb raider to coffin saluter:

U.N. soldiers salute as a tractor-trailer loaded with coffins of nearly 200 Lebanese and Palestinian fighters and bearing the picture of slain Hezbollah top leader Imad Mughniyeh, right, arrives in the southern city of Tyre, Lebanon, Thursday, July 17, 2008. Eight tractor-trailers loaded with coffins are driving from south Lebanon [...]

French Protection

Looks like we have entrusted our security to the Village People.

French soldiers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).(AFP/Dominique Faget)
Update: I knew it looked familar..