ISRAEL HELPING U.N. IN LEBANON TO CLEAR BOMBS
Nov 22, 2006 — JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli army said on Wednesday it is helping to train U.N. peacekeepers how to safely clear cluster bombs and mines left behind from Israel's war with Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas this summer....
Lieutenant-Colonel Amit Tesler, commander of the Israeli Defence Forces' international training branch, said that in September his unit trained a Spanish contingent from the southern Lebanon peacekeeper force UNIFIL in clearing munitions. An Italian contingent was due to arrive next in Israel for the week-long course, Tesler told reporters.
"We are offering this service so that those people will arrive in Lebanon with the knowledge necessary to help in their work," he said, adding that the requests for training came from the Spanish and Italian governments.
UNIFIL officials were not immediately available for comment. (ED. EXCEPT TO - SEE BELOW - SUPPORT THE FRENCH THREATS TO SHOOT AT THE IAF!)
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