Robert Fisk on Lebanon: "The Ceasefire Can't Work"

by Democracy Now (reposted)

Wed, Sep 6, 2006 7:04AM

We speak with Robert Fisk, the chief Middle East correspondent for the London Independent about the UN-brokered ceasefire in Lebanon. Fisk says, "The cease-fire can't work for all kinds of reasons...The UN are not going to block the Syrian border, the Lebanese army has to do it and they're not going to be able to - you can't - Syria is too big a country."

Turkey has approved the deployment of troops in Lebanon to join the UN peacekeeping mission in the south. The move was approved in Turkish parliament on Tuesday despite widespread opposition and protests in the capital Ankara. The UN force now numbers 3,100.

Meanwhile, the commander of the UN force, Major-General Alain Pellegrini, said the truce between Hezbollah and Israel remains shaky as long as Israeli troops remain in Lebanon. Pellegrini's spokeperson said the UN had sent a written protest to Israel over Israeli infringements of Lebanese airspace and other truce violations.

We go now to Part II of our interview with veteran war correspondent Robert Fisk.

* Robert Fisk, chief Middle East correspondent for the London Independent. He is author of the book, "Pity the Nation: The Abduction of Lebanon" and "The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East."

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