Australian Broadcasting Corporation The United Nations has received several offers for its expanded peacekeeping force in Lebanon despite France's refusal to commit a substantial number of ground troops to the operation. Deployments by Italy, Spain and Belgium, are key because they can move their forces into Lebanon quickly to meet the 15-day UN deadline for an advance contingent of 3,500 troops. All three nations are studying draft rules of engagement presented to dozens of ambassadors at a meeting chaired by Mark Malloch Brown, the deputy UN secretary-general. "The show is on the road. We are in... Click here to read more »
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