UNIFIL Getting Direction?

This thing has been broken from the start. Calling for a ceasefire with nonsensical requirements on the use of force for the peacekeepers and the resolution of the Hezbollah issue has ensured that this will remain a mess. But our hero Koffi will make it better, or not.

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is expected to recommend Monday that the rules of engagement of the enhanced UNIFIL force to be deployed in Lebanon include opening fire on Hizbullah where necessary, The Jerusalem Post has learned.

While UN Security Council Resolution 1701 mandated an enhanced UNIFIL force to help the Lebanese Army deploy south and along the border with Syria, it did not spell out the operational procedures of this force.

Israel has been pushing for the need for an effective force, arguing that one of the criteria would be the ability to open fire on Hizbullah if the force saw, for instance, Hizbullah launching rockets toward Israel. This matter came up at a meeting Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni held last week in New York with Annan.

Sadly the only thing suggested by the article is that the UNIFIL force will be allowed to fire on Hezbollah forces if they are found violating the cease fire. Still no wording describing the requirement to disarm Hezbollah and what force is going to be allowed. Translate that as none will be allowed.

This continues to be a joke.