Lebanon situation continiues to deteriorate

Corriere.it:
"As a precautionary measure, the authorities cancelled an Alitalia flight that was due to take 130 troops to Beirut to relieve some of the contingent."

For those who like to say that the problem in Iraq has something to do with Bush not being able to get the UN involved, look at the mess in Lebanon where the UN is in charge.

“'It could happen,' says General Franco Angioni, who knows Lebanon well, having led a contingent there in 1982, 'that the Hezbollah militia will take advantage of the chaos and attack Israel with encouragement from outside forces. Speaking cynically, we could say that such a development would not present any danger for our forces. The rockets would pass over their heads.'"