Saturday, August 05, 2006

Hmm

It appears that France and the U.S. have reached an agreement on a resolution on Lebanon. From NYT:

France and the United States reached agreement today on a Security Council resolution to halt the fighting in Lebanon and lay out plans for a permanent ceasefire and long-term political solution.
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The text was to be made public later today and the Security Council scheduled a meeting later in the afternoon to consider the matter.

A vote cannot occur in the Security Council until 24 hours after the formal introduction of a resolution.

The French official said that the text called for a buffer zone to be set up free of all but the Lebanese Army and United Nations-mandated forces in southern Lebanon.

That's all the details we have right now. But the good news is that it calls for immediate cease-fire. I just saw crazy Netanyahu on CNN suggesting Israel might disregard that.

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