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  • Originally posted by pym View Post
    Not sure, but based on picture one, I'm glad we appear to be sending over at least one intercontinental ballistic missile.
    Shushhh, OPSEC!
    'He died who loved to live,' they'll say,
    'Unselfishly so we might have today!'
    Like hell! He fought because he had to fight;
    He died that's all. It was his unlucky night.
    http://www.salamanderoasis.org/poems...nnis/luck.html

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    • Originally posted by EUFighter View Post
      It is only the booster stage, the rest will follow later!
      yep, according to my mate who knows someone who's second cousin works in the DOD, the bloody UN wouldnt allow us to send it unless the MIRV was also painted UN blue.

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      • From Facebook.

        "In November 2016 Ireland will take over the role of lead nation in the IRISHFIN Battalion, UNIFIL. The take over will require an additional deployment of approx 180 members of the Defence Forces along with all of the vehicles and equipment they will require to complete their peacekeeping duties.

        The sailing of MV BONACIEUX from Dublin Port today marked the initial deployment of equipment off island and a huge step towards taking over. This logistical operation will end when all equipment is delivered to UN Post 2-45. Best of luck to all involved."



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        • The Air Corps recently carried out its second resupply mission this year to Lebanon.

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          • No 5 is quite worrying.

            But let's face it the UN as opposed to the chaps on the ground are a bunch of useless wankers.

            Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
            Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
            The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere***
            The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
            The best lack all conviction, while the worst
            Are full of passionate intensity.

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            • Israel (Ben Net) has given one month to review all Israeli facilitated UN missions in th area. Come feb, we'll know if UNIFIL, UNTSO and UNDOF will be around. Well maybe UNFiL could survive but not if US veto

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              • Originally posted by hedgehog View Post
                No 5 is quite worrying.

                But let's face it the UN as opposed to the chaps on the ground are a bunch of useless wankers.

                https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.1916784e30be
                It isn't clear which side this lecturer is on


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                • Groups of civilians attacked United Nations peacekeepers on patrol in two incidents in southern Lebanon on Friday, damaging their vehicles but causing no injuries, the mission said in a statement.

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                  • 'Jihadist threat' to Irish peacekeepers in south Lebanon


                    Major General Michael Beary said his biggest concern is the jihadist threat (Pic: UNIFIL)

                    Irish and other peacekeepers serving in south Lebanon are target for militant jihadists, according to the commander of the UN force there.

                    Speaking to RTÉ's This Week programme, UNIFIL Force Commander Major General Michael Beary said: "Probably the biggest concern for me is the jihadist threat and any threat that would develop with regard to UNIFIL.

                    "Definitely, we would be a target for that kind of activity because a lot of the member states who are contributing to UNIFIL are part of the global coalition against ISIS, so it is something I have to be very careful with."

                    More than 300 Irish soldiers currently serve in Lebanon as part of the international force.

                    The loss of territory by extremist Sunni groups in Syria and Iraq has given rise to concerns that they could seek to escape to Lebanon and combine with existing groups based in the Palestinian refugee camps.

                    "Our indications would certainly be that, with the retrenchment of ISIS and such groups as Nusra in Syria and in Iraq, that there is the possibility that they will seek to exit through Lebanon," said Maj General Beary.

                    "We do know, for example, that we have Sunnite jihadists within the body of some of the Palestinian refugee camps, so we have to be extremely careful with that to ensure that it doesn't affect the work of UNIFIL in south Lebanon," he added.

                    The fighting on Lebanon's borders has also affected the deployment of Lebanon's own armed forces (LAF) in the south of the country.

                    Under UN Resolution 1701, passed in the aftermath of the 2006 war with Israel, the UNIFIL forces are to help the LAF become the sole armed group in the southern area bordering Israel, where Hezbollah Shia militias are active.

                    Maj Gen Beary said the LAF is currently "stretched" and unable to deploy in the area in sufficient numbers: "The Lebanese Armed Forces are extremely stretched. They have significant security challenges along the northern border and the eastern border with Syria.

                    "In fact, that extends to actually fighting in the Arsal region on the eastern border.

                    That basically means that a lot of resources are basically drawn away from south Lebanon and our task in 1701 is to work closely with the LAF to extend their authority right up to the Blue Line and in effect, that has worked quite well, but unfortunately we don't have the numbers we would like because of the security challenges the country faces elsewhere."

                    Maj Gen Beary also supported the UN position that views expressed recently by Lebanese President Michel Aoun are not in line to UN Security Council Resolution 1701.

                    Speaking recently in Cairo, Mr Aoun said that he would be open for the Shia militant group Hezbollah playing a greater role in defending Lebanon.

                    "Hezbollah weapons are not contradictory to the state, but are an essential part in defending our country,” Mr Aoun told an audience in a speech.

                    The UN's special co-ordinator for Lebanon, Sigrid Kaag expressed concern about Mr Aoun’s remarks in a tweet.

                    "Recalling SCR [Security Council Resolution] 1701 vital 4 Lebanon's stability-security. Resolution calls 4 disarmament all armed groups. No arms outside control of state", she tweeted.

                    Asked about Mr Aoun's proposal for Hezbollah to play a greater role in Lebanon's defence, Maj Gen Beary said: "Certainly, it is in contravention of 1701. However, my task is to deal with the State institutions. I deal directly with the LAF and with the LAF intelligence and they are the institutions of the state, so I deal directly to them and to the Lebanese government, including to the Prime Minister."

                    Maj Gen Beary is the first Irishman to command the force in over 30 years.

                    He said that Irish peacekeepers work in a "very sensitive" part of the UN area and "make a very valuable contribution".

                    He said the Lebanese government recognises the contribution to peace in south Lebanon made by Irish UN units, who have lost 47 soldiers in the area.
                    Irish and other peacekeepers serving in south Lebanon are target for militant jihadists, according to the commander of the UN force there.


                    Link to the interview on RTÉ's This Week programme.
                    UNIFIL Major General Michael Beary on the jihadist threat to UN peacekeepers in Lebanon

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                    • The Air Corps recently carried out another resupply mission to Lebanon with a Casa.

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                      • Nice video of the equipment being shipped to Lebanon last year.

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                        • If I ever see Beirut again ever it will be too soon!!!

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                          • Thought this might be of interest :

                            The United States wants UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon to take on an expanded mission and investigate alleged violations by Hezbollah militias in the...


                            The United States wants UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon to take on an expanded mission and investigate alleged violations by Hezbollah militias in the volatile area, Ambassador Nikki Haley said Monday.

                            The UN Security Council is set to vote on renewing the UN interim force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) later this month, and Haley said she will seek "significant improvements" to its mandate.

                            UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres informed the council in a letter sent on Friday that he intended to look at ways in which UNIFIL could beef up its efforts "regarding the illegal presence of armed personnel, weapons or infrastructure inside its area of operations."
                            also reported here:-


                            Can't see Hezbollah sitting still for this tbh.

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                            • UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres informed the council in a letter sent on Friday that he intended to look at ways in which UNIFIL could beef up its efforts "regarding the illegal presence of armed personnel, weapons or infrastructure inside its area of operations."
                              also reported here:-

                              Mick Beary wakes up, reads headlines, "ah for fk sake"
                              "Are they trying to shoot down the other drone? "

                              "No, they're trying to fly the tank"

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                              • Originally posted by trellheim View Post
                                Mick Beary wakes up, reads headlines, "ah for fk sake"
                                " ah for fk sake" …where's me tank ??

                                Even RTE has noticed.

                                The United States has said it wants UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon to take on an expanded mission and investigate alleged violations by Hezbollah militias in the area.
                                Last edited by terrier; 8 August 2017, 11:25.

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