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We wear blue berets because it is a UN mission, it also enforces the fact that every other blue beret wearer is our comradeThings 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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Finnish equipment being loaded onto a ship in Rauma Finland on the 22nd April before heading to Beirut to join the IrishFinn Battalion.
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Originally posted by Schmigs View PostWhat type of lorry is that on the transport?
Also can anyone translate what was said in the video?
The video description says, "Finns are valuable to learn the local conditions within Ireland. Acting as a part of the Irish-Finnish Battalion is a challenge, but well begun cooperation to facilitate the crucial issues. Battalion are well trained and professional set of unit that is able to achieve its mandate."
(I used google translate)
And one more is the joint Finn batt going to be an on running thing or just a once off?Last edited by Rhodes; 8 May 2012, 14:48.
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Originally posted by Schmigs View PostGood answers thanks.
Will the Finns also be participating in 107 Batt, 108 Batt, etc...
The original plan was for a joint Irish-Finnish Battalion from the start. The first Finnish contingent was to arrive six months ago but that never happened. It is not know yet what the make up of the next battalion after the 106 Bn will be but the Finn's could make up the bulk of the Battalion with just an Irish Infantry Group.Last edited by Rhodes; 8 May 2012, 15:48.
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Originally posted by Rhodes View PostFinnish equipment being loaded onto a ship in Rauma Finland on the 22nd April before heading to Beirut to join the IrishFinn Battalion.
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.
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Reports of RPG fire in Beirut on Twitter in the aftermath of this:
Beirut: Lebanon fell into further turmoil yesterday when army troops shot dead a Sunni cleric when his convoy failed to stop at a checkpoint in north Lebanon. Shaikh Ahmad Abdul Wahid, a supporter of the anti-regime uprising in neighbouring Syria, and his companion, Shaikh Mohammad Hussain Murhib, were scheduled to participate in a rally which was cancelled.
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This is an excellent website from a mainly Continental aspect on the Middle East and Unifil.
With acknowledgement of the Irish contribution.
Fatalities:
190 (most of them lost their lives on mission, mainly during attacks from the South Lebanon Army, financed and trained by Israel to guard the Israeli « Security Zone » in Lebanon. It is the Irish who suffered the biggest losses with 29 of their soldiers killed in ten years.
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Originally posted by timhorgan View Post"We will hold out until our last bullet is spent. Could do with some whiskey"
Radio transmission, siege of Jadotville DR Congo. September 1961.
Illegitimi non carborundum
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