UN “peacekeepers” in another display of exceptional bravery

Posted on July 3, 2008
Filed Under Israeli-Muslim Conflict, Middle East

UNIFIL - United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon - does it again.

Soldiers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) were forced by local Lebanese residents to delete photos of suspicious-looking underground cables, according a report submitted by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon.

The incident constitutes the second time in recent months that the work of the peacekeeping force has been restricted because of pressures from local residents - this in strict violation of UN Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 Second Lebanon War that brought the UNIFIL forces to south Lebanon.

According to the UN secretary general’s report, on May 28, UNIFIL peacekeepers located cables that were buried in southeast Lebanon.

They proceeded to take photographs of the cables, and were subsequently surrounded by local residents who hurled stones at them and in turn took pictures of the soldiers themselves.

The incident was brought to an end only after UNIFIL agreed to delete the photos, despite the fact that UN policy permits the use of cameras by the peacekeeping forces.

You can always trust the UN to be absolutely useless and uncompromisingly coward.