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Beirut & NY - The United Nations has been
informed of "movements of arms" on the
Syria-Lebanon border, but could not
independently verify the report, the French
foreign ministry said.
A report into the implementation of Security
Council Resolution 1701, which in August
ended a month-long conflict between Israel
and Hezbollah, "speaks of information
concerning arms movements on the
Syrian-Lebanese border," a spokesman said
Thursday.
"But the report states that the U.N. has
been unable to check the information," he
said.
The report, which has been drawn up by
Secretary-General Kofi Annan, is to be
discussed by the Security Council on
December 11.
Hezbollah is suspected by Israel of
continuing to receive arms via Syria in
breach of Resolution 1701.
The French daily Le Monde quoted a "senior
U.N. figure" saying there was "a constant
and massive rearmament of Hezbollah."
According to U.N. figure, the weapons are
"for the most part Iranian" and are entering
Lebanon "thanks to the complicity of
Hezbollah supporters inside the Lebanese
intelligence service."
But Hezbollah denied the charges.
"They are attacking the image of Hezbollah,"
said a Hezbollah spokesman.
Le Monde also quoted a "confidential
document" sent to U.N. headquarters from an
official in the region which alleged the
existence of a "50-man squad of militants
linked to Al-Qaida" charged by Damascus with
killing 36 anti-Syrian Lebanese
personalities.
The militants were recruited among fighters
in Iraq and infiltrated via Syria into
Lebanon, where they are based in a
Palestinian refugee settlement in the north
of the country, Le Monde said.
Picture: Hezbollah's sheikh Hassan Nasrallah
, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmedinajiad and
Syrian president Bashar el Assad. Both Syria
and Iran have been very supportive of the
Hezbollah protests in Beirut to topple the
democratically elected government of PM
Fouad Siniora. Hezbollah arms are of great
concern to the majority of Lebanese ... They
fear these could be used against them in the
event of a civil war. All the militia in
Lebanon were disarmed in 1990 except
Hezbollah
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