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"UN warns of 'security vacuum' - by Gideon Long
Wednesday,23 August 2006 - BEIRUT (Reuters) - It could take three months to fill the post-war 'security vacuum' in southern Lebanon and even unintended breaches of the truce could reignite fighting between Israel and Hizbollah, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
"The situation is still extremely fragile," senior U.N. envoy Terje Roed-Larsen told Reuters in an interview in Jerusalem. "Unintended incidents can kick off renewed violence, which might escalate and spin out of control."
The Norwegian was speaking as the United Nations tried to drum up support for a force of 15,000 soldiers to maintain a truce in southern Lebanon after the 34-day war between Israel and Hizbollah guerrillas, which ended eight days ago."
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