Help keep a cease fire that benefits the Lebanon, puts Pakistan in good light, inceases Pakistans presence in world politics. Seems like a good situation for all.
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Nah, Pakistan should keep out of it. (Pakistan currently has deployed more peacekeeping troops under UN than any other country in the world.)
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Israel has rejected troops from Countries that do not recognize Israel, last I checked Pakistan is one of those countries, unles Musharraf made some concessions that we are not aware of.
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Zionists say they like Pakistani people in that ARYOneWorld of the former Zion Prime Minister and the curren (I think) Foreign Minister. There were plenty of jounalists in Zion during this Zion/Lebanon war so I don't think they have any problems with us.
Then again, I don't understand how will they disrupt the Hezbollah weapons supplies if there are no foreign troops monitoring the South!
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Jews have no choice in the matter except to violate UN resolutions. Besides Pak should never send any troops but weapons to Hizb.. With right weapons Hizb is more then capable to defend Lebanon and honor Jews with another victory just like the last two.
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i agree pakistan should offer israel will decline everybody is happy
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Pakistani troops are not welcome in Lebanon.
Read Dawn.com. Both Syria and Iran + Hezbollah have rejected the idea of Pakistani peacekeepers because it will lead to local resentment.
http://www.dawn.com/2006/08/20/top3.htm
Pakistan unlikely to join UN force
By Qudssia Akhlaque
ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: Pakistan has in principle decided that it will not send troops to Lebanon at this stage, informed sources said. Pakistan is reluctant to participate in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) largely because under the Security Council Resolution 1701 of August 11, the force has been given the additional mandate of peace enforcement which could involve combat and disarming Hezbollah, the sources said.
A member of the establishment, who did not want to be named, put it rather bluntly: “Given that this UN force has been given the mandate of peace enforcement under chapter 7 of the UN charter it would mean we have to be ready for combat and we certainly do not want that.”
An important official involved in consultations held at the top level remarked: “Why should we be fighting either of the two forces (Hezbollah or Israel), there are no gains for us in it?”
Another source close to the defence establishment pointed out that there were grave political and diplomatic implications of deploying troops in Lebanon. “When we can see there is no advantage on any front, it makes no sense for us to send troops there,” he said.
The view in policymaking institutions in Islamabad and Rawalpindi is that Pakistani troops will not be ‘genuinely welcomed’ by the principal parties to the conflict. “We realise that Israel will have problems with it and Hezbollah too will not be uncomfortable with it,” a source close to the GHQ conceded.
A bureaucrat said the government was conscious of the fact that Syria and Iran were also not in favour of troop deployment from Pakistan. Opposition political parties are also opposed to the idea of Pakistan deploying troops in Lebanon.
According to ISPR, the strength of Pakistani troops in UN peacekeeping missions is 9,500. The country is the leading contributor to peacekeeping missions and its largest contingent, comprising 3,850 troops, is deployed in Congo. Pakistan is not part of any UN peace enforcement mission in a Muslim country. The two Muslim countries where Pakistan is participating in the UN observer missions are Morocco (Western Sahara) and Sudan.
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If the local godfathers dont want Pakistan to be part of the peace keeping i.e. Iran, Syria and Israel, then why should Pakistan commit its forces. As notd earlier, Pakistan has already committed a large number to other UN missions. Time for some other countries to step up to the plate.
My personal view is that the UN forces there are going to either be irrelevant, or between a rock and a hard place.
Simply put, if I had to make the choice, I would say no.
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As they should. The current Pakistani regimes’ close reltationship with the US, and almost blind obedience, makes them appear very untrustworthy.
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The feeling is mutual. We don't trust Syria, Iran or Hezbollah.
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Israel said Saturday it was encouraging some Muslim countries to send peacekeepers to southern Lebanon, a contribution that would lend credibility to the heavily European force.
EU nations pledged 6,900 troops Friday, dispelling concerns that the peacekeeping force might not materialize because of reluctance to send troops without clear instructions or authorization to use their weapons.
But the force was still far short of the 15,000 troops envisioned under a resolution that stopped a month of fighting between Israel and the Islamic Hezbollah guerrillas.
The EU and U.N. agree the peacekeeping mission must have a strong Muslim component to give it credibility. Israel, however, objects to nations that do not recognize the Jewish state, saying such troops would make it impossible for Jerusalem to share intelligence with the U.N. force. That would exclude Indonesia, Bangladesh and Malaysia, which have offered troops.
But Israel said it has been in touch with other Muslim countries to encourage them to participate, particularly Turkey, which has diplomatic relations with Israel.
“If Turkey decides to send a contingent, we would welcome that,” said Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev.
Jordan and Egypt also are among Muslim countries that have diplomatic relations with Israel.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/4143065.html
How many Muslim countries recognize Israel?
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Four countries in the last 58 years. Turkey, Jordan, Morroco and Egypt recognise Zion... only 53 more to go.