[Telegraph-UK] Patrick Bishop - Hizballah mourners in a funeral parade shoved aside anti-tank barriers at a UN base in Lebanon Sunday in a demonstration of their new political strength. When the chanting procession, several hundred strong, reached the gates of the UNIFIL compound, inside of which is the Naqoura town cemetery, mourners argued with the French guards, but failed to gain entry. A mob of young men then dragged the barriers away and the UN opened the gates. "They will eat us alive," said one official as the throng surged in. Nowhere in the border area Sunday was there any sign of the Lebanese Army. By Sunday night, UNIFIL's standing force of 2,000 had been supplemented only by the arrival of 49 French military engineers.
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