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Security Council Rebukes Lebanon on Disputed Shabaa Farms
(Reuters) Evelyn Leopold - The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously rebuked Beirut by declaring that the disputed Shabaa Farms area was not part of Lebanon. Its resolution said the "continually asserted position" by Beirut was "not compatible" with past council resolutions or reports by Secretary-General Annan. Anne Patterson, the U.S. acting ambassador, told the council that the biggest impediment to peacekeeping was "the continued specter of armed militias in southern Lebanon, coupled with the Lebanese government's unwillingness to assert its sole and effective control over all its territory."