UN Peacekeepers must be respected in Lebanon

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Sunday July 04, 2010 · 5:20 AM PDT

2010/07/04 · 05:20

AP story reported on Yahoo this morning:

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Villagers threw stones at U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon on Saturday, seizing their weapons and wounding their patrol leader, a U.N. spokesman said, in the latest confrontation near the Israeli border.

If you care about having peace in the Middle East someday, you should care about this story.

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How should the world respond to the attacks on the UNIFIL forces in Lebanon?

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How should the world respond to the attacks on the UNIFIL forces in Lebanon?

Add reinforcements to the UNIFIL forces and attack Hezbollah if necessary

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End the UNIFIL mission and get the UNIFIL forces out of harms way

4 votes

Leave the status quo as is

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Other (explain below in your comments)

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"Son of Hamas" should be granted asylum

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Wednesday June 30, 2010 · 8:37 AM PDT

2010/06/30 · 08:37

Here is a story that appeared on AP this morning:

SAN DIEGO – The U.S. Department of Homeland of Security ruled more than a year ago that Mosab Hassan Yousef should be denied asylum because he has "engaged in terrorist activity" and is a "danger to the security of the United States."

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The 32-year-old son of one of Hamas' founders argues Wednesday before Judge Rico Bartolomei that he will be killed if he is deported because he spied on the militant group for the Shin Bet security's intelligence agency for a decade and abandoned Islam for Christianity.

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Should Yousef be granted asylum in the United States?

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Should Yousef be granted asylum in the United States?

Yes

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