Unifil

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon - known by its acronym Unifil -- has a long history of ineptitude, laxity and corruption.

Paralyzed 2006

Over the past couple of months, several Unifil patrols, tasked with improving security in the south and facilitating the deployment of the Lebanese army, have been attacked by angry locals amid reports of soldiers being disarmed and stoned in their vehicles.

James Denselow: Assad's Lebanese Return 2010

" We don ' t want Unifil inside the village, " said Mr. Khatib.

Israel Agrees to Border Pullout Charles Levinson 2010

Over the past couple of months, several Unifil patrols, tasked with improving security in the south and facilitating the deployment of the Lebanese army, have been attacked by angry locals amid reports of soldiers being disarmed and stoned in their vehicles.

James Denselow: Assad's Lebanese Return 2010

According to recent reports this arsenal, although pushed north of the border by the expanded presence of international peacekeepers (Unifil 2), is estimated to be 40,000 strong with rumours that some rockets could hit Tel Aviv or even Israel's undeclared nuclear weapon facilities in the south.

James Denselow: Fears of War Grow in Lebanon 2009

A bomb struck the post occupied by the peacekeepers of the Unifil force in the Khiam area, it said.

Think Progress » U.S. approves two more weeks of fighting. 2006

He has not been too complimentary about the UNIFIL: “Thus far, I have not heard any country participating in the Unifil say that it sent its sons and soldiers to defend Lebanon and the Lebanese,” he said in a speech Friday before hundreds of thousands of his supporters.

Why am I not surprised? Helen 2006

A bomb struck the post occupied by the peacekeepers of the Unifil force in the Khiam area, it said.

Think Progress » Voinovich’s Case for Bolton: ‘The World Is Going Wacko Everywhere’ 2006

A deputy spokesperson for Unifil denied the allegations.

Archive 2007-06-01 Richard 2007

As the siege continued, Abu Salim Taha, a spokesman for Fatah al-Islam, claimed that troops from Unifil, a multi-national peacekeeping force whose remit is largely concerned with monitoring southern Lebanon, had taken part in the shelling of Nahr al-Bared camp.

Archive 2007-06-01 Richard 2007