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- ↑ Frayer, Lauren (19 August 2006). "South Lebanon has seen violence for nearly 40 years". Fatima Gate, Lebanon: ASSOCIATED PRESS. Retrieved 5 October 2006.
- ↑ Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
