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Monday 25th of June, 2007

H.E. Mr. Juan Antonio Yáñez-Barnuevo
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations
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RE: - Condolences to UN, To UNIFIL and To Spain
- The UNSC has now been put on notice

Ambassador Yáñez-Barnuevo,

The Lebanese International Committee for Implementation of UNSCR 1559 is saddened at the loss of the UNIFIL’S six peace keeping soldiers in southern Lebanon. We extend to the UN, UNIFIL and to Spain the native country of those deceased, our most heartfelt condolences and our gratitude for their sacrifice in the endeavor of protecting the innocent people of Lebanon. We share in the pain and loss of honorable peacekeepers. Their memory as martyrs will be engraved in the history books of Lebanon for ever.

Simultaneously, we condemn the action of those responsible for the attack which resulted in the killings. In issuing such a condemnation, we must remember the threats of the Syrian President Bashar Assad, who vowed to set Lebanon and the Middle East on fire. This ferocious tyrant specifically chose the territory under UNIFIL control to carry out his execution either directly or through his proxies Hezbollah and the armed terrorist groups.

The message is loud and clear, Southern Lebanon is traditionally Hezbollah territory. We are being reminded that Hezbollah is fully equipped and armed with a military arsenal capable of waging war on any neighboring country as well as having the capabilities of decimating any opposition inside Lebanon. Together with their terrorist affiliates such as Islamic fundamentalist, Islamic Jihad, Hamas, Fatah Al Islam and other armed Palestinians they can strike at the UNIFIL at any time of their choice. This is designed to strike fear in the hearts and minds of UNIFIL and drive them out of Lebanon. The object is total domination of Lebanon and the entire Middle East.

The facts are before us, the proof is at hand and gradually but continuously unfolding. As such, once again we call on the United Nations Security Council to proceed with the full implementation of UNSCR 1559 & 1701 and extend its mandate to protect the Lebanese – Syrian border from the free flow of arms from Syria into Lebanon and remove all weapons from all terrorist organizations on Lebanese soil including Hezbollah. The consequences of continued inaction are too gruesome to contemplate.

For and on behalf of the International Committee for the Implementation of UNSCR 1559

Tom Harb
Secretary General

CC: UN Security Council Members