81. Israel still occupies a border zone that overlaps the UNIFIL-controlled area in some places. 82. Israeli warplanes twice raided suspected guerrilla bases in southern Lebanon Sunday following attacks against Israeli soldiers occupying a border zone. 83. Last Thursday, U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen visited the South Korean side of the border zone. 84. Last week Peru accused Ecuador of violating its air space in the demilitarized border zone. 85. Last week, heavily armed North Korean troops violated a neutral border zone, then withdrew in a few hours. 86. Lebanese officials in Marjayoun, the main town in the Israeli-occupied border zone, confirmed they heard the impact of mortar shells early Thursday. 87. Lebanon frequently called for an unconditional and full Israeli withdrawal from the occupied border zone. 88. Lebanon and Israel are technically at war, with Israel occupying a border zone in southern Lebanon and Middle East peace talks stalled. 89. Massive intervention on the part of Serb forces in the border zone would constitute a violation of a Kosovo peace deal and lead to tensions with NATO. 90. Nasrallah predicted it would take Hezbollah guerrillas up to two years to evict the Israeli troops and their allied militia from the border zone. |