WRAP Italian troops begin deployment in southern Lebanon, plus bites

(17 Sep 2006)
Srifa
1. Wide of village on hillside
2. Military vehicles driving along road
3. Sign reading "Srifa" pan to road
4. Military vehicles with UN flags attached driving along road
5. Set-up shot of local resident Smera Hajj
6. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Smera Hajj, local resident:
"We don't want any foreign army, we only want the Lebanese army and we want Hezbollah soldiers."
7. Pan of UN basecamp
8. Italian soldier talking on radio
Srifa
9. UN tank from behind as it drives along road
10. Military vehicles with UN flags driving along road
Srifa
11. UN tank driving along road
12. Soldier on sat in tank pull out to tank and second solider
Tyre
13. Military vehicles with UN flags attached pull out from side of road
STORYLINE:
Italian troops began their deployment in south Lebanon on Sunday as part of the expanded United Nations peacekeeping force tasked with upholding a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah militants.
The Italian forces patrolled roads and set up checkpoints in the village of Srifa, 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of Tyre.
Local resident Smera Hajj was not happy to see the Italian troops in her village.
"We don't want any foreign army, we only want the Lebanese army and we want Hezbollah soldiers," Hajj said.
Italy will contribute three thousand troops to the force and France will send two thousand troops to serve in Lebanon.
France will command the peacekeeping force until early next year, when Italy is to take over.
Keyword-military

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