Lebanon's president calls for army and UNIFIL to remark of parts of U.N.-drawn border

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"Lebanon's president on Saturday called for a joint effort by his country's army and international peacekeepers to remark sections of the U.N.-drawn line that defines the border between Israel and Lebanon.

The so-called Blue Line is the border demarcation between Israel and Lebanon that was drawn by U.N. cartographers after Israel withdrew its forces from southern Lebanon in 2000, ending an 18-year occupation.

But parts of the Blue Line's markings, large blue plates mounted on posts, were removed during last summer's 34 day war between Israel and the militant group Hezbollah, creating confusion over where the border is located.

Lebanese President Emile Lahoud accused Israel of exploiting that confusion and said he wants the army and U.N. peacekeepers to remark the Blue Line where the markers have been removed, according to a faxed statement from his office.

"Any tampering with the Blue Line markings in the southern border area would enable Israel to nibble at territories that Lebanon regained shortly after the Israeli withdrawal in 2000," the statement quoted Lahoud as saying."

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