 A villager hands a soldier the national flag as local army troops took position in the war-battered border town of Bint Jbeil, near the Lebanese-Israeli border. Lebanese troops should soon control their southern border for the first time in decades. Bint Jbeil saw some of the fiercest fightings between Israel and Hizbullah in the past two months. (photo: AFP) parent page (7 - 13 September 2006, issue #811) |