Is it Just Me?

The Associated Press is reporting the following:

The UN Security Council on Monday urged Syria to comply with a 2004 resolution requiring the full withdrawal of its troops and intelligence operatives from Lebanon, noting the disarmament of militias is not being met.

A presidential statement unanimously passed by the Security Council regarding UN Resolution 1559 commended the efforts of Lebanon to meet the demands of Resolution 1559.

But the Security Council “also notes with regret that other rovisions of resolution 1559 have yet to be implemented, particularly the disbanding and disarming of Lebanese and non-Lebanese militias,” the statement read.

I’m confused again. If Syria has withdrawn all of its sojers from Lubnan, and only (allegedly) has a few agents and operatives there, how can the Syrian government disarm any militias in the country? Send agricultural extension agents, or grammar school teachers, or traffic police, to southern Lebanon to collect Hizbullah’s guns? “Pretty please, with sugar on top?”

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12:24 pm on January 24, 2006