replacing its forces in South Lebanon.
Among -these is her account.
WITH shaved beads under their blue berets and pistols on their hips, the French paratroopers set off for town in groups of two, three of four: It was an open barracks. Some of them even carried machine guns; they knew that they were not very welcome here, even it. as they said, the populatien started to return when we recent invasion of South Lebanon, and a growing tide of opinion is forming against the traditional seige mentality' of the Zionist state, UN troops are taking some of the heat off the Israeli Government by so-called "peace-keepers" contingents of blue-bereted French paratroopers. whose operations from Vietnam to Zaire, via Algeria. are hardly known for their neutrality or benevolence.
SIMONE HAMELIN, a correspondent of the French revolutionary daily, Rouge, recently had an opportunity to visit these forces in their positions. This arrived"
At the gate, which an orderly outfitted in a bullet-proof vest locked and unlocked with a flick of the wrist, there was a procession of jeeps and trucks. n front of the pate hawkers had set up in missing a trick, selling lins of beer by the dozen exorbitant prices. entrance were SAnE Gabon exchanged hints intentions of the soldiers whi fare doing a tour of the town': 'There are only mien in here For one, 'The problem will be a are month another: It's now. The legion is well organised their own brothels."
Admiring glances were
at a close-shaven soldier: That one, he has already screwed three of them, soldier from thinking that all Lebanese women short on legs and not at all BETTE CLAIM Even though he claims to be keeping the between the two camps, this NCO nevertheless had his own sympathies: "The Israeli army, that'sa realarmy, not like these conts", be said, pointing our the fedayeen, "who know what they Taraelis have themscives "And these kids of 14 who play with Klashenkovs. Today they fired on the town hal Luckily they didn't hit any of Suddenly, remembering who hie was talking to, one said:
"Listen, you're going to say in your paper that we're rapists ZIEL iturderers.
know what you want.
we're in France strate.
same. In 1.yon there was a huge demonstralion.
And what are your jobs? In the harrses we clean. repalr the armoured cars.
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Colonel finally You When you demonWhen we're here at's the Tyre.
hollow, Bridges.
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These people atten Just like a holiday, isn't it But wait until it gets going!"
Well, sure, wette would survive?
Chatillon, who fies the arrived, is responsible for public relations. He took out the map of the region and showed me the six points held by the French, 200 to 300 yards from the Irrach lines, on 6or ? population of the roads which converge on FACTS The region of Tyre is in a the Isractis cncircling it on the surrounding being to batants', "In fact, he told me, the Israelis couldn't occupy this wuuld ground un- separate traditional army. The Palestinians could freedom of Iranians abroad are To hack this op we have a document passed on by thc Iranian Embassy in Geneva on ambush them from the orange -armed, groves, and with their Soviet KBO's not an armoured car This technical analysis nulli declarations Weizman (commander forcest, according which the Zionist croops didn't Israel occupy, the region our of a humanicarian concern for the Ibe aim of the French Toroes truth 'separate the com might surprising that they are trying to control the Kaasniye bridge where there is no one to For Colonel Chatton its simple: The region is overcontucied about the dogans. SURVEILLANCE over armed that anyone without arIn • considered abnormal reestablish peace we must cut off the source at tbe Khasmiye bridge He added incidentally that demanded nore Implicity he rook as his owe the Israch conditions on the neutrabisation of the South The regimental chaplain asked me not to make analysis which 035T0E The facts, then, are these: an imperials anny 1s our the provides i one-sixth of the country? blic helesets.
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