News From Antiwar.com by Jason Ditz
The embassy has announced that Maj. Gen. Michael Leeney will be the new top US military official monitoring the ceasefire in Lebanon. He will replace Maj. Gen. Jasper Jeffers, who previously held that post.
The embassy’s statement emphasized Maj. Gen. Leeney will work to support Lebanese sovereignty. It’s not clear if the timing of this replacement has anything to do with the thousands of violations of the ceasefire committed by Israel since it took effect in November.
The mention of sovereignty might suggest the US is opposed to the ongoing Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon, though it has not specifically said so. Maj. Gen. Jeffers repeatedly praised Israel during the ceasefire and conspicuously never mentioned plain violations that were ongoing…
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