Lebanon warned of cross-border raids by Palestinian groups if Israel unilaterally withdraws from southern Lebanon. In a letter to U.N. Secretary- General Kofi Annan, Lebanese President Emile Lahoud also said U.N. troops currently in Lebanon would need to help disarm the groups.
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