Chirac calls for humanitarian corridors in Lebanon

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PARIS (AFP) - French President Jacques Chirac has called for "humanitarian corridors" in Lebanon to protect civilians from Israeli bombardment and announced the dispatch of a cargo-plane with medical aid.

"Humanitarian corridors need to be set up inside Lebanon to allow the movement of people... They need to be able to do it with a certain level of security," Chirac said aftyer a cabinet meeting.

"And corridors also (are needed) between Lebanon and the outside, in other words essentially for the moment between Lebanon and Cyprus," he said.

An aircraft carrying medicines, water-purification units and field generators wil fly to Cyprus Wednesday and the cargo will be taken by boat to Lebanon, he said.

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[Kagemusha]

1. Israel's already complaining about arms smuggling.

Must be those evil Arabs smuggling arms via ambulances again and all that.