The 250 soldiers Finland plans to send to Lebanon will clear mines and help set up bases for the expanded U.N. peacekeeping force being deployed to protect a cease-fire, the government said Monday. Under the government plans presented Monday, a small intelligence unit will be deployed in late October and the full force a month later. «We are well aware of the risks involved with this operation,» Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen told Finnish YLE radio. «Cease-fire violations are likely to be the biggest risk of all. Also, numerous unexploded mines and bombs in the area pose a direct threat.»
