 South Lebanon was in chaos in the wake of the first Israeli invasion aiming at pushing the PLO guerrillas behind the Litany river.The passing of UN security Council motion 425 established an interim UNIFIL force in the area.The Irish Battalion named the Tebnine army base "Camp Shamrock", with a scorpion for its sigil as the land upon which the camp was constructed was rampant with the black scorpions of Tebnine with their venomous stings.