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August 21, 2006



This isn't local... or is it?

Even if you don't have any Lebanese-American friends in Minnesota (as I do), perhaps you've eaten at Emily's Lebanese Deli and seen those faded posters on the wall of a beautiful country. How much of that is still standing?

SOURCE: beirutletters.org, via Adam Sekular

Posted by Minnesota Stories on August 21, 2006 04:38 AM

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On the Alive in Baghdad blog, Shadi Al-Kasim quotes a Lebanese citizen, Murad Antonius, "I'm 40 years old and I live in Ba'abda. I'm very sad and angry at what's going on. But I cannot blame Israel. We started, or Hezbollah to be correct. This is crazy. You cannot attack who's several times stronger than you. We used to have many detainees in Israel, but now 3 millions of us are detainees. This is not fair." Al-Kasim goes on to state, "I met many Lebanese Christians, Sunnis and Druze. All of them are indignant with Hezbollah and Israel. One of them told me: Lebanon is a state within a state. It is unbelievable."

Posted by: Egregious at August 21, 2006 12:46 PM

War diaries on line: NY Times article; and Hezbollah missile attack on an Israeli building; and Hezbollah launching a missile at Israel from a Lebanese home.

Galya Daube, an Israeli 15-year-old, posted this video after running from her home to her bomb shelter during a Hezbollah missile attack. “I was home alone with my mom during the alarm. Since my camera was right next to me, I made a short clip of my running down to the shelter. Once I saw the clip, I decided to post it online so people could get a glimpse of what we go through when under attack.”

Posted by: Egregious at August 21, 2006 12:53 PM

thanks for the links!

Posted by: chuck at August 21, 2006 12:58 PM

That is a powerful video. Thanks for sharing.

Posted by: Aleshia at August 21, 2006 09:11 PM

I heard Bush yesterday try to use a bully pulpit and remind people that we lost 3000 people on 9/11.

Well, he seems to have the shorter memory as he let Isreal bring this terror to the Lebanese for weeks.

Thank you for posting this video.

Posted by: Bill at August 22, 2006 01:26 PM

that was beautiful. beautiful.

Posted by: Dolly at August 26, 2006 05:13 PM

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