Beirut | August 10
Hell started early toady.
It seems it will be hell all over.
They bombed inside Beirut some half an hour ago. They bombed an old
light house, so old no one ever remembers it exists. It's some seven
buildings away from my house. But it is also some 4 buildings away from
Hariri's house.
There's a small army unit based
under that light house which also had transmission aerials that belong
to the Lebanese Public Radio.(LPR)
They hit another transmission
aerial, in Amshit, to the north from Beirut. It was on top of an old
building that LPR have not used in years. There's a small army unit
based there too.
They're bombing Baalback in the
East, Beddawi in the North and they're hitting every single village
from Tyre to Naqoura in the South.
Most hospitals announced they
finished their fuel reserves. There's a ship loaded with fuel that came
all the way from Algeria and has been waiting in the Lebanese
(poisoned) waters for days for an Israeli OK to come in. In the
newspaper, the two generators we have are out of order and they're
cutting the electricity in some 15 minutes. So, I'm writing this in a
hurry.
I feel so angry for what happened
in London's airport this morning. No words can describe my fury.
I wish I could undo it all. I just can't.
All I can do is sit here, write my
messages, try to get them through for those who care to read them, and
pray I would still have an internet connection to do so for as long as
possible.
Last night I had a terrible thought: YOU ARE THE ONLY FRIENDS I HAVE LEFT. EVERYONE ELSE LEFT THE COUNTRY, EXCEPT FOR RULA.
I feel we're falling apart, one town after the other, one house after the other, one person after the other.
But I know that deep inside, none
of us lost faith : we know who our enemy is, we know what it's capable
of, and we know that this enemy knows that no matter what it does we
will prevail.
Thursday, August 10, 2006
I sent this to the Guardian newspaper. It was published. It was read by many peopl. We are here with you.
I am sick of the semantics, lies and moral relativism that are being used to justify the systematic slaughter of Lebanon and the Lebanese.Today this relentless bombing of civilians is not about whether two soldiers were snatched away. It is not about the aims of Syria or Iran. It is not about the Palestinian question. It is not about Blair's intellectually dishonest conflation of everything that is happening in the world. It is not about the puppet regimes of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan. And it is most definitely not about Israel's need to defend itself. This war has been packaged and repackaged so much that we have forgotten about the people who are bearing the brunt of it.
Today this war is about the Lebanese. Like all wars its final destination is death and suffering. Over a quarter of the population of four million are now displaced. Over 1000 civilians have been counted dead while others lie under the rubble. And twenty years of rebuilding has been destroyed. And while the Lebanese wonder if , tomorrow, they will have a country, a family or a shot at a life, the international community sits constipated, totally complicit with Israel on everything right down to not enabling humanitarian aid to reach these people.
So to all the people who are arguing whether it was 28 or 56 at Qana, to the people who hide behind the mantra of "We have to get the terrorists" and the people who think a war can be won, I say get a life. Because today the Lebanese have no hope of one.
I am sick of the semantics, lies and moral relativism that are being used to justify the systematic slaughter of Lebanon and the Lebanese.Today this relentless bombing of civilians is not about whether two soldiers were snatched away. It is not about the aims of Syria or Iran. It is not about the Palestinian question. It is not about Blair's intellectually dishonest conflation of everything that is happening in the world. It is not about the puppet regimes of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan. And it is most definitely not about Israel's need to defend itself. This war has been packaged and repackaged so much that we have forgotten about the people who are bearing the brunt of it.
Today this war is about the Lebanese. Like all wars its final destination is death and suffering. Over a quarter of the population of four million are now displaced. Over 1000 civilians have been counted dead while others lie under the rubble. And twenty years of rebuilding has been destroyed. And while the Lebanese wonder if , tomorrow, they will have a country, a family or a shot at a life, the international community sits constipated, totally complicit with Israel on everything right down to not enabling humanitarian aid to reach these people.
So to all the people who are arguing whether it was 28 or 56 at Qana, to the people who hide behind the mantra of "We have to get the terrorists" and the people who think a war can be won, I say get a life. Because today the Lebanese have no hope of one.
Very well said!
People of America - take off that blindfold and stare this BS straight in to the eye. Denial is the path to slavery by your own choice!!
What will you do about it?
People of America - take off that blindfold and stare this BS straight in to the eye. Denial is the path to slavery by your own choice!!
What will you do about it?
I had a look two weeks ago on some statistics about liban, i saw it on www.e-liban.com and this site seems amazing!! All what we can say is that this war is about the Lebanese. Like all wars its final destination is death and suffering. Over a quarter of the population of four million are now displaced. we should stop this war in a different way.
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