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July 18, 2006
Lebanon: Refugees
"Refugees" seems to be the word for the day. While European countries and America are arranging sea-borne evacuations of citizens, many have already taken the land route out to Syria. A lot have gotten out; some didn't make it. UNHCR is reporting that the majority of those crossing the border into Syria are of Syrian nationality.
In the meantime, more than 60,000 Lebanese are trying their luck within the country, and other Lebanese are helping them out. Anthony Shadid has a piece in today's Post that expands on dispatches yesterday by Brian Whitaker and Chris Allbritton (no doubt among others).
Beirut Spring has gathered some donation info.
In other news: The big political news is probably the dressing-down Saudi Arabia gave to Hizbullah. For you military tactics geeks out there, this Robert Fisk piece has some details about some of HB's attacks on Israeli targets.
Posted by tomscud at July 18, 2006 10:31 AM
Filed Under: Levant
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Re the Canadian PM's response to the killing of 8 Canadians: In general, the PM is borderline autistic in his inability to demonstrate empathy and/or communicate with the public. As a result, his comments are starting to draw a lot of domestic criticism in the wake of those Canadian deaths.
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