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Bent Jbeil, South Lebanon. Sunday Aug 27th. Photo report.

GS | 29.08.2006 17:11 | Lebanon War 2006

Bent Jbeil is Israel's Fallujah. It has resisted every attempt at occupation over the years. During this war they announced it's capture no less than five times. Each time they had to revise their statement. Towards the begining of the war the Israelis marched straight into a trap here. Seven of their soldiers were killed and loads more wounded. The retaliation was extreme. The town centre no longer exists. The buildings were shelled to rubble. The rubble was shelled to pebbles and the pebbles were shelled to dust.

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Just one question for those peace loving Israelis:

They leafletted this and other areas telling people to go north or risk death from the air and ground. Every petrol station between here and Beirut has been blown to smithereens. Every major road and bridge has been bombed. So exactly how were they supposed to get there?

Walk?

Fly?

GS
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