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Lebanon: Like being under siege

Saturday, May 10th, 2008 @ 16:07 UTC

by Moussa Bashir

Countries:: Lebanon
Topics:: Breaking News, War & Conflict
Languages:: English

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“I live in Ras El-Nabeh, where clashes have been raging for the last 2 days, and thanks god today is relatively calm and under the Lebanese army control. But still, I didn’t go to work in fear of not being able to come back! Yeah feels like being under siege!” writes Rami.

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