A U.S. Marine from amphibious transport dock USS Nashville carries children into a landing craft on a beach in north Beirut July 20, 2006. About 40 Marines arrived on a beach in a Christian area north of Beirut at dawn to ferry about 1,200 Americans to Cyprus as part of efforts to extract U.S. citizens caught in a war zone like thousands of other foreigners, many of Lebanese origin. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis (LEBANON)
British Royal Marines look on as British citizens walk towards the HMS Bulwark, which was evacuating British citizens from the port of the capital Beirut in Lebanon Thursday, July 20, 2006 as thousands of foreigners continued in their attempts to flee the country. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis