I had to erase my photo of this shot from the evac site. I pointed out that AP photographers were just outside the perimeter shooting with a "real" camera, not a digital, and the Libanese security personell responded that they did not understand. But they made me delete my photos of the copters. WTF!!!
And why were Libonese running security at the U.S. evac site? Because U.S. marines were "too provacative" to be seen on Lebanese soil.
The real marines were behind an outside perimeter, but even there, most security was provided by Lebonese special forces.