Off Topic and FYI:
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/06/20070606-3.html
Memorandum for the Secretary of Transportation
White House News
June 5, 2007
Presidential Determination
No. 2007-22
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION
SUBJECT: Partial Resumption of Travel to Lebanon to
Promote Peace and Security
By virtue of the authority vested in me by 49 U.S.C. 40106(b) and for the purpose of promoting peace and security in Lebanon, I hereby determine that the prohibition of transportation services to Lebanon established by Presidential Determination 85-14 of July 1, 1985, as amended by Presidential Determination 92-41 of August 17, 1992, and Presidential Determination 98-32 of June 19, 1998, is hereby further amended to permit U.S. air carriers under contract to the United States Government to engage in foreign air transportation to and from Lebanon of passengers, including U.S. and non-U.S. citizens, and their accompanying baggage; of goods for humanitarian purposes; and of any other cargo or materiel.
All other prohibitions set forth in the above-referenced Presidential determinations remain in effect.
You are directed to implement this determination immediately.
You are authorized and directed to publish this determination in the Federal Register.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/016782.php
June 6, 2007
Fourth bombing in Beirut since May 20
Another bombing in a Christian neighborhood. “Sad al-Bouchrieh takes its turn recovering from bomb,” by Nour Samaha for the Daily Star:
Residents and storeowners in Sad al-Bouchrieh appeared numb on Tuesday as they began the increasingly familiar routine of clearing away debris as quickly as possible in order to resume their normal lives after Monday night’s bomb blast. The bomb, the fourth in Beirut since May 20, exploded near the Abdel Massih Center next to Mar Takla Church, wounding 13 and causing severe damage to dozens of businesses in the Christian neighborhood.
Military Prosecutor Jean Fahd filed charges on Tuesday against the unknown perpetrators of the explosion, adding that a guilty verdict could lead to a death sentence. He reassigned the case to Military Investigative Magistrate Rasheed Mezher. Judicial reports said no one has been arrested in connection with the explosion.
Dozens of residents, business owners, families and friends picked up brooms and other tools in an effort to clean up and open shop again. Only the shell of the bus - behind which the bomb had been placed - remained at the site. The rest of the vehicle has been swept away, along with smashed cars and other debris from the commercial center. Every window in the six-story center was shattered.
“Everybody rushed to help as soon as it was clear to come through,” said Carlos Mbarak, whose sister owns a beauty parlor in the row of shops on the ground floor of the Abdel Massih Center. “There is nothing else to do but that.
“This is not the first time [an explosion] happened here, and it is not the first time it has happened in Lebanon, so the only thing we can do is continue with our normal lives,” he said.
Nonetheless, he added, “we are just fed up with it all.”
Posted by Marisol at June 6, 2007 12:48 AM
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/016534.php
(AP)
May 20, 2007
“One woman killed, 12 injured in an explosion in Christian Beirut neighborhood”