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Restaurant makes meal out of war
Reuters ^ | 7/1/2008 | Keith Weir

Posted on 07/05/2008 9:00:03 AM PDT by Oyarsa

BEIRUT (Reuters) - At "Buns and Guns" you can order a "Kalashnikov" sandwich from a bullet-shaped menu, prepared by chefs in military fatigues with the roar of explosions as background music.

This new fast food restaurant in Beirut's southern suburbs, where the Hezbollah movement holds sway, was the brainchild of co-owner Ali Hammoud. He said the war theme was a novel concept that had nothing to do with Lebanon's bloody recent history.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - At "Buns and Guns" you can order a "Kalashnikov" sandwich from a bullet-shaped menu, prepared by chefs in military fatigues with the roar of explosions as background music.

This new fast food restaurant in Beirut's southern suburbs, where the Hezbollah movement holds sway, was the brainchild of co-owner Ali Hammoud. He said the war theme was a novel concept that had nothing to do with Lebanon's bloody recent history.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: lebanon; madivan; meal; restaurant; war
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1 posted on 07/05/2008 9:00:03 AM PDT by Oyarsa
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To: Oyarsa
"A sandwich can kill you," with a picture of a gun superimposed on a burger, is displayed outside.

Not far from what our health nuts are proposing with their cheeseburger legislation.

2 posted on 07/05/2008 9:15:13 AM PDT by Loud Mime (Free the Refineries! - H.R. 2279 Must Become Law!)
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To: Oyarsa

Read before posting? You jest!


3 posted on 07/05/2008 9:19:38 AM PDT by null and void (every Muslim, the minute he can differentiate, carries hate of Americans, Jews & Christians - OBL)
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To: Oyarsa

Ah, Beirut — my old stomping ground. Nothing surprises me about that place anymore. There’s not much more to the short article beyond your excerpt, but the 13 photos paint a clearer picture. Buns & Guns sounds like a place that many here would flock to in a different setting, so I commend Ali for a brilliant marketing idea. The Phoenicians have always been among the world’s best merchants.


4 posted on 07/05/2008 9:21:16 AM PDT by Always A Marine
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To: Oyarsa

*shrug* Everybody has a gimmick..


5 posted on 07/05/2008 9:22:49 AM PDT by null and void (every Muslim, the minute he can differentiate, carries hate of Americans, Jews & Christians - OBL)
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To: Always A Marine

Sandwiches to die for...


6 posted on 07/05/2008 9:29:20 AM PDT by null and void (every Muslim, the minute he can differentiate, carries hate of Americans, Jews & Christians - OBL)
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To: null and void; Oyarsa
Read before posting? You jest!

Right, sometimes I post off of just the headline to see how many people will flame me for not reading the article. Doesn't everyone do that?/SAR

7 posted on 07/05/2008 9:57:10 AM PDT by calex59
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To: calex59

Can’t remember who but someone had a tagline that said something like: “proudly posting without reading the article since 2001”...


8 posted on 07/05/2008 10:03:37 AM PDT by null and void (every Muslim, the minute he can differentiate, carries hate of Americans, Jews & Christians - OBL)
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To: Oyarsa
Can we have a magnum of champaign at this table?
9 posted on 07/05/2008 10:34:46 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (If you read only one book this year, read "Stolen Valor".)
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null and void

I think that would have been “registered”. He also gave us some top notch photo shopped graphics. I remember one that he created that was to become the new Iraq currency and CNN picked it up and reported it as official. LOL


10 posted on 07/05/2008 2:08:30 PM PDT by Conservababe
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To: Oyarsa

Very creative.


11 posted on 07/05/2008 8:56:40 PM PDT by forkinsocket
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To: Oyarsa
We are suppose to read the articles before responding? Image and video hosting by TinyPic
12 posted on 07/05/2008 9:01:21 PM PDT by peggybac (Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing)
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To: null and void; Lazamataz

That was Laz.

Unfortunately, he is currently suspended...hopefully, he’ll be allowed back someday.


13 posted on 07/05/2008 9:06:06 PM PDT by B Knotts (Calvin Coolidge Republican)
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