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*BREAK* FReeper rebel_yell2 trapped in Lebanon
FreeRepublic ^ | July 13, 2006 | NonValueAdded

Posted on 07/13/2006 1:00:45 PM PDT by NonValueAdded

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To: Patrick_k

Ah. Well. Uh. Are you Lebanese? If not have you contacted your own Embassy? Might not be a bad idea...


521 posted on 07/14/2006 7:03:30 AM PDT by null and void (It's a crazy world. Someone ought to sell tickets.)
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522 posted on 07/14/2006 7:04:26 AM PDT by firewalk
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To: BeforeISleep

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523 posted on 07/14/2006 7:06:38 AM PDT by ichabod1 (I have to take a shower.)
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To: rebel_yell2

Thanks.


524 posted on 07/14/2006 7:07:32 AM PDT by null and void (It's a crazy world. Someone ought to sell tickets.)
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To: rebel_yell2
Too bad you couldn't have hitched a ride with these guys:

Confirmed: MEA (Middle East Airlines) Fleet Evacuated To Cyprus

"MEA has evacuated its five stranded aircraft in Beirut airport to Larnaca, Cyprus."

"This operation was undertaken by taking off from one of Beirut airport's long taxiways. No passengers were onboard any of the aircraft."

525 posted on 07/14/2006 7:09:17 AM PDT by FReepaholic (Why aren't lawyers ever accused of price gouging?)
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To: Constantine XI Palaeologus

Perhaps you are correct. It seems I'm not the only one who was rubbed the wrong way, however.


526 posted on 07/14/2006 7:46:02 AM PDT by KJC1
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To: KJC1

ping


527 posted on 07/14/2006 8:56:54 AM PDT by mpackard (The doc says "then dont do that")
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To: rebel_yell2; Alouette; Patrick_k

Rebel, Patrick, and Alouette's family - Y'all take care of yourselves and keep us updated.


528 posted on 07/14/2006 9:15:06 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: FReepaholic

Yes. What a waste! Those planes could have left FULL of evacuees. The Israelis bombed the runway again as soon as the MEA planes took off. I'm guessing that there is a helicopter ride in my near future. No word yet.


529 posted on 07/14/2006 9:17:50 AM PDT by rebel_yell2
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To: rebel_yell2

Fox reporting 3 explosions in Beirut targeting Hezbollah hqtrs. And, it is believed that Sheik Nasrallah, head of Hezbollah, may have been in one that collapsed.

Hope that you remain well.


530 posted on 07/14/2006 9:50:19 AM PDT by Kimberly GG
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To: Kimberly GG

I was out to a store to purchase some supplies when the attack went down. No mistaking the sound of those bombs. First time I have heard them. Hopefully, the last as well!


531 posted on 07/14/2006 10:37:58 AM PDT by rebel_yell2
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To: rebel_yell2
I'm guessing that there is a helicopter ride in my near future. No word yet.

Best of luck.

532 posted on 07/14/2006 10:40:13 AM PDT by P8riot ("You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone." - Al Capone)
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To: fanfan

I never heard of one...

;)


533 posted on 07/14/2006 11:13:26 AM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|The IRA are actually terrorists, any questions?)
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To: null and void

;-)


534 posted on 07/14/2006 11:13:50 AM PDT by proud_yank (Truth to liberals is as useful as a snowblower in hell.)
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To: Kimberly GG
...that Sheik Nasrallah, head of Hezbollah, may have been in one that collapsed.
One can only hope that justice has been served.
535 posted on 07/14/2006 11:15:53 AM PDT by Clara Lou (A conservative is a liberal who has been mugged by reality. --I. Kristol)
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To: rebel_yell2

My uncle would be rolling over in his grave...he was a Captain for Pan American, and based in Beirut (living there with his family, of course) for well over a year in either the late 50's or very early 60's....as I recall, they absolutely loved it.


536 posted on 07/14/2006 11:18:42 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (Meep Meep)
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To: rebel_yell2

Sit tight. We're sending Ray Nagin and Kathleen Blanco over to get you all evacuated!


537 posted on 07/14/2006 11:52:17 AM PDT by Palladin ("Governor Lynn Swann."...it has a nice ring to it!)
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To: rebel_yell2

Rebel, the U.S. is preparing to evacuate Americans from Beruit per Fox News.


538 posted on 07/14/2006 11:52:25 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather (DEMOCRAT..The party of BOGUS B.S.!!!!)
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To: ErnBatavia
Power is now out in almost all of the city. My hotel is running on generator. The darkness of the city outside my window is unnatural. I fear that things are going to get much worse in the next 24 hours. A few hours ago, the entire city shook as the IAF bombed the Hizbollah HQ

I just spoke with the State Dept. in DC. They now have a "special" Lebanon task force. The staffer I spoke to refuted everything I have been told about an evacuation. He asked me to "confirm" that the five MEA planes actually left the Beirut airport. It appears that CNN knows more than State. And it looks like I will be spending much more time in Beirut than I had planned.

If you have time, please phone your Congress Critter and ask him or her what they are doing to get U.S. citizens out of harm's way here in Lebanon.

539 posted on 07/14/2006 11:57:26 AM PDT by rebel_yell2
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To: rebel_yell2

Don't expect much from the State Dept. over there. You probably broke up one of their gay booze parties with your call.

It is a good idea for FReepers with DC connections to call and make the Congress aware of the situation on the ground there. Good luck, and lay low!!!


540 posted on 07/14/2006 12:00:28 PM PDT by Palladin ("Governor Lynn Swann."...it has a nice ring to it!)
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