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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

From Tourists Streaming into Syria from Lebanon, post 47:

To: cinives

You all might find this damn funny, but my sorry ass is marooned in Beirut, where I have been working for the IMF. If anybody has any helpful suggestions on how I can get out of this war zone, I would be most grateful. Right now, the road to Syria is the only way out of Lebanon for anyone, including U.S. citizens, and the Israelis are bombing that road. I am NOT happy with the Israelis right now. I understand their concerns about their kidnapped soldiers but bombing the Beirut Airport was not going to help them in any way.

47 posted on 07/13/2006 3:47:47 PM EDT by rebel_yell2


TOPICS: Front Page News; Israel; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: 2006israelwar; beirut; couldbeww3; israel; israelagressor; lebanon; patrickk; personalaccount; rebelyell2
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To: Alouette; trussell; Salvation

Prayers needed for Alouette's family, a daughter and two grandchildren, who are in Haifa.


61 posted on 07/13/2006 1:18:51 PM PDT by Palladin ("Governor Lynn Swann."...it has a nice ring to it!)
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To: rebel_yell2

People are urgently praying for your safety and well-being.

Focus.


62 posted on 07/13/2006 1:18:59 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: NonValueAdded

Hi. I was in Beirut for the past few weeks but left on Monday. Stayed at LeVendome and felt very safe there. The staff was quite friendly and caring. Where are you staying? Regards,


63 posted on 07/13/2006 1:19:41 PM PDT by MacArthur
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To: NonValueAdded

Sorry. I just read your post that you are not in Beirut. My apologies but glad in this case you are not there and are safe. Regards,


64 posted on 07/13/2006 1:21:30 PM PDT by MacArthur
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To: NonValueAdded
New thread up. Tell rebel not to use road to Damascus.

Jerusalem Post reporting Damascus-Beruit highway has been struck

65 posted on 07/13/2006 1:22:01 PM PDT by mware (Americans in armchairs doing the job of the media.)
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To: squarebarb
fill the bathtub with water

I had to do that a couple years back when the east coast was blacked out. Didnt do me any good, they forgot to tell us to make sure we washed out the soap scum first......

66 posted on 07/13/2006 1:22:19 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Global warming has forced me to buy glacier front property in Alaska....)
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To: NonValueAdded; rebel_yell2

"I am NOT happy with the Israelis right now. I understand their concerns about their kidnapped soldiers but bombing the Beirut Airport was not going to help them in any way."

I sympatize with your plight and pray for your safety....

With that said.....you choose to go to that hell hole which is a VERY dangerous part of the world. I doubt very seriously if your situation trumps the Isreali's security concerns. Bad $hit happens in life sometimes....that's life....look at it this way.....how often does someone get to see the enemy get their a$$ kicked from behind the lines.....

Hunker down and stay safe!!!


67 posted on 07/13/2006 1:22:30 PM PDT by is_is (VPD of Lcpl Daniel - 2/5 - Sleep Well America.....My Marine has your Back)
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To: NonValueAdded

I think the bombing of Beirut airport was because of intel. the Israelis got that Hezbollah was trying to move out the kidnapped soldiers to Iran. They hit all possible transit points for doing this, the intl. airport, the Syrian-Lebanese highway, a Lebanese airbase, etc. All inconvenience to you notwithstanding, I understand the logic of it. If their soldiers disappeared into Iran, they could have kissed them goodbye.


68 posted on 07/13/2006 1:22:45 PM PDT by MikeA (Not voting in November because you're angry is a vote for Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House)
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To: HAL9000; squarebarb; NonValueAdded; rebel_yell2

Re: you suggestion on VOA/BBC

in my coup experience we had a guy in the hotel who had his damned BBC feed stuck to his ear and pronouncing everything they said as truth.

it was both annoying and ironic, because (a) we were THERE, in the middle of it, and didn;t need no damned BBC reporter telling us what wqas happeneing, and (b) fog of war, nothing they said was accurate, up to date, helpful, or even close to what we were seeing with our own eyes.

we threatened to smash his shortwave if he didn't shut the hell up.

anyway, during fog of war, nobody knows anything, it's just a matter of hunkering down, taking care of yourself, and waiting for it to end.

biggest thing i learned was "Do Not Walk Upright In Hotel Corridor, Crawl."


69 posted on 07/13/2006 1:22:58 PM PDT by angkor
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To: Smogger

The Israelis apparently took out the airport to keep Hizbollah from flying the two kidnapped soldiers out to Iran.


70 posted on 07/13/2006 1:23:15 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner ("Si vis pacem para bellum")
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To: Hot Tabasco

If you are thirsty enough you will drink it any way. Tastes good! Cleans your insides!


71 posted on 07/13/2006 1:23:41 PM PDT by squarebarb
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To: VanShuyten

A ferry to Cyprus was my first choice but the Israeli navy has imposed a full naval blockade.


72 posted on 07/13/2006 1:24:21 PM PDT by rebel_yell2
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To: squarebarb

Good idea, that a get whatever food you can that will keep. And hunkering down is all else he can do.


73 posted on 07/13/2006 1:24:53 PM PDT by Hydroshock ( (Proverbs 22:7). The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.)
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To: VanShuyten

I was going to suggest Turkey or Cyprus also, North or West. East does not sound like a good idea.


74 posted on 07/13/2006 1:24:53 PM PDT by thinkthenpost
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To: rebel_yell2

Ah, there you are. You're our Imbed ... what is your first dispatch? You have lots of people pulling for you.


75 posted on 07/13/2006 1:25:49 PM PDT by NonValueAdded
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To: Ingtar; NonValueAdded; rebel_yell2

"Is there any possibility of going North and getting out through Turkey?"

Do not go anywhere. Do not move (unless it's a very short dash to a safer 5-star hotel). Otherwise stay exactly where you are.

The roads will be lawless at the moment, and you are an American.

Hang tight.


76 posted on 07/13/2006 1:25:49 PM PDT by angkor
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To: Howlin

I have replied in private.


77 posted on 07/13/2006 1:25:52 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: angkor

...and sleep (if you can sleep) in an interior hallway.


78 posted on 07/13/2006 1:25:55 PM PDT by Palladin ("Governor Lynn Swann."...it has a nice ring to it!)
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To: rebel_yell2

Hello Reb, I just saw that you were with us. Prayers for your safety.


79 posted on 07/13/2006 1:26:23 PM PDT by squarebarb
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To: Smogger; All

I think the bombing of Beirut airport was because of intel. the Israelis got that Hezbollah was trying to move out the kidnapped soldiers to Iran. They hit all possible transit points for doing this, the intl. airport, the Syrian-Lebanese highway, a Lebanese airbase, etc. All inconvenience to our Freeper friend notwithstanding, I understand the logic of it. If their soldiers disappeared into Iran, they could have kissed them goodbye.


80 posted on 07/13/2006 1:26:35 PM PDT by MikeA (Not voting in November because you're angry is a vote for Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House)
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