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To: ajolympian2004
Hezbollah terror survivor, Brigitte Gabriel

What's that about?

11 posted on 10/30/2006 4:31:39 AM PST by lentulusgracchus ("Whatever." -- sinkspur)
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To: lentulusgracchus
She grew up in Lebanon under the most horrific conditions as a young girl.

You can check her website here -
http://americancongressfortruth.org/index.html

13 posted on 10/30/2006 4:48:59 AM PST by ajolympian2004
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To: lentulusgracchus
Biography

Speaking as a native Arab and a professional journalist, Brigitte Gabriel offers a first hand account of her personal experiences in the opening salvos of Islamic Jihad towards the Western world in the Middle East. Ms. Gabriel grew up in South Lebanon as the only child of a retired Christian governing administrator of the region and a successful businessman. Her Arabic society, culture and media taught her that Israel and Jews were the devil. As she turned 10, war broke out pitting the combined forces of militant Moslems and Palestinians against the Christian Lebanese.

In the Lebanese civil war, Ms. Gabriel found herself in the first attack, beyond the Arab/Israel conflict, of Islamic Jihad against non-Moslems and the West. A barrage of Moslem rockets exploded in her house leaving her wounded and buried under the rubble. Her family lost everything and was forced to live the next seven years in an underground bomb shelter with little food, water or electricity.

In 1982 Ms. Gabriel's mother became seriously wounded, Israel was the only place to go for medical attention. For her mother, the trip to a hospital in Israel was a life-saving experience. For Brigitte it was a life changing experience. She saw the Israelis demonstrate respect, humanity, compassion and generosity that she didn't know existed beyond her immediate family. She realized she was fed nothing but a fabricated lie by her government about the Jews and the Israeli people. She had to return to Lebanon to take care of her elderly parents but vowed that one day she would return to Israel. Brigitte kept that promise and more. She returned to Israel two years later and started working in Jerusalem as a journalist.

14 posted on 10/30/2006 4:54:38 AM PST by cobaltblu
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