https://freerepublic.com/tag/summerwar/ en-us Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:19:55 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2213876/posts BEIRUT: Salam Hassoun is thrilled by the new flat Hizbullah has built for her to replace the one Israeli bombs destroyed during the 2006 summer war. The war ravaged Beirut's southern suburbs, a Hizbullah stronghold that includes the teeming neighborhood of Haret Hreik, where a mammoth Hizbullah-orchestrated reconstruction drive is under way. The deafening explosions of Israeli bombs have been replaced by the grinding cacophony of earth-movers and cement mixers contracted to rebuild 241 of the 282 buildings destroyed in the bombing. The project, dubbed Waad (pledge in Arabic), has won the heart of Hassoun but has also raised a... The Daily Star https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2213876/posts#comment Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:19:55 GMT