And they are not Israeli!
"Group aims to preserve old buildings in Beirut" by Josh Wood, International Herald Tribune / February 6, 2011
BEIRUT — Beirut’s few remaining grand old buildings have gone through a lot over the years. They did well to survive Lebanon’s 15-year civil war, Israeli bombardments of the city, and the militia battles that have continued, on occasion, to rock the seaside capital.
At least for the time being, though, property developers have displaced mortar shells and rockets as the primary threat to Beirut’s last architectural gems.
Beirut’s oldest districts — once home to traditional Lebanese and Ottoman structures, some characterized by their red-tile roofs and colonnaded halls — are increasingly the site of the construction of luxury business and residential blocks.
Oh, the bulldozers are there for DEVELOPMENT!
The aggressive development of the areas surrounding Beirut’s ever-expanding central district, rebuilt and glitzy, advanced relatively unchecked until recently.
Who would want to blunt Lebanon's growth?
But last year, frustrated by the changing face of their neighborhoods — and in some cases threats to their familial homes — young residents-turned-activists formed Save Beirut Heritage, a nongovernmental organization aimed at preserving the city’s remaining architectural heritage....
The organization began as a group to air grievances on the social networking site Facebook, but its online presence has already translated into real-world results. Its biggest achievement thus far has been a halt order on the demolition of historic buildings by the Ministry of Culture after extensive petitioning by the group.
Members continue to patrol the city to document buildings and look for illegal demolition while others staff a 24-hour-a-day hot line that residents can call if they suspect a building is in danger....
Is there a number I can call for Palestinians?
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Related: Time to Bomb Lebanon?
Yeah, they are building themselves back up and don't have anyone out in the streets calling for the overthrow of their AmeriKan-backed dictator.
Also see: Hezbollah in Wikileaks Crosshairs
So when does the next Israeli assault begin?
Look Who's Leading Lebanon
No demands on leader, Hezbollah says
I think the stage must be set for the next band of false-flag patsies to be fingered:
"155-year terror sentence cut to 30 years" by Associated Press / January 28, 2011
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In the shadow of 9/11, the 155-year sentence handed down to Hezbollah supporter Mohamad Hammoud was considered a milestone in the fight against terrorism and a strong warning to people who sent money to support militant groups.
Related: Hezbollah in Mexico Stoking Terrorism Fears
Oh, yeah, it turns out that Muslims didn't do 9/11; Israel did.
A federal judge knocked more than a century off that sentence yesterday, saying it turned out to be “grossly disproportionate’’ for the first man convicted under a key terror-fighting legal strategy.
Instead, Judge Graham Mullen ordered Hammoud to serve 30 years in prison for smuggling cigarettes and sending $3,500 of the profits to Hezbollah. The new sentence means the 37-year-old from Lebanon will spend an additional two decades in prison, then probably be deported to his homeland....
He was terrorizing people's lungs?
His attorneys contend he sent the money to a wing of Hezbollah that helps provide Middle Eastern communities with clean water and good housing, not the military wing labeled terrorists by the United States government for numerous attacks on Israel.
But the judge agreed in part with Assistant US Attorney David Brown, who said Hammoud was indoctrinated with an anti-American philosophy as a youth and was determined to do his part to harm the United States.
I've been indoctrinated with an anti-Muslim philosophy in Zionist-controlled AmeriKa.
Hammoud was first denied entry to the United States, then used marriage fraud to make his way to the country.
Some "terrorist."
He settled in Charlotte’s Lebanese population, said Brown, who suggested Hammoud was caught before he could plan something more sinister than raising money.
In other words, he did not do anything.
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Prediction: When Chicago goes up in a nuclear explosion the mouthpiece media cover story script will be Hezbollah agents carrying out the act with Iran having supplied the bomb.
