by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jun 23, 2011 | Looks Like Beirut
A big thanks to rouba, Antoun Issa, Olivia Alabaster, and Liliane (Lebanon Aggregator) for the link. According to one eye witness by the name of Andrew, and supported by The Age’s Paul Millar: Suburban street like ‘downtown Beirut’ after shooting,...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Mar 15, 2011 | Looks Like Beirut
Just in case you had no idea what Beirut looks like, Bernard Hastings of Clinton, Massachusetts believes he can best describe it: “It looked like Beirut, Lebanon — a bombed-out war zone,” Mr. Hastings said last week. Of course, Bernard has never visited the Lebanese...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Sep 6, 2010 | Looks Like Beirut
Picture this – an empty plot of beachfront land, the community trying to decide what to construct in its place, a bar or family-oriented restaurant, and in the midst of the arguments, Beirut is slammed a number of times: Proponents of the [bar] project included...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Aug 19, 2010 | Looks Like Beirut
SNP councilor Billy McAllister had this to say about the spate of car thefts in the Milton area of Glasgow: “It’s like Beirut and people are sick and tired of it. “They have been complaining consistently because they are using it like Brands Hatch up...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jul 29, 2010 | Looks Like Beirut
The news report begins as any sensationalist American news article would: There’s an area in Northwest Houston you have to see to believe. The crime is so bad the city of Houston is now fighting a court battle to help get rid of it. Residents say their community...