I received an email from a lady named Bernadette earlier in the month on the first time she saw the phrase “looks like Beirut” being used:
I recall after the ‘Sydney Hilton Hotel Bombing’ way back on 13 February, 1978, a Sydney newspaper carried the headline “Beirut comes to Sydney”.
A search online for the article has been unsuccessful (not surprising though). Could this be the first time the ‘cliche’ was used?
the future news LB tv was closed since two days . why? what is the matter