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What do you say to a man whose family is buried under the rubble?
By Robert Fisk
08/09/06 "The Independent" - [link to news.independent.co.uk] - There were bulldozers turning over the tons of rubble, a cloud of dust and smoke a mile high over the smashed slums of Beirut's southern suburbs and a tall man in a grey T-shirt - a Brooklyn taxi driver, no less - standing on the verge of tears, staring at what may well be the grave of his grandfather, his uncle and aunt. Half the family home had been torn away and the entire block of civilian apartments next door had been smashed to the ground a few hours earlier by the two missiles that exploded in Asaad al-Assad Street.
What do you say to a man whose family is buried under the rubble? The last corpse had been a man whose face appeared etched in dust before the muck was removed and he turned out to be paper-thin - so perfectly had the falling concrete crushed him. Mohamed al-Husseini had left New York for a holiday with his young wife and infant child - they were safe in the centre of Beirut - because he wanted to see his family home and talk to the relatives he grew up with.
"Just look what the Israelis have done," he said, not taking his eyes off the floors of the apartments, now scarcely an inch between them. "I am confused. You know? I don't know what to do. I could go back to my wife and kid but the rest of my family is in there. They used to live in the south and they survived there. Then they come to Beirut and die here."
Mohamed al-Husseini's grandfather, Mohamed Yassin, is - let us not say "was" yet - 75. His uncle is Hussein Yassin, his aunt is called Hila. By last night, nothing had been found of them. And of those in the building next door?
At least 17 civilians were killed, many of them children. A 12-year-old boy called Hussein Ahmed Mohsen lay dead in the mortuary of the Mount Lebanon Hospital, along with a woman who died just after being rescued when the missiles collapsed her home just after 7.30 on Monday night. Almost all the occupants of this doomed building were members of the Rmeiti family - again, they were from the dangerous south - and 15 of the dead were from the same village.
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: WHAT DO YOU SAY TO A MAN WHOSE FAMILY IS BURIED UNDER THE RUBBLE? by Robert Fisk Why are the Israeli leaders perpetrating such evil ? Why ? How utterly heart breaking, not only to have your home blown to smithereens, but to lose your beloved children ... how very very sad. God bless them  <<< !! VIVE LA RESISTANCE !! >>> |
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: WHAT DO YOU SAY TO A MAN WHOSE FAMILY IS BURIED UNDER THE RUBBLE? by Robert Fisk One says "You should have been at home protecting or evacuating your family instead of supporting or fighting alongside Hezbollah...
Enough with the emotional appeals. War is hell for both sides. |
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: WHAT DO YOU SAY TO A MAN WHOSE FAMILY IS BURIED UNDER THE RUBBLE? by Robert Fisk you are crazier then bat shit to go to Lebanon for any reason right now. |
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: WHAT DO YOU SAY TO A MAN WHOSE FAMILY IS BURIED UNDER THE RUBBLE? by Robert Fisk I'd say: "Get a shovel." |
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: WHAT DO YOU SAY TO A MAN WHOSE FAMILY IS BURIED UNDER THE RUBBLE? by Robert Fisk "I guess you can come to the poker game this Friday now, Mohamed. It's $10 buy-in with no re-buys. BYOB. See ya then". |
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: WHAT DO YOU SAY TO A MAN WHOSE FAMILY IS BURIED UNDER THE RUBBLE? by Robert Fisk "do you have insurance?" |
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: WHAT DO YOU SAY TO A MAN WHOSE FAMILY IS BURIED UNDER THE RUBBLE? by Robert Fisk I wish I could find the words to express the hatred I feel for israel. Utter, utter hatred. |
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: WHAT DO YOU SAY TO A MAN WHOSE FAMILY IS BURIED UNDER THE RUBBLE? by Robert Fisk
FUCK YOU, BMG. You know what you say to the poor fucker? That it is entirely your muslim brethren's fault. The rest of your gibberish is total shit, BMG. Bomb the fuck out of Lebanon, bomb the fuck out of Iran, and bomb the fuck out of any Middle Eastern country that refuses to take care of their own business. |
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: WHAT DO YOU SAY TO A MAN WHOSE FAMILY IS BURIED UNDER THE RUBBLE? by Robert Fisk So is that what we should say when the US gets nuked? Should all innocent Americans be murdered in their beds because of the sins of their government and military? When Americans are lying crushed to death next to the bodies of their children, should we tell the survivors that it ISN'T the fault of the people who attacked, but rather the fault of the victims? IS this what you said to the family members of the 911 victims? Did you? Did you? Did you? Did you? Did you? DID YOU? |
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: WHAT DO YOU SAY TO A MAN WHOSE FAMILY IS BURIED UNDER THE RUBBLE? by Robert Fisk So is that what we should say when the US gets nuked? Should all innocent Americans be murdered in their beds because of the sins of their government and military? When Americans are lying crushed to death next to the bodies of their children, should we tell the survivors that it ISN'T the fault of the people who attacked, but rather the fault of the victims? IS this what you said to the family members of the 911 victims? Did you? Did you? Did you? Did you? Did you? DID YOU?
Quoting: Boo 129120No. Knowing some of the family members, I told them it was the fault of those fucking muslims. Sins of our military? HOW ABOUT THE SINS OF THE MUSLIM TERRORIST SCUM? Go hug a tree, you liberal fuck. |
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: WHAT DO YOU SAY TO A MAN WHOSE FAMILY IS BURIED UNDER THE RUBBLE? by Robert Fisk Sounds like double standards to me you racist maggot-sucking dickwad. |
