Lebanon Photo
Diary, Lebanese News in Pictures.
Pictures of events in Lebanon in October 2001.
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Muslim Palestinian militiamen of the Asbat al-Ansar group burn the American flag at the Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp on outskirts of the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Monday, Oct. 29, 2001. Thousands of the Palestinians protested the U.S.-led military strikes in Afghanistan. The Al-Ansar group was among a list of 27 individuals and organizations listed by the United Nations as having suspected links to terrorism. The Arab League prevents the Lebanese Army from entering the camps to disarm and arrest the Palestinian terrorists.
From left to right: First Sgt. Omar Souad, Sgt. Adi Avitan and First Sgt. Binyamin Avraham, three Israeli soldiers who were captured Saturday, Oct. 7, 2000, by Hezbollah guerrillas during a patrol along Israel's northern border with Lebanon. The Israeli army announced Monday evening Oct. 29 that it is extremely likely that all three soldiers are dead.
A Marine bugler plays "Taps" Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2001, in Jacksonville, N.C., during the annual Beirut Memorial Observance Ceremony. On Oct. 23, 1983, 241 Marines and sailors died when terrorist attacked their barracks in Beirut, Lebanon.
Israeli soldiers prepare artillerly shells on the border with Lebanon near Har Dov Monday Oct. 22, 2001. Hezbollah guerrillas in south Lebanon fired rockets and mortar shells at Israeli outposts in the disputed Chebaa Farms area and in response Israeli warplanes attacked suspected Hezbollah positions.
Smoke billows from suspected Hezbollah guerrilla positions near the southern village of Kfar Chouba, Lebanon Monday Oct. 22, 2001. Israeli warplanes attacked the guerrillas positions after they fired rockets and mortar shells at Israeli outposts in the disputed Chebaa Farms area.
A Middle East Airlines jet prepares to take off at the old Beirut International Airport runway, close to the city's southern neighborhood of Burj al-Barajneh, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2001. Earlier this week, planes started landing at a newly built coastal runway which can handle all aircraft with a new runway 3,395 meters long and 45 meters wide. Planes will no longer have to fly over the city as they can land at the airport from over the water.
An airplane comes in to land at the Beirut International airport's new runway. The new coastal runway, which can handle all aircraft coming to Beirut's International Airport, is 3,395 meters long and 45 meters wide. Planes no longer have to fly over the city's residential areas since they can reach the runway straight from over the sea. The government has plans to demolish houses close to the runway that were illegally built during Lebanon's 1975-90 war.