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Diary, Lebanese News in Pictures.
Pictures of recent events in Lebanon.
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Vanessa Mae 22, rocked during her second appearance in Lebanon on August 22. Mae has a soft spot for Lebanon, which she first visited for two very successful performances at Baalbek in 1999. When asked why she had chosen Lebanon for a pre-tour warm-up she replied, "It’s a bit of a stupid question. Who wouldn’t want to come back to Lebanon?”
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud (R) walks with the highest ranking Christian religious leader in Lebanon, Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, upon his arrival at the Maronite Patriarchy in Dimen August 21, 2001. In a move to defuse growing political tension in Lebanon, the army on Tuesday released 75 anti-Syrian Christian activists detained in a security crackdown this month. The releases came a few hours before the scheduled meeting between Lahoud and Patriarch Sfeir, who has led the campaign to end Damascus' grip on Beirut.
A Lebanese policeman inspects a damaged car near the headquarters of the security forces in Beirut, August 20, 2001. An Explosion on Monday partially destroyed a car passing by the headquarters of security forces who carried out a crackdown on Christian dissidents opposed to Syria's influence in Lebanon.
A military police officer stands guard in front of the military court building in Beirut Saturday, Aug.11, 2001, as the trial began for a number of anti-Syrian Christian activists charged with fomenting discord. Some 250 anti-Syrian Christian activists were arrested by the Lebanese army this week for holding unauthorized gatherings and distributing leaflets criticizing the government's policies and the presence of Syrian troops in Lebanon.
Unidentified intelligence agents savagely beat peaceful demonstrators near the justice palace in Beirut, August 9, 2001. An army clampdown on Christian activists in Lebanon opposed to Syria's domination has raised fears the Middle East's traditionally most democratic country is turning into a police state, analysts said. A peaceful demonstration at the Justice Palace Thursday turned into a bloody clash in which more than 30 people were injured. Some 150 plainclothesmen, said to be Syrian Intelligence operatives, infiltrated the crowd and started beating up demonstrators. The plainclothesmen ruthlessly beat up protesters who were protesting against the massive opposition arrests that took place on Tuesday and Wednesday. They also beat up army troops and police when they attempted to stop the beatings. The scuffles flared around the Justice palace for three hours in central Beirut before troops and red-bereted Lebanese riot police managed to smuggle out the protestors from the savage agents many of whom were wearing black-shirts, said the witnesses. It was widely reported by the press that the some of agents were Syrian and had worked their way into the crowd before they attacked the demonstrators.
Plainclothed security agents arrest a demonstrator protesting outside the Justice Ministry building in Beirut Thursday, Aug. 9, 2001, against an army clampdown that began Tuesday on Christian groups opposed to Syria's dominance in Lebanon.
A plainclothed security agent drags away an activist demonstrating outside the Justice Ministry building in Beirut on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2001, to protest an army clampdown that began Tuesday on Christian groups opposed to Syria's dominance in Lebanon.
Lebanese student activists during a demonstration outside the Justice Ministry in Beirut Thursday, Aug. 9, 2001, to protest an army clampdown that began Tuesday on Christian groups opposed to Syria's dominance in Lebanon. Security troops arrested around 20 additional activists during the demonstration Thursday.
A plainclothes security agent drags away an activist demonstrating outside the Justice Ministry building in Beirut Thursday, Aug. 9, 2001, to protest an army clampdown that began Tuesday on Christian groups opposed to Syria's dominance in Lebanon. The troops arrested about 20 activists outside the ministry Thursday.
Intelligence agents arrest demonstrators near the justice palace in Beirut, August 9, 2001. A peaceful demonstration at the Justice Palace Thursday turned into a bloody clash in which more than 30 people were injured. Some 150 plainclothesmen, some of them said to be Syrian Intelligence operatives, infiltrated the crowd and started beating up demonstrators. They also beat up army troops and police when they attempted to stop the beatings.
Intelligence agents arrest a demonstrator near the justice palace in Beirut, August 9, 2001. A peaceful demonstration at the Justice Palace Thursday turned into a bloody clash in which more than 30 people were injured. Some 150 plainclothesmen, some of them said to be Syrian Intelligence operatives, infiltrated the crowd and started beating up demonstrators. They also beat up army troops and police when they attempted to stop the beatings.
A supporter of the disbanded Christian Lebanese Forces militia, left, talk with a supporter of the rival leftist Druse Progressive Socialist Party in a square of the Christian town of Damour, south of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on Friday, Aug. 3, 2001. The two rival militias engaged in fierce fighting during the 1975-90 war. The two men were in Damour for the visit of Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, head of Lebanon's Maronite Church. For pictures of the visit click HERE.