Lebanon Photo
Diary, Lebanese News in Pictures.
Pictures of recent events in Lebanon.
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A Lebanese armored personnel carrier takes up a position on the main road of the Jalil camp during clashes with supporters of the late of Palestinian guerrilla leader Abu Nidal in Baalbek, September 4, 2002. At least three people were killed and 14 wounded on Wednesday in clashes between the Lebanese army and Palestinian fighters in a refugee camp in eastern Lebanon.
Lebanese security forces arrest an employee of the christian-owned MTV television station while raiding and closing the station September 4, 2002. Lebanese security forces raided and closed the MTV television station on Wednesday, after a court ruled it had violated broadcast laws with its coverage of an election seen as a referendum on Syria's domination of Lebanon. It was the latest step in a campaign by Lebanon's pro-Syrian judiciary and security forces against stations identified with Christian-based opposition to Syria's grip on Lebanon, where it has 20,000 troops and the last word politically.
U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Vincent Battle, center, welcomes Mary, left, and Juliette Meraab, during a memorial ceremony at the garden of the U.S. Embassy in Aukar north of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday Sept. 11, 2002 to honor the victims from America, Lebanon and almost ninety other countries and to mark the one year anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in the U.S. Juliette and Mary are the aunt of the Lebanese man Joude Joseph Mousa, a trader who died inside the World Trade Center. 11 Lebanese died in the attack.
A Lebanese soldier stands guard at the Wazzani river during a tour by U.S. water experts, near the border with Israel in south Lebanon, September 16, 2002. U.S. water experts toured the river in south Lebanon on Monday as Washington moved to defuse a disagreement over a Lebanese plan to supply local villages with water from the river that also supplies northern Israel.
Palestinian men, of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction step, over U.S. and Israeli flags during a demonstration in the Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp near the southern Lebanese city of Sidon on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2002, in support of Palestinians' upcoming third year of uprising. The U.S. Embassy in Lebanon is urging American citizens to exercise "utmost caution" because of regional tensions on the second anniversary of the Palestinian intefadeh.
Christina Sawaya of Lebanon poses during the Miss International beauty pageant in Tokyo Monday, Sept. 30, 2002. Sawaya was crowned the Miss International 2002 among 51 contestants.