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Monday, May 21, 2007
Beirut erupts once again
Last week I started reading Thomas Friedman's book about his years as a journalist in the Middle East, From Beirut to Jerusalem. He begins with an excellent introduction to the region; in a few pages he is able to explain much of the history of conflict in Lebanon and Israel. I was thinking it was a bit dated, having been written in 1989. I should have known better; the strife in that region goes back many years and the situation seems not to have changed much since then. The reports of the current crisis sound as if they were written by Friedman back in the late 80's.
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