This is a falsification of fact. Obviously mr. bazzi comes from Bint Jbail and
he is a shiite. the poorest in lebanon are the sunnis of the countryside
especially in akkar and western bekaa. the shiites are better of though still
poor. tobacco growing allowed southern lebanon a cash crop that
surprisingly bad but so little comes out of the region that even this sounds
good
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From: Yoshie Furuhashi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Surprisingly good for The Nation. --
Surprisingly good for The Nation. -- Yoshie
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070108/bazzi
People's Revolt in Lebanon
by MOHAMAD BAZZI
[from the January 8, 2007 issue]
Beirut
Ever since Hezbollah and its allies began an open-ended protest
against the US-backed government on December 1, Beirut's
