gaps in the BBC and CNN news regarding Beirut, Lebanon, explosives found, pro basketball
From looking at BBC and CNN I noticed a little gap in the news coverage about the goings-on in Beirut. My Pop has a CNN alert that sends him an email whenever there's an article containing the words "bombing" and "Beirut," but I don't think he'll get a message about this. So I figured I'd fill in the blanks using the Daily Star as my guide, though it's not always the best, atleast it's in english.
It started last week with the discovery of two kilo's of TNT found in a tire sold to a mechanic. The tire was found near the Arab Univeristy where the second of the most recent riots took place. Some abandoned tires can fetch as much as six dollars, decent money for someone without much. A day or two later, nine kilo's of TNT were found stashed in a dumpster in the Achrafieh district, a primarily well off Christian neighborhood, home to many of the Phalange and Lebanese Forces supporters. After the recent blasts that destroyed two buses, injuring 20 and killing 3, people have been a little on edge but many feel that these latest discoveries were meant to be found, in an attempt to scare rather than actually explode. Inshalla.
However, this weekend in an abandoned apartment building in Ras Beirut, 20 kilo's of C-4 were found, the equivalent of 100 kilo's of TNT. The explosives had been found on a floor once rented by a man named Jamil Shamali, a member of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party, now living in Achrafieh. The police went to his house, but he was not there. Later that Saturday night, another explosive was found outside the home of Ajaltoun Mayor, Khalil Tabet, with a note threatening the same fate as Saddam Hussein for some undisclosed Arab leaders. Then, in Tripoli, a box of grenades was found, not something all that scary, but it's the suicide bomber belt accompanying it that makes this new find all that more ominous.
But not to worry, our world has not been affected by this new news. We went to a Lebanese pro-game yesterday, our team Riyadhi showing off their new small forward, former NBA shooting guard Dion Glover. He had thirty three points before the first string team was pulled, at that point Riyadhi was beating the opposition by a margin of almost 40 points. I've been teaching and Marina's been thinking real hard about her thesis. We saw The Prestige last weekend, it appealed to the nerdy kid in me who likes magic and the adult in me with its dark and twisted story. peace in the middle east.
It started last week with the discovery of two kilo's of TNT found in a tire sold to a mechanic. The tire was found near the Arab Univeristy where the second of the most recent riots took place. Some abandoned tires can fetch as much as six dollars, decent money for someone without much. A day or two later, nine kilo's of TNT were found stashed in a dumpster in the Achrafieh district, a primarily well off Christian neighborhood, home to many of the Phalange and Lebanese Forces supporters. After the recent blasts that destroyed two buses, injuring 20 and killing 3, people have been a little on edge but many feel that these latest discoveries were meant to be found, in an attempt to scare rather than actually explode. Inshalla.
However, this weekend in an abandoned apartment building in Ras Beirut, 20 kilo's of C-4 were found, the equivalent of 100 kilo's of TNT. The explosives had been found on a floor once rented by a man named Jamil Shamali, a member of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party, now living in Achrafieh. The police went to his house, but he was not there. Later that Saturday night, another explosive was found outside the home of Ajaltoun Mayor, Khalil Tabet, with a note threatening the same fate as Saddam Hussein for some undisclosed Arab leaders. Then, in Tripoli, a box of grenades was found, not something all that scary, but it's the suicide bomber belt accompanying it that makes this new find all that more ominous.
But not to worry, our world has not been affected by this new news. We went to a Lebanese pro-game yesterday, our team Riyadhi showing off their new small forward, former NBA shooting guard Dion Glover. He had thirty three points before the first string team was pulled, at that point Riyadhi was beating the opposition by a margin of almost 40 points. I've been teaching and Marina's been thinking real hard about her thesis. We saw The Prestige last weekend, it appealed to the nerdy kid in me who likes magic and the adult in me with its dark and twisted story. peace in the middle east.
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