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Jubilation In Tripoli As Standoff in Naher Al Bared Ends
September 2, 2007 · Mustapha Hamoui
A late victory is still a victory, a sweet one for that matter.
I just got off from the phone with my family in Tripoli. They told me that celebratory fireworks and gunshots are mixing with car horn blowing everywhere in the ecstatic northern city. People are calling each other for congratulations and everyone is celebrating the hoped for return to normalcy.
The news is spreading: According to Africasia:
Thousands of people on Sunday thronged toward a refugee camp in northern Lebanon chanting patriotic songs and throwing rice to mark the end of a standoff between the army and militants.Convoys of cars and pick-up trucks, some with people sitting on the rooftops, packed a highway that runs near Nahr al-Bared camp, honking their horns and flashing victory signs.
Finally, the nightmare is over..