Comments on: Map Of Conflict In Tripoli http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/05/12/map-of-conflict-in-tripoli/ Blogging Lebanon since 2005 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:02:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tripoli and the Northern Coast of Lebanon - dispatches from here http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/05/12/map-of-conflict-in-tripoli/#comment-11418 Tripoli and the Northern Coast of Lebanon - dispatches from here Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:38:22 +0000 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/05/12/map-of-conflict-in-tripoli/#comment-11418 [...] by ano on Apr.11, 2009, under everything A two day trip up the Lebanese coast to Tripoli followed by a quick hop inland for some wine tasting in Zahle. Tripoli is an ancient Phoenician city dating to before the 7th century BCE.  Since then, its been ruled by the Persians, Seleucids, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Crusaders, Mamluks, and Ottomans.  And it is currently Lebanese, despite Hezbollah attempts to take it over.  In May, 2007 there was fighting between the Lebanese Internal Security Forces and Fatah al-Islam, a jihadist militia focused on the Nahr el-Bared Palestinian refugee camp just outside the town.  This resulted in the deaths of 170 soldiers, 290 militants, and nearly 50 civilians, along with the destruction of the refugee camp. And in 2008, Tripoli was the epicenter for a fierce battle between Sunnis loyal to the current government and Alawites (a Shia sect) loyal to Hezbollah.  The Lebanese Army intervened a few days later to put an end to the fighting, but tensions picked up again in July and over 30 people died in the combined clashes. Check out this map of hte city breakdown. [...] [...] by ano on Apr.11, 2009, under everything A two day trip up the Lebanese coast to Tripoli followed by a quick hop inland for some wine tasting in Zahle. Tripoli is an ancient Phoenician city dating to before the 7th century BCE.  Since then, its been ruled by the Persians, Seleucids, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Crusaders, Mamluks, and Ottomans.  And it is currently Lebanese, despite Hezbollah attempts to take it over.  In May, 2007 there was fighting between the Lebanese Internal Security Forces and Fatah al-Islam, a jihadist militia focused on the Nahr el-Bared Palestinian refugee camp just outside the town.  This resulted in the deaths of 170 soldiers, 290 militants, and nearly 50 civilians, along with the destruction of the refugee camp. And in 2008, Tripoli was the epicenter for a fierce battle between Sunnis loyal to the current government and Alawites (a Shia sect) loyal to Hezbollah.  The Lebanese Army intervened a few days later to put an end to the fighting, but tensions picked up again in July and over 30 people died in the combined clashes. Check out this map of hte city breakdown. [...]

]]> By: yaakov kirschen http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/05/12/map-of-conflict-in-tripoli/#comment-11417 yaakov kirschen Tue, 13 May 2008 09:39:48 +0000 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/05/12/map-of-conflict-in-tripoli/#comment-11417 Yikes! Shnkaleesh is right!! The aerial map of tripoli DOES look like the profile of a pig’s head. <a href="http://drybonesblog.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Dry Bones</a> <i>Israel's Political Comic Strip Since 1973</i> Yikes!
Shnkaleesh is right!!
The aerial map of tripoli DOES look like the profile of a pig’s head.
Dry Bones
Israel’s Political Comic Strip Since 1973

]]> By: shankaleesh http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/05/12/map-of-conflict-in-tripoli/#comment-11416 shankaleesh Tue, 13 May 2008 02:23:09 +0000 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/05/12/map-of-conflict-in-tripoli/#comment-11416 CHOUEIFAT, very little sha7m. btw, why does the aerial map of tripoli look like the profile of a pig's head? (the circle shape located center-left looks like a funny cartoon open mouth.) CHOUEIFAT, very little sha7m.

btw, why does the aerial map of tripoli look like the profile of a pig’s head? (the circle shape located center-left looks like a funny cartoon open mouth.)

]]> By: theCourtFool http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/05/12/map-of-conflict-in-tripoli/#comment-11415 theCourtFool Tue, 13 May 2008 01:36:35 +0000 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/05/12/map-of-conflict-in-tripoli/#comment-11415 Couldn't you have used political terms instead of sectarian. Couldn’t you have used political terms instead of sectarian.

]]> By: shankaleesh http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/05/12/map-of-conflict-in-tripoli/#comment-11414 shankaleesh Tue, 13 May 2008 01:14:53 +0000 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/05/12/map-of-conflict-in-tripoli/#comment-11414 choueifat is not a druze village. it is a mixed village. also, the perpetrators were druze against druse in choueifat. very little sha7m. choueifat is not a druze village. it is a mixed village. also, the perpetrators were druze against druse in choueifat. very little sha7m.

]]> By: Suzanne http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/05/12/map-of-conflict-in-tripoli/#comment-11413 Suzanne Mon, 12 May 2008 20:59:10 +0000 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/05/12/map-of-conflict-in-tripoli/#comment-11413 Not Tripoli, but the Druze Village of Choueifat in Lebanon (warning: graphic images!): http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/7309.htm Not Tripoli, but the Druze Village of Choueifat in Lebanon (warning: graphic images!):

http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/7309.htm

]]> By: anono http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/05/12/map-of-conflict-in-tripoli/#comment-11412 anono Mon, 12 May 2008 19:39:14 +0000 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/05/12/map-of-conflict-in-tripoli/#comment-11412 What's stopping you ghassan? Looks like the American puppet is taking advantage of Hezbollah's magnanimous gesture. Time to teach him a lesson. What’s stopping you ghassan?

Looks like the American puppet is taking advantage of Hezbollah’s magnanimous gesture. Time to teach him a lesson.

]]> By: ghassan http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/05/12/map-of-conflict-in-tripoli/#comment-11411 ghassan Mon, 12 May 2008 17:22:33 +0000 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/05/12/map-of-conflict-in-tripoli/#comment-11411 I wish I am in Lebanon to join you against the Iranian-Syrian thugs! But the war should be a guerrilla war. Sniping once and move on in addition to grendas! I wish I am in Lebanon to join you against the Iranian-Syrian thugs! But the war should be a guerrilla war. Sniping once and move on in addition to grendas!

]]> By: JohnDoe http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/05/12/map-of-conflict-in-tripoli/#comment-11410 JohnDoe Mon, 12 May 2008 17:05:44 +0000 http://beirutspring.com/blog/2008/05/12/map-of-conflict-in-tripoli/#comment-11410 Let it be said that on 2008 Mother's Day we in the coalition of M14 are defending/dying to protect our Mother-Land against Iranian/Syrian Tyranny. Let it be said that on 2008 Mother’s Day we in the coalition of M14 are defending/dying to protect our Mother-Land against Iranian/Syrian Tyranny.

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