Marines help Americans flee Israel's war in Lebanon

[uppityperson]

Wonder what tiny US Marines look like.
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-07-20T152122Z_01_L11538533_RTRUKOC_0_US-MIDEAST.xml

A tiny U.S. Marine force landed in Lebanon on Thursday to evacuate Americans stranded by a nine-day-old Israeli bombardment, which has killed more than 300 people but failed to stop Hizbollah rocket strikes on Israel. It was the U.S. military's first return to Lebanon since it withdrew in 1984, months after a Shi'ite Muslim suicide bomber destroyed a Marine barracks killing 241 U.S. service personnel...

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About 40 Marines arrived on a beach in a Christian area north of Beirut at dawn to ferry about 1,200 Americans to Cyprus as part of efforts to extract U.S. citizens caught in a war zone like thousands of other foreigners, many of Lebanese origin. The Marines, helped by Lebanese soldiers, waded through waves to carry women and children to the landing craft...

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Troops killed 15 Palestinians during raids in the Gaza Strip and West Bank on Wednesday. Israel's offensive, launched on June 28, has killed about 110 Palestinians, half of them militants...
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[reprobate]

1. But Americans STILL have to pay for their transportation out of there.

[saigon68]

10. Evacuating

[uppityperson]

11. I am waiting for that when the Green Zone implodes.

hoping they have helicopters enough.

[saigon68]

12. It won't be long

[Ian David]

2. It pisses me off that Reuters actually used that headline. n/t

[jonnyblitz]

7. why? it's the truth.nt

[ananda]

3. Like David Merhige..

.. I think that all hell's gonna break loose after the Americans are outta there.
That what's going on there is so wrong....

Merhige got on a mike after landing in Baltimore, but I'll be surprised if MSM
shows him more than the one time I saw him, on local news this morning.

After that, the interviewees were just mushy and grateful.

[Love Bug]

4. Heh. I met a short Marine once

I think he was about 5'2" or 3", probably just on the cut-off for height. He had that look that said "Go ahead and say something, muther*****. Just give me an excuse!"

[uppityperson]

5. searching for pictures

The situation isn't funny and I really hate having USA military be there, but have to find bits of humor where we can. sigh

[jonnyblitz]

6. that they are rescuing them from an ally is surreal. nt

[mbperrin]

8. Hmmm...if you're having to run from an "ally", are they really?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm....

[jonnyblitz]

9. interesting point!!

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