Helicopters pluck Americans from Beirut

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U.S. helicopters plucked Americans from Beirut on Friday and hundreds of Canadians arrived on the shores of Turkey in a huge evacuation of foreign nationals fleeing Israeli bombing in Lebanon.

Turkey volunteered to become a second transit point for the growing tide of distressed evacuees after Cyprus warned it could no longer bear the strain.

U.S. troops watched from rooftops around the U.S. embassy in the Lebanese capital as evacuees fleeing Israel's bombardment boarded helicopters taking them to U.S. warships offshore.

At a nearby beach, people with suitcases on top of their heads and some cradling babies in their arms queued for processing before climbing aboard a landing craft to take them to waiting ships.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060721/ts_nm/mideast_evacuation_dc

[rfranklin]

1. Gee, cutting and running just like Regan did back in 1983!

It's getting to be a habit.

[uppityperson]

2. wait for the Green Zone to fall, that will be something.

[rodeodance]

3. Helicopters pluck Americans from Beirut (from rooftops)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060721/ts_nm/mideast_evacuation_dc;_ylt=Ap8fccSy6g2nCCEYmJ5CjZis0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-


Helicopters pluck Americans from Beirut

By David Clarke 2 hours, 23 minutes ago

BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.S. helicopters plucked Americans from Beirut on Friday and hundreds of Canadians arrived on the shores of Turkey in a huge evacuation of foreign nationals fleeing Israeli bombing in Lebanon.
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Turkey volunteered to become a second transit point for the growing tide of distressed evacuees after Cyprus warned it could no longer bear the strain.

U.S. troops watched from rooftops around the U.S. embassy in the Lebanese capital as evacuees fleeing
Israel's bombardment boarded helicopters taking them to U.S. warships offshore.

At a nearby beach, people with suitcases on top of their heads and some cradling babies in their arms queued for processing before climbing aboard a landing craft to take them to waiting ships.

[Stella_Artois]

4. Good for them

Its nice that they stay in practice doing this. Will make "Victory" in Bagdhad so much easier to carry off.

[rodeodance]

5. Israel massing military on Lebanon border

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060721/ap_on_re_mi_ea/lebanon_israel;_ylt=Aoxbi2szIs5vLjM1vCO9Phas0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--
Israel massing military on Lebanon border

By SAM F. GHATTAS, Associated Press Writer 21 minutes ago

BEIRUT, Lebanon -
Israel massed tanks and troops on the border, called up reserves and warned civilians to flee Hezbollah-controlled southern Lebanon as it prepared Friday for a likely ground invasion.
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The Israeli army confirmed some of its troops have been operating in Lebanon for days although no major incursion has been launched.

An official from the U.N. monitoring force in south Lebanon, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the press, told The Associated Press in Beirut that between 300 and 500 troops are believed to be in the western sector of the border, backed by as many as 30 tanks.

Israeli forces would conduct ground operations as needed in Lebanon, but they would be "limited," Israeli army chief of staff Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz said. He also said nearly 100 Hezbollah guerrillas have been killed in the offensive in Lebanon.