Satellite view: Beirut before and after

[Bucky]

Satellite view: Beirut before and after

( from Juan Cole )

I'll post a closer up view in the replies.

[Bucky]

1. Little closer view:

Little closer view:

[Igel]

2. Yes, I rather liked the photos.

I've seen different photos of this area from different sources. None, really, from other areas.

They show two things at once. Which is most important depends on how you generalize, and whether or not you think having the same area be the repeated focus of attention is significant.

(1) Where Israel targetted is pretty much trashed. An entire block can be flattened, or at least reduced to rubble.

(2) The adjacent areas are pretty much untouched. Go a block away, or even less, and the damage is likely to windows broken from the shock waves.

With my observation, one could easily (abductively) reason that this area isn't shown isn't because that's the only area that a plane or satellite flies over, but because it's one of the most severely struck.

There have been two maps put out mapping Israeli attacks given Lebanese news sources. One showed widespread attacks all over the country, but the numbers in many places were low: strikes weren't evenly distributed, but mostly were in specific areas. In Beirut the numbers were high. The second map was just of strikes in Beirut, by people on "the other side": it showed a large city with 4-5 pockets of intense strikes in areas 2-3 blocks square, the rest of the city sporadically hit--one strike here, another strike a mile or two away. Strikes weren't evenly distributed, but mostly were in specific areas. These photos show one pocket.