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Out of Lebanon: The fate of Christians, the fate of a country.
The old man standing outside Brooklyn's Maronite cathedral after Sunday liturgy is just back from a visit to his native Lebanon. His face is grim, his tone close to desolate. "It's over for the Christians there," he says. "There is no future. The Syrians have almost destroyed it for us. You can't blame the Christians for wanting to leave."
Inside the church, worshipers have just completed the Sunday liturgy, and are filing into the back hall for a special dinner honoring Lebanon's national holiday. The congregation is composed of the descendants of Lebanese immigrants, and a healthy number of new arrivals from the old country -- whose presence is a sign of ...
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...among enraged fellow Christians and pushed Lebanon's teetering government...powerful and hard-line Christian dynasties, died in...movement to topple Lebanon's government, raising...crowd of angry young Christians gathered at the headquarters...
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...than 60 Lebanese Christians have been arrested...Syrian workers in Lebanon left one dead and...supported some Lebanese Christian forces who oppose Syrian hegemony in Lebanon. Troops erected checkpoints across the Christian heartland north...
- Shootings shatter fragile peace; Guerrilla kills Christian in Lebanon.(News)
- Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) Bird, Simon May 29, 2000 700+ words
...guerrilla killed a Christian man in a former...stronghold in southern Lebanon yesterday as growing...took over southern Lebanon on Wednesday after...50-year-old Christian man and wounded...region to try to ease Christian anxiety. The violence...remains in southern Lebanon in the ...
