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...here as peace keepers." He added, "Obviously, we'll use whatever we have in the unlikely event that we must defend ourselves. I must defend myself and my men." Mead was also greeted by Colonel Souhail Darghouth, commander of the Lebanese army units in the port area. "Ahlan wa sahlan, "said the Lebanese colonel. Habib, who has known a smattering of Arabic since his childhood, told Mead, "It means you are welcome here...
...Arab world last week reeled in a delirium of joy. Damascus Radio repeatedly shrieked, "Ahlan Bil Wahda!" (Welcome to union). When Syrian soldiers sent bursts of tracer bullets streaking against the night sky, the radio announcer hastily told his excited listeners that it was not revolution but jubilation. THE DREAM HAS COME TRUE! headlined a Beirut paper. Aleppo nearly exploded: its main streets became a sea of screaming humanity, and cars inched along honking their horns to the rhythm...
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