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Lighthouse TV is on a war footing. The station, owned and operated by the Lebanese Hizballah-or Party of God-broadcasts from a dusty cellar in Beirut's southern suburbs. "We own a beautiful new building nearby," says Lighthouse's general manager, Mohammed Afif Ahmad, 37. "We don't use it because the Israelis might bomb...
...propaganda and battlefield reports can't fill an entire broadcast day. The rest of Lighthouse TV's schedule is a wildly disjunctive cocktail of prayers and quiz shows, Egyptian sitcoms, jingle-filled ads for imported detergents and computer-generated graphics of holy men. General manager Ahmad, who abandoned a career as a mechanical engineer to join Hizballah, thinks he can "participate in the resistance" as well as turn a buck. He claims Lighthouse ranks fifth among some 50 Lebanese TV stations, and that advertising provided a third of last year's budget...
...traveling companion was not so lucky. Ahmad Ajaj, a Palestinian, was arrested when he tried to enter the country with a bogus Swedish passport and bombmaking books in his luggage. According to the federal prosecutors, Ajaj was ``carrying formulae regarding how to destroy buildings, bridges and other properties, and videotapes which called for war on the United States and portrayed scenes of explosions, including depictions of American facilities being bombed.'' Yousef, standing at the next counter, remained impassive as Ajaj was led away. The government now says Yousef's fingerprints were found on Ajaj's bomb manuals...
...Ahmad says it is possible to balance academics with religious devotion...
...Ahmad says the Islamic Society helped her in the transition to college life by connecting her with classmates who shared her beliefs...