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...Only God was saving us," says a fighter who gave his name only as Al-Hajj. He and his four colleagues were driving a dented black SUV, the windows blown out and a rear tire squashed flat. One of his comrades had a bloody bandage wrapped around his head. They were all dressed in grubby civilian clothes, although some had combat trousers and boots. "The Israeli enemy used all kinds of weapons against the resistance men, but despite this we overcame them because of our unity and religion," says a grinning Al-Hajj, fired up with a zeal that overcame...
...another car, the rear end so loaded it was almost dragging the ground, Yussif Ashour of Chacra, his brother and four women in the back competed for space with family artifacts, foam mattresses bound with twine and stuffed in the trunk and a very tired-looking taxi driver. But it wasn't clear what his family was returning to. "They say 80% of our village has been destroyed," Ashour said...
...Perhaps Myers' sign should be bigger, maybe even in neon, since what he is farming is every bit as fantastical as the surrounds. Follow the driveway to the rear of his otherwise ordinary house, and the mountains form a natural amphitheater around what is pure show business. As a sign hanging by the door of an enormous shed reads: GNOME FARM, SOUND HORN FOR SERVICE. Spilling out from the shed is a chorus of concrete creatures which Myers makes, repairs and sells to the public. He characterizes the latter as "licorice all-sorts-anyone who doesn't understand what...
...incursions across the border, using tanks to advance around villages at night before withdrawing during the day. In some places Israeli forces have established toeholds across the border and in others maintain forward positions two or three miles inside Lebanese territory, but without necessarily securing the territory to their rear. "I think the Israelis perhaps underestimated the strength of the Hizballah positions," General Alain Pellegrini, the commander of UNIFIL told TIME in an interview at his headquarters in Naqoura. "I think they would have hoped for quicker progress...
...friend heading into the country. The delay turned out to be a godsend. When Ali started the car again, it was to flee the bombs hitting the main road on our right. We sped away with the other cars, and I watched people running away on foot from the rear window as Ali reminded me to praise God for our safety...