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Surrounded by a ring of mountains like a concert band shell, Beirut has great acoustics. So the roiling street battles on May 8 between Hizballah militiamen and supporters of the Lebanese government echoed through the city with a drumroll of rocket explosions and a chorus of machine-gun fire that sounded like the symphonic overture to civil war. When an early-summer thunderstorm began that night, it seemed as if the heavens themselves were taking up the ominous theme...
...next morning, the battle for Beirut was mostly over. After just six hours of all-out fighting, Hizballah militants were in control of areas of West Beirut that had previously been the government's preserve. This made for some incongruous scenes. Bearded men with rifles and rocket launchers secured lingerie shops and a Starbucks in the commercial Hamra district. Elsewhere, they surrounded the houses of ministers and members of Parliament and watched buses evacuate students from the American University of Beirut. "It was like a field trip for us," said a Hizballah fighter standing on the Corniche, the city...
...Hamas official also claimed that the Ashkelon rocket has been a message to the visiting U.S. President not to overlook Palestinian demands. "He is only looking at the Israeli side, but there's a Palestinian face on the other side of the coin," the official told TIME...
...Even before Wednesday's rocket attack, Bush, in meetings with Olmert and his top cabinet officials, had pledged U.S. solidarity in fighting Palestinian terrorists, as well as in confronting Iran. "We stand with democratic nations against terrorism," he said. "We stand with Israel against the Iranian nuclear threat...
...rocket attack appears to be an attempt by militants to underline their centrality to the political equation in the Palestinian territories. And it will undoubtedly lead to an escalation of violence. The Israelis will likely show restraint as long as Bush and other V.I.P. guests are here for Israel's anniversary celebrations, but once the party is over, Israel is likely to strike hard in Gaza once again...