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...close it and return Guantánamo Bay, a remnant of colonial imperialism, to Cuba. Jean-Paul Debattice Brussels Going into Gaza "Search & destroy" [July 10], on Israel's raid against Hamas during the search for a kidnapped soldier, stated that "Gaza militants have fired homemade rockets at Israeli towns, usually missing but causing some injuries and great misery." Women and children have been injured or killed by the shelling. To call that "great misery" is a bit understated. As an Israeli living in the San Francisco Bay Area, I wonder how the San Jose police department would react...
TOWN/COUNTRY GEOFFREY ZAKARIAN Taking his cue from his two New York City restaurants, Town and Country, Zakarian uses 65 ingredients to make both fancy "town" and more everyday "country" recipes. For instance, the town selection offers a decadent Lobster Ginger Royale with ginger broth and coconut custard; the country version is an equally delicious but simpler lobster roll made with store-bought mayo...
...time we left the mountains of the Chouf and slalomed down into the coastal town of Sidon, however, we stopped seeing the cars moving north. Often, our two-car convoy was the only one on the road. Sidon is a main waypoint for refugees from the south on their way north, and according to local officials, 30,000 refugees are in the seaside city, which normally has 100,000 people...
...Finally entering Tyre was like entering a ghost town. There was no obvious damage, but there were almost no people. As we got deeper into town, near our hotel, more people appeared: young men sitting on plastic chairs watching the traffic and drinking tea. Our hotel is in a Christian area of town and considered safe from Israeli bombs. The young men are there to make sure no Hizballah fighters come in and bring the Jewish state's wrath down...
...hurt in the dual bombing, but suddenly the Lebanese army showed up and pushed everyone back. One of the bombs hadn't exploded and was still live. Hizballah minders were also present. They're laying low in the town, but when something happens they swarm over it. One scruffy-bearded young man confiscated a reporter's memory card when he took an unapproved picture...