Help Lebanon!

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Help Lebanon! As Lebanon finds it self in the
crossfire, this presentation will hopefully
encourage you to act and help in stopping the
violence and madness in the middle east. P.S.
This presentation contains painful images, please
exit if you wish not to proceed.
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Lebanon is a democratic, multicultural,
multi-ethnic, multi-religious, tolerant, recently
reconstructed, fragile, and historic small
country of four million people in the Middle
East. A beautiful country with wonderful beaches,
mountains, valleys, cities, and villages.
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A liberal multicultural country
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A mosaic country of different ethnic and
religious groups living in harmony
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A country that paid billions of dollars and
spared no effort to reconstruct and re-establish
itself as the pearl of the Middle East. A beacon
of hope!!
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A majestic country that cherished the returns of
tourists from all over the world
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A country of origin for more than 12 millions
people of Lebanese ancestry worldwide
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A country that started experiencing hell again on
July 12th, 2006
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Crowded cities, airports, seaports, fuel storage
tanks, villages, grain silos, bridges, main
roads, communication masts, and light houses, ..
were all attacked
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• Tens of thousands of foreign nationals either
  working in or visiting Lebanon were trapped
• At least 70,000 nationals from the Arabian Gulf,
  25,000 Americans 25,000 French 22,000 British
  40,000 Canadian 25,000 Australians 4,500
  Swedes 4,500 Germans 35,000 Filipinos, ..

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Many escaped the Israeli shelling. Many were able
to make it out from Lebanon and re-unite with
family
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But others.., were not that lucky!

• 370 dead civilians
• More than 1,000 wounded
• More than 500,000 displaced ( or more than 15
  of the Lebanese population)
• Tens of Billions of dollars in civilian
  infrastructure and economic losses in the
  recently rebuilt Lebanon
• As of 7/22/06

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Stop the destruction! Stop the mayhem!
Stop this humanitarian disaster
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• Every loss of human life is a tragedy.
• Act to stop the violence, madness, and
  aggression in the Middle East
• Call, email, or visit your elected officials and
  encourage them to act on stopping the hostilities
  and brokering peace in the Near East.

• Call or email the media outlets and encourage
  them to cover more the human suffering and the
  possibility of brokering peace.
• Call the embassies and consulates of countries
  involved and demand an end for the hostilities
• Support humanitarian organizations

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