[Bloquez l'empire!] Lebanon: Impressions from Nahr el-Bared: Displaced Refugees

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* Tadamon! Impressions from Nahr el-Bared: Displaced Refugees
A Photo Essay from Mary Ellen Davis.

http://tadamon.resist.ca/index.php/post/1101

Nahr el-Bared, a Palestinian refugee camp located on the Mediterranean coast of 
Lebanon, near Tripoli, was the setting of massive violence in the conflict 
between the Lebanese army and the armed faction of Fatah al-Islam, which lasted 
from the 20th of May to the 4th of September. This conflict ultimately forced 
40,000 of the camps' residents to evacuate against their will. Today, nothing 
but rubbles remain, the most part of which are inhabitable.

During the month of December 2007, the rear of the camp remained under military 
occupation and was inaccessible for inhabitants, despite the ceasefire on 
September 4th. From a distance, one can see only debris left. These photographs 
were taken discreetly, for authorities have discouraged any press coverage of 
the camp. In the new camp area, reconstruction has begun, but many of the 
buildings must first be demolished.

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