Tales from the South, sort of…

TYRE – Greet­ings every­one. I’m in Tyre at the moment, about as close to the front line as you can get if you’re not an active fighter. The growl of Israeli jets over­head is con­stant, as is the whine of the sur­veil­lance drones. Every morn­ing since I’ve been here, I’ve heard the thump-thump sound of the pam­phlets being dropped by jets. To the south, along the curve of the coast, Hezbol­lah is launch­ing Katyushas, but I’m loathe to say too much about them. The Party of God has a copy of every journalist’s pass­port, and they’ve already has­sled a num­ber of us and threat­ened one.
Most vil­lages across the south are now inac­ces­si­ble because the Israelis have turned many of the roads around the cities into kill zones. Two ambu­lances were hit Sun­day night. Last night, the Israelis hit the United Nations post at Khiam, site of an infa­mous prison run by Israel’s proxy army dur­ing its occu­pa­tion, the South­ern Lebanese Army.
With all that, I’d like to pro­vide some links to recent sto­ries I’ve done. My inter­net con­nec­tion is very bad here, and I’m unable to get online much. My apolo­gies. I’m also not able to get the larger story, as my access to the wires and what’s hap­pen­ing is lim­ited. But here they are:
* War with Israel helps bridge sec­tar­ian divide
* Road to Nowhere
* Flee­ing Bint Jbail
* Hezbol­lah Nation
More later, inshal­lah. I am well, and Tyre would be beau­ti­ful under bet­ter conditions.

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