Newsday Middle East Bureau Chief Mohammad Bazzi on Reporting the War in Lebanon

by Democracy Now (reposted)

Fri, Aug 4, 2006 7:42AM

Israel's aerial attack on the suburbs of Beirut is intensifying. On Thursday Israel dropped leaflets on the suburbs of Lebanon's capital warning residents to flee their homes ahead of a massive bombardment. Earlier today Israeli warplanes bombed three bridges linking Beirut to northern Lebanon. On Thursday Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah threatened to strike the Israeli capital of Tel Aviv if Israel continued to bomb Beirut. We go to part two of our interview with Mohamad Bazzi, a Lebanese-born journalist and Newsday's Middle East Bureau chief.

Israel's aerial attack on the suburbs of Beirut is intensifying. On Thursday Israel dropped leaflets on the suburbs of Lebanon's capital warning residents to flee their homes ahead of a massive bombardment. Earlier today Israeli warplanes bombed three bridges linking Beirut to northern Lebanon. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz says the strikes are the worst northern Lebanon has seen so far. On Thursday Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah threatened to strike the Israeli capital of Tel Aviv if Israel continued to bomb Beirut. We play part two of our interview with Mohamad Bazzi, a Lebanese-born journalist and Newsday's Middle East Bureau chief.

* Mohamad Bazzi

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