it was the 33rd anniversary of the lebanese civil war a couple of days ago ... hundreds of lebanese marked the event by marching along the "green line" that once divided beirut into a christian east and a muslim west ... unlike most political events in lebanon, it was a non-partisan effort organized by civil society organizations ... which probably explains the low turnout ... those who participated did not seem very optimistic about the future of their country ...
Wassim al-Chami of Shabab Azm, a social organization, said he was marching for the Lebanese to stop fighting each other. "Do you think people are listening?" Chami asked. "If the politicians want to make war they will, but we have to do this."
i leave you with the song civil war by guns 'n' roses ...
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