10/11/2005

All is quiet, but for how long?

Well it has been a few weeks since the last bombing... Which happened to be in my neighborhood. I was lucky enough to be in a taxi heading away from my apartment. It is not even a question that I would have been safe if i would have been at home... The problem would have been the fact that I would have heard the explosion. Sometimes people neglect the fact that damage from sound is almost as powerful as receiving physical damage. My experience with the Israeli F-15 sonic booms left me with a bundle of nightmares... some of them range from low flying jets performing "mock-raids" where they go into attack mode... Other dreams I find myself running from missiles that are being fired... The one thing i have learned from this, is that there is nowhere to go, and you couldn't get out of the way of any missile no matter how fast you can run...
I can only imagine what type of nightmares I would be experiencing if I was home when the blast occurred... It was only 3 blocks away so I would guess that it was definitely audible from my humble residence.
Shortly afterward, there was an assassination attempt on the life of May Chadiac.. The face of LBC... Even though I don't watch LBC too often, I know who she is because she is the main anchor for the news. The poor woman has been left crippled for life as she lost her left arm and leg. This type of targeting only proves that there are pro-Syrian elements if not directly Syrian elements responsible for the terrorizing explosions.
I am predicting a new wave of bombings accompanying the release of the UN report... I am bracing myself as are many around me.. but I am not ready to even consider fleeing from Lebanon. It will take more than sporatic bombings.. Stay tune for more Lebanese drama.....