Doi, forgot to add that a very informative book on Lebanon, , "Seeds of hate : how America's flawed Middle East policy ignited the jihad, " by Lawrence Pintak, Pluto Press, 2003 begins (the 2nd and 3rd chapters relate the historical background) w/ a graphic acct. of the bombing by the correspondent near the scene. http://catalog.denver.lib.co.us/cgi-bin/show?6991 Journalist Pintak was in Beirut during the disastrous two-year US war there in the early 1980s. It was there, if anywhere since the Crusades, he says that US treachery spawned the hate that blossomed on 9-11 and continues to grow. He updates his 1988 account, which has Lebanon instead of Middle East in the subtitle. Distributed in the US by Stylus. Annotation 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
-- Michael Pugliese