Yes, that is the BLACK beachfront in Beruit. Just another aspect to the Israeli invasion. You can read about it at The Lebanese Bloggers.
And I say the word INVASION because it’s looking like the next phase will be just that. Ground forces are preparing to invade supposedly to set up a “buffer zone”. more
One ray of hope in all this is that, despite the lack of diplomacy, bloggers on both sides, Israel and Lebanon, are talking and finding a lot more common ground than their governments.

Middle Eastern bloggers sprang into action within hours of the initial violence, exchanging photos via Web sites such as www.flickr.com, and long message strings on sites such as lebanesebloggers.blogspot.com. There have also been chat rooms set up by Jewish and Lebanese bloggers to allow for real-time communication between the two communities. more

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