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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Saw that, its pretty tragic.
I'm wondering why they were still around so many days into this crisis.
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There are several stories and videos at CNN.com describing the difficulties the Americans are having trying to get their citizens out with the airport and roads bombed out.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/...ion/index.html
I haven't heard a peep about what Canada is doing to secure the safe passage of its citizens.
edit. Spoke to soon.
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Meanwhile, the Canadian government is reportedly sending in commercial ships to evacuate as many as 40,000 Canadians from Lebanon.
The Foreign Affairs Department says 16,000 Canadians are registered and likely two to three times that many are in the country.
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...ory/Front/home