From 73141.1117@compuserve.com Wed Sep  6 18:56:20 1995
Date: 30 Jul 95 18:08:03 EDT
From: Pierre Naccache <73141.1117@compuserve.com>
To: "Archeology and Beirut:" <beirut-arch@hiof.no>
Subject: The petition's results

Mayor's visit to Beirut:

The following is a personnal abstract of an article published in the tuesday,
july 25, edition of Al-Hayat:

"... Mayor met with Hariri and Edde and discussed the downtown operations.

     Mayor presented a Unesco grant of 2.5 M$ to Edde as a contribution to the
archeological work.

     At Solidere's offices, Nasser Shammaa then presented to Mayor the
reconstruction plan  and emphasized the importance given by the government on
the preservation of the history of Beirut and, at the same time, on its future
role. The general Director then presented Shammaa with a medal as a recognition
of the efforts made by Solidere to reconstruct Beirut.

    ....."

Thus, Unesco is not simply happy with what happened, it is EXTREMELY HAPPY WITH
EVERYTHING. No error has been made. Nothing to correct. Outstanding performance.

One of the highest possible benedictions has thus been given to the work done.
Amen and end of the story. Only machiavellical israeli agents can think
otherwise. 

Interestingly enough, and simultaneously, in the little town of Sillery, PQ,
Canada, "similar" things are happening, with different reactions however:

" "Deuil national", "destruction sauvage", desastre": les epithetes employes par
les divers intervenants illustrent bien le desarroi qui s'est empare de ceux-ci
apres qu'on se soit apercu de ce qui s'est passe....". 

This is a local newpaper reporting on the inadvertent destruction, by a
bullodzer, of the remains of a 350 year old jesuit house....