Show - t4&ebwWaimqgatdbaAiaoviQ4tatalagOd01- AS Beirut Finds Life Again Amid Diversity fling 12 of the 128 Parliament seats last year their intentions remain one of the biggest questions for Lebanon where 55 percent of the 4 million people are Muslim and 45 percent Christian "If the people agree we would like to establish an Islamic state in Lebanon" said lIajj Hassan Houballah of Hezbollah's political bureau "Otherwise we would not mind having an ordinary state" "Although I really wasn't involved in the hostage crises I truly believe that the kidnappers have come to the understanding that the kidnappings served Phoenix-Lik- e From Endless War9s Ashes Rise Repaired Buildings Jobs and Renewed Hope By Ear leen Fisher THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT Lebanon — In the nation whose name became a new synonym for death and destruction people are doing what would have been unthinkable a few years ago — building and repairing things that break s Like houses and of with many huge expanses glass windows overlooking graveyards of buildings pocked or pulverized by almost every size of ammunition ever invented Like a government an army and police force all shattered along sectarian lines during the civil war that ended in high-rise- 15-ye- 1990 Like lives Lebanon today is a land of robust fragility daring to hope the war is really finished and with it assassinations hijackings kidnappings car bembings — maybe someday the presence of Syrian and Israeli soldiers But ebullience mingles with despair like a circus parade horning in on a funeral procession DOD Beirut is a place for which cliches seem to have been invented It is the town without pity where Lebanese of almost every religious and political hue shot and shelled each other where Syrians Israelis and Palestinians periodically joined the mayhem It is the city that refuses to die even if the government can barely supply 6 hours of electricity a day to buildings that still have working power lines even if it takes a generator to keep the 12 flavors of imported Italian ice cream from melting in the display case "We're going to build a vibrant city here" Ousama Kabbani said "It's for real this time" Kabbani a member of the Sunni Muslim community that for fuel-guzzlin- Sunday June 27 1993 The Salt Lake Tribune WORLD mains of Rome's pagan temples rediscovering the history of their land and showing their children that horizons need not be defined by guns and barricades Maronite Catholics have come from Beirut the women in spike heels and silk dresses and from the remote rugged Akkar district of northern Lebanon more practically clad in jeans and sneakers Shiite Muslim families and scout troops have traveled from Tyre and Nabatiyeh in the south Every female from age 3 to wizened grandmothers wears a head scarf and covered from neck to wrist to ankle "The war is past us now The Lebanese are known for being able to forget" said Ali Rida a Shiite who had come from the south Lebanon town of Kfar Hatta with his two brothers their wives and six children Few of the visitors ventured into Baalbek's marketplace 200 yards across the road That is still the turf of the HezboNah or the Party of God Iranian-backe- coastal cities tick with commerce has come home after five years in Boston where he worked after earning a degree in urban design at Harvard His enthusiasm is contagious as he talks about his new job with a company dedicated to restoring and rebuilding the devastated downtown business district "I think this is going to be the largest development project in the Middle East" said Kabbani 30 His eyes shone as he pointed out things that can be saved like the lovely old facades of City Hall and the Opera House and others fit only for demolition Equally contagious is the de spair of Nohad Anwar who is 32 and has five children The proud weary beauty of her thin face is marred by two missing teeth and the telltale darkening of others likely to follow for lack of dental care She is one of thousands of squatters in the city of 12 million s built with people New private money burst exuberantly skyward every few blocks but there is no new housing for the dispossesed For more than a decade Mrs Anwar her husband Sami and their growing family have lived in the only intact corner of a house bombed by Israeli planes during the 1982 siege that forced Yasser Arafat and his Palestinian guerrillas out of West Beirut "We shouldn't have been in this place from the beginning" she said "My husband was quite well off He was a contractor but he lost the wood factory he shared with an uncle and a cousin in the 1982 war" Their rented home was destroyed at the same time Now the owner of the building where they have squatted wants them to leave "I know it's his right" she said "But we told him we can't leave We have five kids and no place to d Hezbollah was the umbrella for Islamic Jihad and other groups that held scores of Westerners hostage between 1984 and 1991 Its guns and rhetoric now focus mostly on the Israelis and their Lebanese allies in south Lebanon Although Hezbollah and other fundamentalist groups have entered mainstream politics win Armed Groups Patrol Lebanon THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Main armed groups in Lebanon a country only 120 miles long and barely 50 miles across: SYRIAN ARMY — 40000 troops deployed in north and east and in Beirut covering about two thirds of Lebanon In Lebanon since 1976 a year after civil war began Were to "arrange to redeploy" under peace accord ending war in 1990 but timeta- ' t Beirut lik Si 4 rt a" Arr ' — $ Baalbek Jounieb ble disputed -- I ISRAELI ARMY — Israeli invaded in 1978 and 1982 About 1000 soldiers remain in "security zone" SOUTH LEBANON ARMY — Militia of 2500 men THE RESISTANCE — Dedicated to driving IsraeShiite lis out Drawn primarily from Iranian-backeHezbollah or Party of God but includes other Lebanese and Palestinians Thought to have only couple d Law and order may allow Muslims to drive into the Christian mountains for picnics or Christians to visit Baalbek but it has a ' ' ' ' ' ' ' " LEBANESE ARMY — 42000 soldiers gradually expanding across most of Lebanon except Israeli zone Mainly an internal security force its former sectarian makeup blurred by reshuffling brigade armed and trained by Israel and deployed only in "security zone" Once largely Christian it also attracts Shiites because impoverished region has few job opportunities Maidet Maoucit I h commanders soldiers and deployment areas UN INTERIM FORCE IN LEBANON — 5200 lightly armed peacekeeping troops stationed in south Lebanon just north of and in several areas overlapping Israeli "security zone" UNIFIL formed after 1978 Israel invasion sA jrfoli in south Lebanon along Israeli border and observe:s say additional 5000 can arrive within hours Israeli air force roams Lebanese skies striking Shiite Muslim fundamentalist targets "Security zone" covers of Lebanon about one-nint- ) Lebanon The nation whose name became a new Tripoli synonym br death and destruction has been building ard repairing since the 1443: end ot Me 151ear civil war in 1990 Tyre ( - 41 i 4 - --- wilitow ssray4"::tie-- ithot —AP joReAN 111141"Iit-w "' ' SAUDI ARABIA Amoomated of hundred hard-cor- e : Prees fighters IRANIANS — An estimated 2000 Revolutionary Guards train Hezbollah in Bekaa Valley near Syrian border First contingent arrived in 1982 to fight Is- raelis and stayed in keeping with late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's vow to export Islamic revolution PALESTINIANS — Palestine Liberation Organization which made Lebanon its main base for attacking Israel from 1971 until Israeli invasion of 1982 is weakened and splintered into armed factions for or against PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat money find that their monthly salaries are worth less than $125 not enough to feed traditionally large families price Wages have not kept pace government employees and others paid in Lebanese Low-lev- :11 141 4 tb Accolrit Summary As Of June 30 1993 E GI NNNG BALANCE in First Security Bankt 00 MAY 31 1992 f irrriw 4155draii 4b 1 INGIIIIIIIIIIIMEMPIENE () DEposrr d generations made Lebanon's Religious divisions remain Lebanon but the concept of a na tional identity seems to be growing One of the most visible beneficiaries is the army which displays a new pride and ability generating trust and respect The army serves mostly as an internal security force No one expects it to repel foreign troops especially when the nation's only borders are with mighty Israel and Syria Israel invaded in 1978 and 1982 to rout Palestinian guerrillas and "senever left its curity zone" in the south where Israeli soldiers are locked in retaliatory combat with Shiite fundamentalists The Syrians came in 1976 nominally as peacekeepers They became combatants and remain the dominant political and military power With Syria's approval the Lebanese army is gradually spreading across the country just as Prime Minister Rafik Hariri is trying to extend the authority of his government in ODD g 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