Grieving Relatives of Qana Massacre Emerge From the Rubble to Bury Their Dead

Now dont forget as Condi announced, it is the BIRTHING PAINS OF A NEW DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST

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...With the end of war, residents in southern Lebanon emerged from shelters for a grim task: to bury their dead. The largest funeral took place over the weekend in Qana where an Israeli airstrike on the town on July 30th killed 29 people - the majority of them women and children taking refuge. Although the victims were killed three weeks ago, they could not be buried because of Israel's continued aerial bombardment in southern Lebanon. Bodies were taken to a morgue in Tyre and later buried in a shallow mass grave when refrigerated trucks holding the corpses became too crowded. On Friday, the bodies were exhumed and taken to the home villages for burial after residents decided it was finally safe. The attack on Qana made headlines around the world and highlighted the plight of Lebanese civilians in the conflict. More than 1,000 Lebanese were killed in the month-long war, the vast majority of them civilians. Peace activist Kathy Kelly visited Qana on Saturday and spoke to many survivors and grieving relatives...

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