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So no matter what Lucy Al Jazeera will bring you the news and Current Affairs that matter to you out as in europe. Ready ah, the Commodore Hotel was safe and then you went out into a very grave civil war. Another commodore. Theres a marvellous javier with if a comment hadnt been there, the israel invasion would not have been so well. I it was a great use and overall, was this godfather of the journalist is of myself, the next room i was in was underground in a tiny, filthy, dirty prison. So basically as a hostage, ah to ah, she welcome to 19 sixtys bay route for several decades. This cosmopolitan city attracted International Jets centers who could get from the ski slopes to the beach in no time. The Hotel District was at the hall to bit to luxury tourism economy and in its heyday, hotels like the st. George the funny, sure on the holiday inn were full of wealthy tourists, business men, journalists, diplomats, and the occasional spy. Travelers on a tight budget stayed at hotels like the commodore and in the mid 19 seventys, it became host to the worlds media. When the lebanese civil war erupted in 1970, a young arab millionaire, yusef nozzle took the Commodore Hotel on a 20 year lease from the co. 80 royal family nozzle was a leading investor in the Hotel Industry in the region and responsible for attracting thousands of tourists to lebanon. Mohammed sha borrow, worked with and his al, in ticketing, and still runs a travel agency near the commodore with the same name. By that, by le fade joseph missouri, refundable, commodore law, though surveying developed can at my take alexia and ma thought of the saint. Joseph missouri. Les stature, a thunder, mel, capital funding, atlantic that decalogue, or can now affect the telephone either for, for happens that europe. But the luxury bay roof lifestyle of skill, the gap between rich and poor, the was white and all the time. The international press, used by root as a barometer of what was happening in the middle east. And one of the foreign correspondents who predicted the violence in lebanon was i t, v. s jonathan demme, bobby, i 1st went to lebanon in 1972 as a young reporter. And i wanted to see whether something was happening that or not. I stayed in what was then relatively modest hotel called the Commodore Hotel. The overall impression was some, some, some a society which was held together by a rather loose series of ropes. I didnt take much for that to chatham. Ah, the 13th of april, 1975, mount to the official start of the civil war. It was a proxy conflict full during the cold war. On one side, Lebanese Christian right wing parties backed by the u. S. Wanted to end the armed palestinian presence in lebanon. On the other one muslim left wing parties allied with the pillow and backed by the soviet union, they saw the right wing christians, a simply an extension of israeli and american influence in the country. When the war broke out, an army of foreign journalists headed to bay route, including the former bbc, middle east correspondent, tim lewellen. All of whom wanted a safe place to stay. In november 1975, i was taking what turned out to be one of the last m. E. A flights into bay route from london, which was virtually empty except for a few journalists and use of nas owl, who i didnt know. But of course, wisdom, it was to turn out that he was the manager of the commodore her toe. So he drew me, he took out a piece of paper and a pen. And he drew from me various sections of beirut who controlled what were you could go safely. I said the use of what we needed was a bass the next time i went to be rude. Is if it created this fantastic hotel in the space of a few weeks. The commodore had become that journalistic center. Ah, 1975 and 76, with a fiercest, 2 years of the civil war. With sectarian killings, massive destruction, and the division of bay root into the christian east. And muslim west the former times correspondent robert fisk, decided to base himself permanently in beirut in 1976. So when i came to bed, i already knew the city, but i knew it before. When i went downtown here, i could not believe they the extraordinary destruction. I mean it takes it, you can destroy a city very quickly. Its like an awful long time to rebuild it. Mm. I occasionally went to the commodore with a piece draft just to have lunch, sometimes of me, other journalists, but i didnt stay there. I didnt like it very much when i i thought it was another cd hotel with extraordinary high prices. The Commodore Hotel was safe. And so you could be there. And it was quite bizarre, really. You could be in this little safe enclave. And then you went out into a very grave civil war. Ah, under ye sickness, owls management, the bay route commodore became a Global Center for news and information or uses. And as i was a young man then, and he seemed to have an extraordinary, uncanny ability to know what journalists wanted. And he realized quickly and brilliantly, that the journalist would need 1st of all, above all, good communications, what the commodore had and what no or else had was communications. And you know, if the journalist has a story and he cant send it, he might as well go home. And you had 3 working to alex machines and they could get to court alumni. You systems are started by using lines and telex machines from his private business in bay routes, london, a man and cyprus. But as reported, demands grew. He had to get hold of extra lives at any cost of the salary. Kenneth, by the way, below said joseph mother, im out of the salon in moderate. Ill buried all a minute or 2 bobby area bad. Myself was russellville, october is alec and a half again. You, of all the fuss had they a mother or a say it on la sharika i it as the war spread the militias to control of different neighborhoods. The challenge for the commodore was to keep the hotel safe for its media guests. I was there on one occasion when we were down in the bah. And suddenly there was a fantastic noise of gunfire from inside the hotel, everyone ducked down. Im gonna get your everyone was on the floor and the burr like that stopped silence. The only sound was of the parrot, which had a peculiar position on the edge of the bar and the parrot. I talked quite freely while everyone else was sandwich made you half in when youre in. When youre frightened. If you wanted to laugh anyway, this funny squawking parrot was going on talking the african pirates name was cocoa and his party tricks became legendary. This pirate used to do various things. It could do the opening notes of beethovens 5th symphony and various other things. But it, sir, is p as to resistance was to imitate an incoming show. Ah, on the 6th of june, 1982, israel invaded lebanon. Israel claimed it wants to take out the pillows, rocket launch positions. But there was more than that to the israeli action. These railey siege of bay root was one of the bloodiest episodes of the whole, sorry conflict. The destruction was enormous, and 20000 lebanese and palestinians were killed and nearly 50000 wounded. Amid the mayhem, the Commodore Hotel became the de facto ministry of information. Lebanese photojournalist, ramsey haida was at the commodore during the israeli invasion. He got one foot on because im a lot of, lets be honest i will. But believe the man but ha ha. Busy busy going shouldnt, but up with a miss, im to pass on about on the bus, on the pseudo, but bothered to play killing this was without it, without welsh, it stood ala bus, the mo, caballo sailor. Lemme get the berlin ocean. You will have india early days of the israeli invasion of lebanon, yousif nozzles dont pan large amounts of fuel food and cash millions of dollars. He said enough for the Hotel Residence and stuff for the months to come. Nozzle also lent journalists money. Can feel as usual around me. Am i . Yeah, i live in a casual my. Oh no. Oh, what are you from the old muscle from chassis you thought it said that it had been my thought a form. We are feeling cash money. No, no, i have poor flows better than life for the commodore base journalists joining the invasion with tough west bay root was under siege with constant israeli air raids and reportedly indiscriminate. Shelly, but they told the real story, i think the barret cj, as i said, theres a big eye opener for many correspondent to ony eaten the israeli story, but until then, and they were able, at 1st time, when they went out to see the suffering of lebanese and palestinians and they really went off to a story very, very hard, very hard and harshly. And well, i think at that stage though, if a comment hadnt been the israeli invasion would not have been so well reported. And you can thank the commodore and ways of this and the people in it under use. And i think the, these readies had at that stage in the early eightys, the worst press theyve ever had before. Or since the 70 day israeli siege of a root was lifted on the 21st of august, 1982 and the pillow pulled out of lebanon. There were immediate president ial elections and the leader of the right wing christian for lungess, but she had jeremiah who had supported the israeli incursion, became the president elect of lebanon. But jim mile never took off it. He was assassinated 23 days later. For the following 3 days, the 16th 17th and 18th of september, 1982 christian malicious supported by israel took part in a massacre that the Palestinian Refugee camps of sabra and shatila when news of the massacre reached the Commodore Hotel on the 18th, dozens of local and foreign journalists headed straight to the southern bay route suburb. Robert fisk was one of the 1st to enter the palestinian camps. Ive never before had to walk and carpets of dead bodies in my life. And the smell was appalling. And we went on the sunday morning when the could types of fungus was still there. Murderous was still still in the camp. But 2nd, india amana a messenger who must have published a few them, did come about. Busy with the youth of i can remember commodore him who i have a module bedrooms than what that one i kind of have a solo as long gemalto like build a snap as the sub rush, athena mid mountain. We will marcus the gym on the 14 account. You said that the machine, huh. Ah, the sabra unsure till the messages. So the 2000 palestinian and lebanese civilians killed. I started writing and writing writing. I. Unfortunately the times didnt come out on sunday, so i had to wait for the next days paper. But i got all the story. I got a little news of the 18th of september. Massacres shocked the world and the International Coverage angered the israelis and destroy that there was organizations the same day. They arrested usa from the zone and took into their base at the saint george hotel. The journalist became extremely angry. The french timidly french organized a petition, a sign petition and took it down to these ready commander, demanding that news of missouri. Itll be released. Yes, i was a surprise he was arrested because they realized this was a Communication Center and they didnt want it to operate. I think the purpose of arresting yoseph wells to close down the comment of 8 years into the fighting on the night of the 30th of august, 1983. The commodore took a direct hit, chattering its eastern side therapy. Awesome. When the 11th was shut, a i la barrel men nominal us a fennel refundable commodore at thy water film. With a lot of his a feels about a thing of the some i have the huffing and gera, or thought lemon law. You wrote of 2, neil and inexperienced reporters were sometimes unable to handle the route and use if dissolves Office Sometimes doubled as a psychiatric unit. As the israeli withdrawal continued into 1983 lebanese militias immediately filled that vacuum. Invite the control region by region. The commodore had continued as an international news. Hum. Phillipe below worked as a cameraman for c, b. C. And took these photos of life inside the hotel at that time. But in 1984, a new development in the conflict upset that life even mo kidnapping. The camacho head, so i think was beginning to lose its attraction as a journalistic enterprise. Around the time of the mid 19 eighties. Around the time and the kid mapping. I think the fear of kidnapping started around 84. 00. I was maternity kidnapping on me in madam curious street very close to accommodate i still remember that was the 1st time i started getting really frightened. And then of course not them afterwards. Terry anderson was kidnapped, longest held hostage was 7 years. And then we all realize we were in trouble me. Terry edison was the Senior Associated press correspondent on the 16th of january, 1985. He was kidnapped on his way to the Commodore Hotel. 3 years into his detention. His kidnappers released the photo of him wearing a Commodore Hotel t shirt designed by yusef and his owl for his journalist guests. Anderson was the 1st journalist to be kidnapped in beirut. Would be the last to be released in 1991. Several different groups carried out the hostage shaking, but the most prominent was islamic jihad. So i wouldnt advise any foreigners to stay here the moment while the situation so dangerous. In november 1985, such the special envoy to the british archbishop of canterbury, terry wade arrived in lebanon to negotiate hostage releases. He stayed at the riviera hotel, but often went to the commodore to meet journalists. On the 21st of november, fighting known as the battle of the flag between different left wing allied lebanese militia controlling west bay root reach. The Commodore Hotel cherry weight was trapped inside with dozens of local and foreign journalists, including ramsey, hyde, gann, will you wait on them for half . Oh, we caught ma sofie. Ballasa market consider i heard who would ela over latha . Will i shed something clara alamahood. Ah, thats why be black, are you to set it up with regarding the sierra met a little bit vehicle because was in need of the gen names when you saw the reserves and polar ballasa play ramsey hide of photograph these images of journalists pulling the mans body out of sniper range, then moving it into the back of a call. That image encapsulates the horror of events outside the Commodore Hotel. That night, terry weight stayed at the commodore. And these rare pictures show him making fun colds in the hotel lobby. Negotiations for the release of hostages had so far failed, and the kidnapping continued on the 16th of march 1986 like the british journalist John Mccarthy arrived in beirut as w t. N bureau chief. It was his 1st assignment to a war zone. He checked in to the commodore opposite w t hands offices, excited to be staying at the now legendary hotel. I think that had a rather romantic view of what the commodore would be like m. I had heard from other colleagues whod been there and stayed there and was very aware that it was a famous hotel or all the great journalists stayed. And so when i got there, i was surprised because it was nearly empty. The street fighting and fear of kidnap drove many foreigners out of west bay route to the christian east side or out of lebanon to neighboring cyprus. So i was told you must be careful if you know that youll be a target possibly for one of these kidnapped groups. So stay close to the office or in the hammer district and stay close to the hotel. The commodore by april 1986, 30 foreign nationals had been kidnapped in lebanon. A didnt occur to John Mccarthy that he might be next. It seemed like a nearer for this hotel for lebanon, for the forum journalist working there where it was coming to an end. It was closing in around, around me. Ah, but also it felt as if the hotel was sort of closing down to mccarthy was then ordered by his w t. N. Bosses in london to leave a route immediately. On the 17th of april, 1986, he checked out at the commodore and headed for the airport. But within minutes armed men intercepted his car, grabbed him and took him away. John mccarthy would be the last foreign journalists to stay at the commodore so its extraordinary. I started off what that morning in april election, 86 leaving this girl. The grand if dilapidated street up at the Commodore Hotel and the next room i was in, was underground in a tiny, filthy, dirty prison cell. Basically, i as a hostage. And i was to remain a hostage for the next 5 and a quarter years. 9 months after mccarthys abduction, on the 17th of january, 1987 Hostage Negotiator terri weight was also kidnapped. He was last seen on the bay route cornish, surrounded by gunman from the drews progressive socialist party, who were acting as his body guards. In my last year captivity, i was held with the 2 americans, terry, and silent on sutherland, and also with thee a englishman, terry. Wait, whod gone out to lebanon to try and negotiate our release a few years earlier, but himself been kidnapped . So its very strange that there we were in a cell at with the guy who tried to rescue us and he ended up being a hostage to within hours of terry waits. Abduction. A fierce battle ensued in west bay route. 200 people died in the 5 days fighting and the commodore was almost completely destroyed by fire. And there was another kidnap, the victim. This time coco, the parrot. Hotel manager archman, she borrow, checked on the staff and damage the next day. He contacted the owner, yusef nozzle, who was abroad to reassure in the star for okay, but that the hotel was so damaged, it was now uninhabitable. I let out some that he on that of those that out with it. I literally had a warm day and daughter did. La la, la ida, beverly did mobile up with of live lab. How early sunny allan of been in 2002, a new investor, both the commodore it was completely refurbished and revived. Is a 5 Star Luxury Hotel in the heart of bay roots . American journalists, nicholas tetra, perhaps best summed it up when he wrote during the israeli siege of bay root in a city of survivors. The Commodore Hotel has proven itself to be a survivor. With a touch of class, there is no contract which is simple. Goodies versus bad. Is it always more complicated than that . And add one more thing. Find a good safe hotel mm. When covert 19 1st hit, the need to minimize contact drove many of the worlds judicial systems on line. Now in the name of cost and efficiency, some of them want to stay there. But what theyve Holding Trials and cyberspace denies defendants the right to a fair hearing, and remove safeguards against abuse. 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