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No, we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that are on our era. Ready ah, the Commodore Hotel was safe and then you went out into a very grave, civil war and other commodore. Theres a marvellous javier with if a comment hadnt been there, the israel invasion would not have been so well result. I. It was a great use and an overall was this godfather of the journal. This is of no. So 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 such as who could get from the ski slopes to the beach in no time. The Hotel District was at the hall to bid to look cheery tourism economy and in its heyday, hotels light 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 kuwaiti. Royal family nozzle was a leading investor in the Hotel Industry in the region and responsible for attracting thousands of tourists to lebanon. Mohammed she borrow, worked with ms. Allen, ticketing, and still runs at travel agency near the commodore with the same name, but that by le fade joseph missouri refundable commodore la montebello surveying ballot. Kennedy my make alyssia. Im a thought of a saint. Joseph missouri list that j. A thunder cml capital funded atlantic bad. Nicola ocon now in fact the shot of another for for happens, but the luxury bay roo lifestyle obscured a gap between rich and poor that was white in all the time. The International Press used a route 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 there or not. I stayed in what was then relatively modest hotel called the Commodore Hotel. The overall impression was of 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 palo and backed by the soviet union. They sold 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 the 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 bay routine, 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 city 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 a civil safe enclave. And then you went out into a very grave civil war ah, under uselessness, als management. The bay root 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 realised 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 a 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 uses bizarre, 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 lines at any cost of the salary. Kenneth, by the way below said joseph, now though im out of the falafel more and more data, ill buried all a minute or 2 bobby about myself was a referral to his eloquence, a huffing in you a fool. The fluff had they a murderer alone . La sharika, i, itll, as the rule spread, the malicious 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 sandwich made you half in when youre in. When youre frightened. If you wanted to laugh at awake, 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 its a, its p s, the 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 position. But there was more than that to the israeli action. The israeli 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 doing did. Amid the may him, the Commodore Hotel became the de facto ministry of information. Lebanese photo journalist ramsey, hyder, was that the commodore during the israeli invasion, Going Forward on the lead to man. But. Busy but this anthem has about, im going to have some sort of a spot to do, but getting the solution i didnt with well as a city. But what about sailor illema get there . But most people have in the early days of the israeli invasion of lebanon uselessness, l stop power, large amounts of fuel, food, and cash. Millions of dollars, he said enough for the Hotel Residence and stuff for the month to come. No, so also lent journalists money. Can visual, allowing me my casual my of the you know, what are you from the, in the muscle for shuffling your part of the se, joseph, and as it humble, my thought is when we are feeling cash money, no problem enjoy flows up, live life for the commodore base journalists during the invasion was tough. West bay route was under siege with constant israeli air raids and reportedly indiscriminate shelley. But they told the real story, i think the barret cj, as i said, was a big eye opener for many correspondence to only eaten the israeli story. But until then, and they were able at 1st hand, when they went out to see the suffering of lebanese and palestinians. And they really went off to a story very, very hot, very hard and harshly. And well, i think at that stage though, if a commodore hadnt been there, the israeli invasion would not have been so well reported. And you can find the commodore and away for this and the people in it under use of net 0. I think the are these readies had at that stage in the early eightys, the worst press theyve ever had before or since the 70 day israeli c. Jervey root was lifted on the 21st of august, 1982, and the p alo pulled out of lebanon. There were immediate president ial elections and the leader of the right wing christian felon jests, but sheer jamal who had supported the israeli incursion, became the president elect of lebanese. But j mile never took office. 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 had it straight to the southern bay route suburb. Robert fisk was one of the 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 co types of fungus was still there. Murderous was still still in the camp with zachary, in amana a messenger who must have published a few them, did come a boat. Well, do you thought i couldnt been able to pull mongolian who id have a modern bed . Was that what that one . I got a foot board. I saw it as long gwendolen bode a snit mazda sub roche athena, the mountain we will marcus the gym on a soft e again. You said at that. Busy the national hubbub ah, the sabra unsure to la messages, sorrow, 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, ive got it. All news of the 18th of september massacres shocked the world and the International Coverage angered the israelis and destroyed like those 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 the israeli commander, demanding that those of missouri will 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 commonwealth h years into the fighting. On the night of the 30th of august, 1983. The commodore took a direct hit, chattering its eastern side. Cafe must have been a month shut, a either the battle men, nominal us of fernado, fundable, commodore at thou what a tale with us. But if its a fitness about a thing of the sun, i have the huffy and java 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 and vied for control region by region. The commodore had continued as an International News hub. Phillipe below worked as a cameraman for c, b c, and took these photos of life inside the hotel at that time. But in 1980, for a new development in the conflict upset that life, even mo kidnapping me to come to a hotel, i think was beginning to lose its attraction as a journalist again to prize 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 an attempt to kidnapping on me in my them curious street. Very close to accommodate. I still remember that was the 1st time i started getting really frightened. And then of course, not long afterwards, Terry Anderson was kidnapped, longest held hostage with 7 years. And then we all realize we were in trouble. Me cherry 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 this 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 bay root. That would be the last to be released in 1991. Several different groups carried out the hosted shaking. But the most prominent was islamic jihad. So i wouldnt advise any foreigners to stay here the moment while the situation is so dangerous. In november 1985, such as the special envoy to the british archbishop of canterbury, terry wait 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 a route reach. The Commodore Hotel terry weight was trapped inside with dozens of local and foreign journalists, including ramsey haida campbell. Just that he went on go amongst the huffy o clock. Ma sofie indignantly ballasa mc and shit, i heard. Who would allah . Latha will i shed something clever . I lemme concluded, ah, thats why weve got our youth said it. But we did regarding the sierra matter though it would be a good match hoss was in need of. Busy the gen names when you saw the project on polar ballasa, leon ramsey, hyde of photograph these images of journalists pulling the mans body out to 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 wait, 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. Um, i had heard from other colleagues whod been there and stayed there was very aware that it was a famous hotel where 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 you will 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. It didnt occur to John Mccarthy that he might be next. It seemed like an error for this hotel, for lebanon, for the foreign journalists 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 routine mediately. On the 17th of april, 1986, he checked out of 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, in april election, 86 leaving this grow the grand if dilapidated street 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 rude cornish surrounded by gum, and 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 anson, and tom sutherland, and also with the english one terri, 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 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 ark made, 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 money on that up there that i that with it. Im literally a one day window. It la la, la ida, beverly did mobile up with of live bob, how ali sunny allan, a funny 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 touch road, 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. 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