650 miles away. its been a week since clashes between shia and christian groups in lebanon led to the deaths of seven people. although beirut is now calm, the incident has raised fears of a return to the civil war which dominated lebanese life at the end of the 20th century. 0ur middle east correspondent anna foster reports from beirut. a week ago she was a mother. now they call her a martyr. marianne was one of seven people killed in the worst violence in beirut for a decade. it brought back painful memories. translation: we live throu . h memories. translation: we live through the memories. translation: we live through the civil memories. translation: we live through the civil war memories. translation: we live through the civil war and - memories. translation: we live through the civil war and we - memories. translation: we live through the civil war and we know| through the civil war and we know who committed the crimes. i protected my children, my daughter. when they were c
lebanon is no stranger to work. for 15 years its people put each other. last weekrunning battle in the streets of beirut mirrored like they re in the and 80s. i wake up to they re in the and 80s. i wake up to the fighting there are still paralysis. the shia muslim and christian armed groups continue to trade barbed insults. lavalin s politically fractured cabinet hasn t met. there is fear about what might come next. marianne s some once her death to send a message. we come next. marianne s some once her death to send a message. death to send a message. we don t need civil war death to send a message. we don t need civil war in death to send a message. we don t need civil war in lebanon. - death to send a message. we don t need civilwar in lebanon. if- death to send a message. we don t need civil war in lebanon. if my - need civil war in lebanon. if my mother is fate of not having a new civil war, for me and for my family and for all my family we accept this, to stop the civil war.
option two. one was to get out or two another surge. i just don t know if that s necessarily the case. put that to the side you have covered many presidents. what did you think of his standing yesterday? i thought off the teleprompter he made two great points. when he goes to the q and a he sounded soft and timid. everyone looked and sounded defeated including the white house press corps. peter doocy notwithstanding. the whole room was just down. well, if you aren t down on a day like yesterday when you have 13 american troops killed, something is wrong with you. you ask about covering a lot of presidents. i thought back to one president, one of the advantages of having been around a long time is you ve seen a lot of things. in 1983 when i was covering the white house ronald reagan committed marines to a civil war in lebanon. one day in october of 1983 an
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that are different and new. that makes sense. what do you remember writing first, and then what do you remember writing first that was published? the first things that i wrote, i was determined. i decided to be a writer when i was in college. because i thought being a college student was square and bouj woir. i wanted to be something else. soldier of fortune, or revolutionary. these jobs seemed to be taken, or far away from miami, or ohio where i went to school. i decided i would be a writer. and there s no quality control. so i would just write stuff. poetry is great for picking up girls, but not for a paycheck. no, not for a paycheck. it turns out in order to be an incomprehensible poet or novelist, it paid if you were dead. i want to know the story you were held at gun point. my first experience as a war correspondent. civil war in lebanon, 1984.