Some authors, including Thomas Friedman point to the use of this naval gunfire as the beginning point of the U.S. forces being seen as participants in the civil war rather than peace keepers and opening them up to retaliation.
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Before the Lebanese Civil War, it was a prosperous mountain resort, nestled in the Chouf Mountain of Mount Lebanon in a pine forest and overlooking Saint George Bay and Beirut.
Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen | Souk Ahras | United States Naval Communications Station Sidi Yahya El Gharb | Souk El-Thenine | Souk el Tayeb | Gharb | Aïn Soltane, Souk Ahras |