Grieving Lebanese Storm UN Building in Beirut

World | July 30, 2006, Sunday // 00:00

Hundreds of Lebanese citizens stormed the UN building in capital Beirut, enraged by the bloodiest Israeli attack so far. Some of the people who had gathered before the UN building were crying, media reported, but others, led by their rage broke through the police cordon and reached the foyer. There they burned the flag of the United States and that of the UN. The building was almost empty because very few people came to work on a Sunday, and employees who were present managed to hide in the basement.

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