di seguito alcune mail postate sul sito BBC
mail di IRAN MARDIRIAN, BEIRUT, LIBANO

""I work in a DVD rental and services shop. My shop is open and there are still some people on the streets. I live in west Beirut, next to the American University. We do not see the bombing directly but we can hear the explosions around us.

Obviously people are afraid because with the Israelis you never know. They don't give a fig about us, about conventions or international public opinion.

We have a lot of foreigners and Arab nationals here. Many have left but the residents of Beirut are staying put.

There is a feeling of defiance. At least a dozen people are in my shop right now, from all walks of life - Muslim and Christian. We are not going anywhere. In 1982 we stayed put and we will stay put now.

The feeling of solidarity in Beirut and across the country makes me very proud. Everybody is opening their homes, their hotels, their summer residences to accommodate people who are fleeing the destruction of their villages.

People may disagree over the wisdom of Hezbollah kidnapping the soldiers. But when they see that their country is being destroyed by this totally disproportionate response, that brings everybody closer together.

People are very upset that the tourists have left but there is a much bigger issue at stake. The apartheid state of Israel cannot bear to see Lebanon on its feet. We were expecting a record breaking tourist season this summer. That is now down the drain.

We are going to need all the help we can get. ""
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mail di
JEHUDA HEMPEL, SEA OF GALILEE, ISRAELE

I am sitting in a shelter right now. I live close to the Sea of Galilee, about 8km south of Tiberias which was hit about an hour ago by nine missiles.

Many people here think the Israeli army is not hitting hard enough in Lebanon. The army is taking a lot of care not to hit civilians, but we are here sitting in shelters.

People in Europe think that Israel went into this because of the captured soldiers. That is wrong. The Israeli army's objective is to stop the threat of missiles against our cities.

Lebanon should deploy its army along the border with Israel and stop Hezbollah attacking us.

Israel has no conflict with Lebanon; the only conflict is with the Islamic fundamentalist organisation Hezbollah.

We expect Israel to hit Hezbollah so hard that they stop shelling us and from what I hear there is already a lot of criticism inside Lebanon against Hezbollah.

Hezbollah are not targeting army bases, they are targeting cities, civilian houses. That's why I am sitting in a shelter. ""

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la gente comune , come me e te, soprattutto la gente più comune..
è sotto le bombe ed i missili della controparte , Bush sta inviando una portaerei , Prodi gongolante bacia la mano e lo appoggia.

il petrolio cresce... il nostro potere d'acquisto diminuisce, la nostra libertà riceverà un altro giro di vite... qualche piccolo antentato in piccoli centri
per "tener alta la guardia" e via così, anche questa guerra ci vedrà
come dei fessi impassibili.