A security plan takes hold
The Lebanese Army retook Beirut last week, but not with guns blazing. As the tanks and armored cars rattled through the streets, people peered over bullet-pocked balconies and cheered. Some women tossed rice and rose water at the grinning soldiers. While one brigade pushed through East Beirut, where most of the Christians live, another swept through predominantly Muslim West Beirut, reclaiming neighborhoods that had been controlled by local militias since February. The army units converged on the "green line," the dread boundary splitting the city, and bulldozed...
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