Dokument #1222533
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
An on-line search has produced the
following information on the West Beirut suburb of Ramlet el
Baida. "The Iranian Embassy is situated in the seafront district of
Ramlet al-Baida..." [Thomas L. Friedman, "Suspicion in Beirut is
Now Focused on a Shiite Splinter Group", The New York Times,
27 October 1983.];
"...the southern west Beirut neighborhoods of ... Ramat al-Baida" [
Thomas L. Friedman, "Israeli Armor Hits at PLO Positions at Beirut
Airport", The New York Times, 1 August 1982.]; "...western
city's 10 square miles...the danger zone begins at Ramlet Baida,
once an upper-class neighbourhood with a beach to rival Rio's" [
Jonathan C. Randal, "'Safe' Part of Beirut Shrinks as Israelis Seem
Ready to Move", The Washington Post, 20 June 1982.]; "the
plush Ramlet al-Baida residential neighbourhood of mostly Moslem
West Beirut". [ "Iraq Embassy Car Attacked in Beirut, One Killed",
AP, 27 February 1981.]