Beirut after the camps

Transcribed from the clipping

Caption: “DEATH IN BEIRUT: Lebanese man cycles through Palestinian camp at Sabra, in west Beirut, as bodies lie in street.” The headline over it: “A hellish sight . . . like Jonestown.”

Cite this item

"Beirut after the camps," The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, 19 September 1982. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1982-009. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1982-009

Elsewhere in the archive

Jews Against GenocideThe Post-Standard · 29 June 1982 · the same year
Jordan no Palestine state, Hussein saysThe Plain Dealer · 3 August 1982 · the same year
'Palestine' still a knotty issueThe Register-Guard · 2 September 1982 · the same year

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