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Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Get me to the cruise ship on time
China, France and other countries are scrambling to evacuate their citizens from Lebanon, with cruise ships emerging as the egress of choice for the bomb weary. And as some 25,000 or so Americans wait to get out, Crooks and Liars finds an interesting aside:
message to the American citizens in Lebanon:

"The Department of State reminds American citizens that the U.S. government does not provide no-cost transportation but does have the authority to provide repatriation loans to those in financial need [emphasis mine]. For the portion of your trip directly handled by the U.S. Government we will ask you to sign a promissory note and we will bill you at a later date…

There's more. Get the rest of the story here.

Tags: Israel, Lebanon
posted by JReid @ 9:06 AM  
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