phonecall
August 5, 2006
Time: 5 AM
a sleepy village in the Metn mountains of Lebanon (a predominantly Christian area)
the House with the Funny Tree around the Corner
shrill ringing of the telephone
- my aunt (scrambling downstairs in a panic, with thoughts of the remains of one of us lying mangled somewhere in the World): allooooo?
- recorded voice:
this is a message from Israel
we have conquered Ba'albek and we are coming to rid you of Hezbollah
we want you to know we are behind the Lebanese people all the way.
we support you!
my aunt hangs up with a bang
August 5, 2006
Time: 2:30 AM
the same sleepy village
the House underneath the Church of the Strange Saint who rumor has it used to be a Thief before Converting
Nokia tune dances in the livingroom
S (still dazed from sleep, thinks it is his daughter from America): allo yes?
Voice recording:
We are the country of Israel
We want to warn you to be careful.
There are rats among the homes, and we are coming to exterminate them.
S hangs up.
Time: 5 AM
a sleepy village in the Metn mountains of Lebanon (a predominantly Christian area)
the House with the Funny Tree around the Corner
shrill ringing of the telephone
- my aunt (scrambling downstairs in a panic, with thoughts of the remains of one of us lying mangled somewhere in the World): allooooo?
- recorded voice:
this is a message from Israel
we have conquered Ba'albek and we are coming to rid you of Hezbollah
we want you to know we are behind the Lebanese people all the way.
we support you!
my aunt hangs up with a bang
August 5, 2006
Time: 2:30 AM
the same sleepy village
the House underneath the Church of the Strange Saint who rumor has it used to be a Thief before Converting
Nokia tune dances in the livingroom
S (still dazed from sleep, thinks it is his daughter from America): allo yes?
Voice recording:
We are the country of Israel
We want to warn you to be careful.
There are rats among the homes, and we are coming to exterminate them.
S hangs up.
posted by rouba at
2:34 PM
7 Comments:
unbelievable..
By
Mar, at Saturday, August 05, 2006 4:20:00 PM
terrorizing our phones as well..preventing food, fuel, basic stuff from arriving..what is next? prevent us from breathing..
By
Anonymous, at Saturday, August 05, 2006 4:32:00 PM
All I can think of when hearing about such things are aliens with long faces and wide scary eyes on the other line ...
Do u know anyone who has a recording of these messages?
By
jooj, at Saturday, August 05, 2006 10:32:00 PM
it's just too silly to be true! what kind of a moron would change his mind based on a phonecall like this??!
at first i thought it was a sick joke but apparently not.
By
rouba, at Sunday, August 06, 2006 12:51:00 AM
it's a terror tactic... clearly you can't star 69 them back with a response...
By
FZ, at Sunday, August 06, 2006 7:26:00 AM
if u know anyone who has a recording, send it to cnn eye report..they are asking for videos, raw footage, stuff like that..not that cnn will care, but I have seen some reports that at least put some human face to our suffering.
btw u have a great blog.I have been visiting for quite sometime, but did not coment before.
7ala
By
Anonymous, at Sunday, August 06, 2006 9:21:00 AM
no recordings unfortunately.
hi 7ala, nice to hear from you. hope your family's ok..
By
rouba, at Monday, August 07, 2006 12:16:00 AM
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