Beirut Not Forgotten!

On Friday the whole world looked in utter horror at the Paris attacks that left nearly 130 people dead. However, on the day before, Thursday, November 12^th IS attacked Hezbollah in Lebanon’s capital Beirut, “Burj al-Barajne, Hezbollah’s stronghold,” to be precise. The attack killed at least 43 Muslims, leaving more than 239 wounded. Today I’ve read about it, and that people didn’t understand that the terror attack in Beirut wasn’t much in the news.

So, here is their story!

On Thursday, November 12^th, tragedy struck when there was a double suicide attack in south Beirut, a stronghold of Hezbollah, an Islamist group who is fighting in IS in Syria. The motorbike that was loaded with explosives blasted a hospital, a community center and a bakery.

Two extremists managed to detonate their bombs, but it seemed that a third suicide bomber was killed by the second blast, before he could detonate his own bomb. Imagine how these people must feel. So many dead and even more are wounded, and IS is celebrating the killing and mayhem. I’ve seen the pics of the aftermath and they say it all. Not much is left. Buildings are destroyed, and the streets are littered with bodies, it’s really bad! The attack happened just when Lebanese lawmakers held a legislative session’s. These sessions were held for the first time since more than a year. Hezbollah has troops fighting IS.

This was the bloodiest attack since the civil war, and these people are devastated, just like the people in France are devastated. It’s the sad truth that indeed, this wasn’t much news to the world. I have to ask myself, why? Why is it that, when terrorists attacked France, (for the second time in less than 10 months) it’s all over the news. Yet, on Thursday, when at least 43 Muslims died in a terror attack by IS, it wasn’t much in the news. The terrorists were killed by the special forces. Still the damage was done, just like IS wanted.

What happened in Paris is more than horrible. It makes me so very sad that so many innocent people have lost their lives. Also, it makes me aware that I’m a lucky woman. I live in a small town, and yes, we too have refugees in our midst. Muslims, not terrorist, mind you! These refugees are fleeing for the extremists too. They also are being hunted down by e.g IS.

My heart weeps for all those who were killed, or wounded in the terror attack by IS. It doesn’t matter if you believe in God, Allah, or that you don’t believe at all. Showing respect and being humble, is what makes us better humans. There is no justification, religion or whatever else, to go and kill people! There just isn’t!!

IS is a group, claiming to be Muslims, but in fact they are just ordinary murderers.

I also believe that there is more to come. IS threatened Russia too. I don’t know how Putin will take it when they get attacked by IS. After IS claimed they had brought down a Russian plane with civilians, he went and upped the bombings in Syria. Hezbollah has tight security measures in the area, but still, it wasn’t enough.

It seems that we are at war, and that it will not end soon. In my opinion, every war is one too many!

We know that it’s coming. We don’t know when. We don’t know where.  All we know is that it will happen, sooner or later. Terror attacks are done by cowards, simple. On Thursday November 12^th it was Lebanon’s capital that was targeted by IS. It left people dead and in utter despair and unimaginable pain.

I think that the reason the Middle East isn’t much in the news regarding attacks is because it happens a lot more over there, than in Europe. Still, that’s not a reason for us to ignore the fact that people in the Middle East are under attack by IS too.

Hezbollah or not, these people didn’t  deserve to die like this. I hope that soon IS can be brought down!

I am the world!

I am freedom!