'It's Dangerous, but Hezbollah Is Strong'; With Litani River's Bridges Destroyed, Lebanese Improvise to Supply the South

From: The Washington Post | Date: August 10, 2006| Author: Anthony Shadid - Washington Post Foreign Service | Copyright information

-- There are no more bridges along the 90 miles of the Litani River, dividing besieged southern Lebanon and Hezbollah's fighters from the rest of the country. One by one, Israeli forces bombed them all. So a little ways from the Mediterranean Sea, where the river's meandering waters eddy, then empty, about 20 men heaved, pushed, pulled and coaxed -- with appeals to God in between -- two water- logged trucks carrying supplies Wednesday to regions bearing the brunt of Israel's invasion.

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