For Sergeant Lucie Alain, it was the unrelenting fear of an unseen enemy’s rocket salvos raining down on the Afghanistan camp that kept her from catching even a few hours’ shut-eye. ”Attacks came at night, even as you walk through camp you listen and think, ‘Where can I find some shelter in case rockets start coming down?”’ the 37-year-old mother-of-two from Quebec recounts in the lobby of a Cyprus hotel.
In the charming if somewhat rundown marina of Larnaca, the cedar-emblazoned flag of Lebanon flies proudly from a yacht as nearby Israelis clad in <i>kippa</i> and prayer shawl prepare for the Sabbath. The holiday island of Cyprus and its coastal resorts, which have long played host to sworn foes in the Middle East, is once again gearing up to serve as safe haven for a troubled region.
No image available
/ 20 January 2003
The United States last night offered Saddam Hussein immunity from prosecution if his departure from Baghdad would avert war.