Justice is Served in Downtown Beirut - St. GeorgesPosted by finkployd in
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Good news.. Could you provide more details/links about what has changed? Thanks
When Hariri took over the government in the early 2000s, Solidere illegally blocked all Yachts from docking at the St. Georges (which has had docks since before the Civil War).
Further to this act, they installed buoys to control the St. Georges docks (see yellow, orange, and white buoys). Last week, the St. Georges crew cut the ropes and pulled the buoys out of the water to reopen the docks. Previous attempts at cutting the ropes have been met with Police intervention acting on behalf of Solidere. Last week, with the formation of a balanced government the Police stood back and watched as justice was served on Solidere.
Thanks for the info. I hope Solidere will pay for every injustice it caused.
Very interesting.
Many years back I accidentally went down to St Georges attempting to get down to the solidere side of the dock. I was approached by buff dudes who stoppped me from exiting st Georges to enter the solidere marina and told me to go outside, circle the place, and enter from solideres entrance. The whole thing was quite ridiculous seeing that the supposed "boardwalk" was completely OPEN and there was nothing physically seperating me from the solidere part. Does anyone here know who those guys work for? St Georges/solidere? It would make sense that they work foe st Georges but I just wanted to double check (I shouldda just asked them)!
They work for St. Georges and are there to maintain control over that section of the docks.
Solidere has repeatedly attempted to sieze the docks, and use them for their own ends (setting up Solidere stations), so the St. Georges has had to resort to 24hour human barriers (it's illegal to set up permanent structures on the docks) to maintain control over their section of the docks. Interestingly enough, the docks (all) themselves are public property - the entire marina is - but Solidere has sealed it off illegally to turn it into a marina for the rich only. You should, legally, be able to walk into the marina from the two Solidere controlled entrances to stroll on the docks and enjoy the 2a3de Just a reminder, Solidere is a Private Company - it is not the government or a public entity! Hariri, however, would like you to believe that Solidere is Beirut, since he owns Solidere and thus would like you to believe he owns Beirut.
I can understand the need for human barriers as very often Solidere acts as if it's Beirut (as you said).
But to stop people from crossing OUT of St. Georges and INTO Solidere? I still dont get why they'd do such a thing...
You're right, it's odd, I won't pretend to understand the reasoning behind anything in Lebanon!
Solidere is private company, true !
Saad el hariri wants you to believe many things, true ! But he doesn't own solidere, it's a stock company "Most of Solidere’s investors are European and North American investment firms or Arab investors from the Gulf", although the hariri family is the principle shareholder. I'm just tired of people saying the misconception that hariri owns solidere, cause they're using the subject just for propaganda against him.
This is a pretty small matter in the grievous injustices in the world. But I find it very refreshing to read that this tiny matter has been set right. Little things do matter.
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Blogging Beirut CommentsFri, 05.03.2010 14:08
Thanks for sharing his Agreement. wish you all the best
Mon, 22.02.2010 11:49
Where is Tawlet Souk el Tayyeb? Would love to go try it!
Sun, 21.02.2010 18:58
I vote for Sam,if he is still the same guy I knew 10 yrs ago.
Thu, 11.02.2010 20:55
depends, if you are on a mac it's on the top left corner :P
Thu, 11.02.2010 19:06
Hey Guys.
Last time I checked: everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
If you don't like this blog post or the author's opinion: there's a small X inside a red box on the top-right hand c [...]
Thu, 11.02.2010 18:08
you know those Lebanese girls pay my hosting bills :) allah ykhalleeyon ;)
as for the inattention comment, i would like to remind you that i could not finish a SINGLE story on Wednesday even [...]
Thu, 11.02.2010 17:47
More importantly, i feel that the use of Adsense to shove "lebanese girls" advert in my face - TWICE, on the right and under the main post...(quite sure they're actually the same ukranians used [...]
Thu, 11.02.2010 16:47
ur funny
the total number of votes
182+153 is 335 .. so ur bad at mathematics
its not big deal
but im sure twitter has more than 350 users in Lebanon
much more
about elections
well yo [...]
Thu, 11.02.2010 16:31
it wouldn't be a proper election without post-election fallout - w mouzaharat w fer2ay3 hehe
keeping it civil is paramount :)
Thu, 11.02.2010 16:25
Just read the blog and comments. Don't know what happened, but I thought it was a fun thing we were doing!
I participated from Dubai as have been visiting Beirut a lot and know both candidate [...]
Thu, 11.02.2010 16:23
Dude! Lighten up :P seriously.
You're giving it too much thought.
I've included both you and me in the "we" I mentioned, I'm not that far away, I'm in Lebanon too. I never said the other par [...]
Thu, 11.02.2010 16:05
like those frenchies who say
de un, de deux... haha
:)
Thu, 11.02.2010 16:00
thank you for reinforcing my 4% observation, and then for admitting fraud by stating "we know where it started, but obviously never worked".
whoever started it, knowing that either candidate [...]
Thu, 11.02.2010 15:58
i love when some one numerate his comment :)
nicely done :P
at the beginning when i didnt know who wrote this article, and now after knowing
i feel that it is more silly :D
so man n [...]
Thu, 11.02.2010 15:46
it's all about the patterns walid.
when votes come in 'odd' patterns - there's generally a concern over the legitimacy of the votes :)
that's how fraud is detected in real world elections.
Thu, 11.02.2010 15:46
This shows:
1- Someone has taken this too seriously.
2- The guy behind this blog is not happy with the fake election results.
3- He knows nothing about twitter and how networking works beca [...]
Thu, 11.02.2010 15:34
it is true that this election was for fun, but we were trying to be serious about it
now i was one of the participants in this election, and i can tell you that i was one of the tweepole who [...]
Thu, 11.02.2010 15:14
Is this comment for fun?;)
I mean apart from the fact that finkployd is one of the candidates? :P
Thu, 11.02.2010 15:13
walid, this isn't about the outcome, but about the method.
some people would argue that the end justifies the means. this is very common in certain cultures, one of which happens to be ours.
[...]
Thu, 11.02.2010 15:00
since u have a blog u write in, u should at least consider the main and basic step in writing about an subject which is objectivity ... so plz try to know more about this election b4 writing abo [...]
Wed, 10.02.2010 10:36
Gorgeous. Inspiring. Makes one want to get out o the city.
about Snow at 750m
Tue, 09.02.2010 11:21
Did I go color blind, but I really cannot sea the snow in this photo...
about Snow at 750m
Fri, 05.02.2010 23:40
Fink, this shot is a classic one - almost unreal in modern-day Lebanon
You see this country with the eyes of a poet!
Fri, 05.02.2010 18:45
well well , people can say whatever they want but what they miss is No one is perfect and i mean it , just one is perfect "GOD" so about wine , yes you can have your wine the way you like it and [...]
Fri, 05.02.2010 09:43
very informative articles. it is diffigult to find this agreement else where.
Good job.
Thu, 04.02.2010 21:10
thats in beit mery police took them out hahaha didnt believe untill i saw it
Wed, 03.02.2010 22:22
I READ YOUR BLOGGING DAILY..MISS U MUCH
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