Sabra and Shatila

September 16th to September 18th, 1982

Though estimates vary widely depending on the political motivation and the ethnic or religious affiliation of who is asked, it can be said with grim certainty that the death toll of the bloodbath in the refugee camps during the September week of Bashir's assassination numbered well over 800. Similarly, the events that unfolded within the walls of the camp are equally difficult to reconstruct. From the rubble of the camps emerged only questions, and nobody who would dispense a clear answer for so much to answer for. Only bodies and remnants of bulldozed structures remained of what once was either described as a temporary home of thousands of displaced people, or terrorist breeding grounds. Throughout all of this, surviving witnesses are scarce, and those who could tell the truth are presumed to be ordered to silence by their superiors... After the dust cleared, it was discovered that mostly the remains of hundreds of civilians, women, children, and old people were scattered prominently in the dusty streets of Sabra and Shatila... for more photos click here http://photos44.blogspot.com/