A new bomb in the suburb of Beirut....

Published Friday, January 25, 2008

Many people ask me how it feels like to live in such a stable unstable country as Lebanon, don’t I get scared? Today there has been a new bomb in the suburb of Beirut. Where in this writing moment, 11 human lifes has been taken, and 16 more have been wounded. It is terrible, and my heart really goes to those who are touched by this. You can see that the Red Cross is really working hard to alleviate the human suffering. The red cross is shown in every news where they help the affected.

Many impressions the people at home in Norway have, is that Lebanon is under continuously war fighting in the street, something they often get reminded of in the news and other media. This is not my impression of my reality here. It feels just as surrealistic to watch the news on tv in our apartment in Beirut, to see what is happening in the same city you live in. I haven’t been directly affected by any of these tragically accidents, and I follow the security restrictions that’s been given. I feel very safe walking in the streets of Beirut, I actually feel safer here than walking in the street of Oslo one late afternoon.

To the question if I am afraid? I haven’t been afraid up to now, I feel my security has been taken very good care off by the International Federation of the RC societies. I really trust them to make the right decisions when it comes to our security, and if you in addition has a good common sense and do not take any unnecessary risks, you have a very good starting point. It is a different random crime you meet here then in Norway, but as long as you follow the instructions you are pretty safe.