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WORLD, Page 59World NotesLEBANONTurning Out The Lights
As Lebanon descended into chaos, the Bush Administration
debated whether to shut down its embattled embassy. A pullout would
signal a devastating ineffectiveness, but last week the White House
finally did call it quits, ordering the evacuation of Ambassador
John McCarthy and 29 other officials. The walled embassy compound
had been besieged by 1,500 Christian supporters of Major General
Michel Aoun, who were angered at the U.S. failure to side with them
against Syrian occupiers. The move left Washington without
representation in Beirut for the first time in Lebanon's 14-year
civil war.