I thought Sunni and Shia were a sixties singing duo until I started on Subsim general
I actually spent a bit of time in Beirut with my job, and found the Lebanese to be, on the whole very pleasant easygoing people. In fact I would compare Beirut to Blackpool except for the endemic violence (in Blackpool!).
Had some great times there and I find it sad that the Lebanese are copping it it for Syria who are using them to fight a proxy war.
Mike.