Nabatieh’s lost crusade

by Anthony Mills January 1, 2004

written by Anthony Mills January 1, 2004

There is anger and disappointment in south Lebanon that a $62 million World Bank cultural heritage and urban development loan will not cover Beaufort Castle. The castle, a 12th century monument built during the Crusades, was used both by the PLO and Israel and its Lebanese allies as a strategic outpost during the war years and up to May 2000.

Mustafa Badreddine, a former president of the municipality of Nabatieh, under whose jurisdiction Beaufort Castle falls, said he was at a loss to explain why the

Anthony Mills

M. Anthony Mills is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the Pepperdine School of Public Policy, as well as a scholar associate of the Society of Catholic Scientists. Previously, he served as associate editor of The New Atlantis, executive editor of Big Questions Online, and was a journalist at Executive magazine in Lebanon. Mills holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame and writes extensively on topics related to science and philosophy.

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