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Wa Lil Chahadati Kawafil Kawafil

"An Nanssa Lan Nanssa.." This quote is the essence of our cause and our struggle as Lebanese Forces. Our martyrs died for us to live freely and for us to praise them and live to their memory. The Greatest of sins is to forget them or use their names for political or other selfish purposes.

This Year, and like every year, The pro-Lebanese Forces league Rabtit Ilige, is organizing a mass in the memory of the martyrs of the Lebanese Christian resistance on the 21st September, 2003 at 11:00AM, in Mayfou2, Al Kattara.

The event will take place at the St. Ilige Church, the church that has witnessed the struggle of the Maronites throughout the decades has become a home for thousands of our martyrs and a symbol of resistance for the Christians in the dark years.

Let us all pray for our martyrs on this day, and pray for the glory of our lady of Eleige.
click here to view the invitation card hosted on L-F.org

Posted by AL_ on Thursday, July 31, 2003 | Permalink

Nadim Gemayel Full Page Article in Kuwait

Al-Rai Al-Aam, the number one daily Kuwaiti newspaper has a full page article talking about Nadim Gemayel. Last time they had a half page article on Samir Geagea's condition in jail and the chances of him being released soon and this time its about Nadim Gemayel who talks about how his father was a hero and what a great person Samir Geagea is. Here is the link to the article online. Its near the bottom of the page.
click here for an actual image of the newspaper article

Posted by 40-Tactical on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 | Permalink

Qornet Shehwan calls for Elias Murr’s resignation

The Qornet Shehwan Gathering ignored appeals to avoid further tension over the Bteghrin incident and called for the resignation of Interior Minister Elias Murr during its meeting Tuesday. Metn MP Nassib Lahoud’s car, in which his wife and former MP Camille Ziadeh were traveling, was attacked Saturday on its way to Bteghrin, an act that has been condemned by officials and the public alike.The opposition group blamed the interior minister for “not being able to provide security even in his own town,” and for “covering up for the true assailants.”

In a statement following its meeting held at its headquarters in Qornet Shehwan, the group called on the government to dismiss the interior minister from his position or face resignation itself, especially if it supported Murr. The meeting, scheduled before the Bteghrin episode, was attended by all members of Qornet Shehwan, who were prevented from reaching the residence of former Metn MP Gabriel Murr in Bteghrin on Saturday by gunfire from supporters of his brother and rival, MP Michel Murr. The statement said that “condemnation of government officials for what happened was not enough,” and that they should take immediate measures and not be satisfied with expressing their dissatisfaction at the incident. The statement said that the authorities, meaning Elias Murr, did not arrest the persons who were really behind the assault and instead detained people who were not responsible for the incident. The statement also said that the office of the state prosecutor did not take action immediately Saturday afternoon, which proved that authorities were not serious in dealing with the issue. “Avoiding punishing the real culprits and covering up for the real instigators, who are known to everybody, means that all government officials are partners in the incident,” the statement said. Leaving the meeting, one group member, Samir Franjieh, refused to comment on Michel Murr’s statement denying that the incident had taken place.

“It is not worth commenting on what he said because everybody knows the truth from a fabrication,” he said. As for allegations that President Emile Lahoud refused to welcome Michel Murr in Baabda as part of their regular Monday meeting because of his “annoyance” at what happened in Bteghrin, Franjieh said that what the president did was “a good thing.” Qornet Shehwan also discussed other issues during its four-hour meeting and criticized the government for its positions on the issue of quarries and the embezzlement scandal related to Al-Madina Bank.

Taken from DailyStar

Posted by 40-Tactical on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 | Permalink

LF.Tribe.net - The online LF community

There is an LF "tribe" on Tribe.net. It's basically an online LF community where you will be able to meet other Lebanese Forces members. Its very easy to sign up, will take 2 minutes of your time and its free of course.
Click here to go to LF.tribe.net and join the tribe

Posted by 40-Tactical on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 | Permalink

Who is the Lebanese Forces Militant?

1- He is the one who believes that his presence in Lebanon is a testimony of his Christian faith in the East and is the essence of his life

2- He is the one who glorifies the martyrs, never ignores or forgets them and never exploits them

3- He is the one who believes in God, his teachings, the teachings of the sacred church, and who lives according to those teachings

4- He is the one who is committed to the Lebanese Forces, its ideology and that Samir Geagea is the leader

5- He is the one who belongs to a vast resistance that exceeds the borders, the parties, the regions, the individuals and the groups

6- He is the one who is committed to Lebanon as a free sovereign country with its internationally recognized borders

7- He is the one who is opposed to the idea of partitioning, dividing or naturalizing Lebanon. He is also the one who believes in the unity of a pluralistic and diverse Lebanon

8- He is the one who refuses to live as a biological individual without any historical-philosophical-religious and political views

9- He is the one who aspires to a just society that holds in its basis all the Christians and human values that preserves the Christian cultural and historical entity

10- He is the one who knows that the intellectual fight is the only way to creativity and change and that without it, societies will vanish

11- He is the one who is convinced that the salvation for the Christians in Lebanon, must not be at the expense of the Lebanese Muslims

12- He is the one who believes that freedom is essential for every person, and that Lebanon's freedom is not a motto but is its daily bread

13- He is the one who believes that co-existence starts with a mutual recognition of the right of free existence in a plural country and the right to ideological and communal diversity

14- He is the one who refuses to be the prisoner of a "Dead" political regime but is a pioneer at change and development that expresses the society's ambitions

15- He is the one who is committed to the weak, the poor, and the handicapped and tortured individuals

16- He is the one who aspires always to the unity of the Christians above all considerations

17- He is the one who fights the retarded, instinct full and feudal families. He is also the one who seeks an always organized and open-minded society

18- He is the one who never bows down or negotiates his divine rights or his cause

19- He is the one who never negotiates his principles and does not participate in dirty political games seeking personal interests

20- He is the one who never betrays his people no matter how they are acting

21- He is the seeker of the total truth even if it would cost him his life

22- He is the one who follows his mind not instincts and takes his decisions based on his convictions

23- He is the seeker of peace, not war

24- He is the one who rejects fiercely any foreign presence in his country

From the quotes of Dr.Samir Geagea
The Lebanese Christian Resistance
The Lebanese Forces

Posted by 40-Tactical on Monday, July 28, 2003 | Permalink

Gunmen fire machine-guns at N. Lahoud

Gunmen with blazing assault rifles prevented a motorcade of prominent politicians opposed to president Lahoud’s regime from reaching a banquet thrown for them in Btighrin, the hometown of the president’s son-in-law, Interior Minister Elias Murr.

Presidential aspirant Nassib Lahoud said the assailants fired machine-gun fire above his head, and those with him in the motorcade, including his wife whose sister had been married to Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Abdullah.

The Qornet Shahwan coalition of Christian opposition leaders demanded the dismissal of Elias Murr, holding him and his father Michel Murr responsible for the shooting incident.

The interior minister deplored the attack as an offence to his position in the government, saying he had ordered 300 heavily-armed policemen to deploy in Btighrin and its environs and arrest the culprits. He asserted that five suspects have been detained.

The opposition lunch was held at the invitation of Interior Minister’s Elias Murr’s uncle Gabrielle Murr, the staunch enemy of his elder brother Michel Murr who won a bi-election for a parliamentary seat in June last year which was later annulled along with the shutdown of his MTV network.

Minister Murr admitted to reporters after the Btighrin incident that the war between is father and his uncle had “ruined the Metn district” and vowed to stop it at all costs even at the risk of a clash with his father.

Posted by 40-Tactical on Saturday, July 26, 2003 | Permalink

LF Students Visit the Patriarch

A delegation from the Lebanese Forces Students visited Patriarch Sfeir on July 20th 2003. They discussed the situation in Lebanon and the situation of our leader Dr. Samir Geagea who has been imprisoned for over 9 years. The visit ended by visiting the Anoubin Valley.
click here for pictures from this visit

Posted by 40-Tactical on Saturday, July 26, 2003 | Permalink

Hawi Briefs Sitrida on Effort to Ease Her Husband's Plight

Communist Party ideologue George Hawi has confirmed that he was seeking to improve Lebanese Forces commander Samir Geagea's prison conditions at the defense ministry in Yarze and has approached Syria about it. "I have heard a contention in Damascus that this is a Lebanese domestic affair within the jurisdiction of Lebanon's government leaders and the judiciary," Hawi said in a statement carried by An Nahar on Saturday.

Hawi said he had been urging government officials in Beirut to ease Geagea's nine-year plight in solitary confinement at an underground dungeon in the Yarze compound, asserting that improvement of the LF leader's prison condition would be a step toward his eventual release.

An Nahar said Hawi would call on Mrs. Sitrida Geagea at her house on Monday, presumably to update her on the developments of his initiative.

Taken from Naharnet

Posted by 40-Tactical on Saturday, July 26, 2003 | Permalink

George Hawi Wants Geagea Above Ground

The former head of the Lebanese Communist Party, George Hawi, has taken up a determined initiative with Syria to improve the prison conditions of Lebanese Forces commander Samir Geagea at the Lebanese defense ministry compound in Yarze, An Nahar said Thursday. It quoted Akhbar Al Yom local news agency as saying Hawi met early last week with Geagea's wife at the request of an unnamed high-ranking Syrian official, during which Sitrida Geagea made only one demand; the improvement of her husband's treatment in jail.

Mrs. Geagea specifically requested that her husband be taken out of nine-year solitary confinement in an underground Yarze dungeon to the same room above the ground where the former LF chief of Staff Fuad Malek had been held, complete with newspapers, radio and television sets. Hawi conveyed Mrs. Geagea's demand but could not yet obtain a clear Syrian response that would enable him to carry good news back to her, the agency said, according to An Nahar.

"Yet she has been seeing a flicker of hope at the end of the tunnel since Patriarch Sfeir told her that she would henceforth be able to see him and talk to him twice a week in Yarze without a watching guard or a glass barrier," the agency said. It also said that Samir Geagea was allowed for the first time in nine years to see his two nephews at his jail cell last week. "Most of the conversation revolved about the Internet technology wonder that Geagea hasn't seen, yet." George Hawi led the Lebanese Communist Party during Lebanon's 1975-1990 civil war. His militia fought within the Muslim camp against the LF, which then was the Christians' major militia.

Taken from Naharnet

Posted by 40-Tactical on Thursday, July 24, 2003 | Permalink

Rencontre Aoun-LF à Paris

L'ancien chef du gouvernement de transition, le général Michel Aoun, a reçu à Paris une délégation de membres du conseil politique des Forces Libanaises (FL) intallés à l'étranger, présidée par M. Joseph Gebeyli. Une démarche que le général Aoun a qualifiée de "nécessaire et positive, étant donné la situation difficile dans laquelle se trouve actuellement le Liban."
Source: L'Orient Le Jour

Posted by digitalDNA on Monday, July 21, 2003 | Permalink

2 New Additions

One new section has been created called What You Can Do. This section is a translation for Maza Youmkin. A new Special Feature has also been added called The Lebanon we want to build up.

Posted by 40-Tactical on Friday, July 18, 2003 | Permalink

Symposium: In remembrance of declaring Geagea innocent in the Church bombing case

July 15th, 2003: The following three subjects were discussed during the symposium held by the "LF masla7at al tollab" at the Saint Joseph University (FM - Medicine Faculty):

The Church's stand towards the arrest of Dr. Geagea (by Bishop Bechara Al Ra3i, represented by Father Jean Maroun Al Hachem)

Geagea's case juridical side (by Dr Edmond N3im)

Geagea's case political side (by Dr Farid El Khazen)

The following people were present: Antoine Ghanem, Fares Seid, Mansour Ghanem El Bone, Jean Aziz, Toufic El Hindi, Michel El Khoury, Georges Hawi, the president of the Committee for Human and Humanitarian Rights Wael Kheir, Father Boulos Ne3man, Nadim Gemayel, and the presidents of the opposition students organizations. The first word was for Paul Ziedeh, a "masla7at al tollab" member.

You can read the whole article, in Arabic, at Annaharonline and see the pictures here

Posted by digitalDNA on Thursday, July 17, 2003 | Permalink

Quick Update

The pictures of yesterdays event at USJ are online now. The summary of the event will be added later tonight. There will also be a new page added tonight so check back.
click here for pictures of yesterdays event

Posted by 40-Tactical on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 | Permalink

Lebanon holds 5 'terror' plotters

Five people were arrested Monday allegedly plotting to carry out attacks on Western targets in the country, the latest in a series of blows it says it has dealt to "terrorist" groups. In a statement, the Interior Ministry said it had arrested a group of five people who had been trained in a Palestinian refugee camp that is home to a range of militant Islamist groups. The five were planning attacks on targets including a Western fast food restaurant in Beirut, it said.

"As the members of this group moved to the phase of preparation to carry out their criminal act, a unit ... conducted a raid on the places where the members of the group were, and arrested them," the statement said. "During interrogation, they confessed they had received training and plotted to carry out terrorist acts," it said, adding the detainees had been referred to Lebanon's public prosecutor to face unspecified charges. Lebanon, and Syria - which has ultimate authority in its smaller neighbour - face intense US pressure to root out Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas and militant Palestinian groups.

Lebanon earlier this month charged dozens of people in connection with alleged plots to kidnap the US ambassador and attack the embassy, as well as targets including Western fast food restaurant that have been hit by a string of bombings.

Posted by 40-Tactical on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 | Permalink

The day Samir Geagea was declared innocent

We will have pictures and a summary of todays event which was held at USJ online by tomorrow. The pictures are great and the event was a great success. Check back tomorrow for more info.

Posted by 40-Tactical on Tuesday, July 15, 2003 | Permalink

Articles from Al Massira

L-F.org has posted two articles from Al Massira magazine:
Samir Geagea: These are the principles we fight for
If Samir Geagea is with us today

Posted by 40-Tactical on Tuesday, July 15, 2003 | Permalink

Bashir Gemayel's Son Picks up Political Mantle

In a campaign to assert himself as the heir to his father's mantle, Nadim Bashir Gemayel made a tumultuous visit to the Association of Assyrian Youths in Ashrafiyeh, calling for an end to Lebanon's brain-draining emigration of younger generations and a nation-wide endeavor to lure back those who have already left. "There is a dire need for the return of our young dynamos from abroad because they are essential to the reconstruction of Lebanon on new foundations," Gemayel said in a speech often interrupted by applause, An Nahar reported on Sunday. The new foundations, he said, are basically the establishment of a state that possesses its free decision-making, sovereign over its entire territory with its own forces, independent among its neighbors and powerful by the civilization of its people and the fairness of its judicial system.

The young Gemayel demanded anew that the suspected assassin of his father Habib Chartouni be arrested wherever he is and brought to justice. Bashir Gemayel was 34 when he was killed in a 1982 bomb blast that pulverized a Phalange Party center in Ashrafiyeh. The murder occurred three weeks after his election for president of Lebanon and one week before he was scheduled to be sworn in. Nadim's unfolding debut in Lebanon's turbulent politics has included a trip to Paris to meet Gen. Aoun, which was followed by meetings in Beirut with National Liberal Party leader Dory Chamoun and Mrs. Sitrida Geagea, the wife of current jailed LF commander Samir Geagea.

Taken from Naharnet

Posted by 40-Tactical on Sunday, July 13, 2003 | Permalink

July 13th: The day Samir Geagea was declared innocent

13th July: This day should not to be forgotten. This is the day Samir Geagea was declared innocent on the charges of masterminding the bombing of the Saydet al Najet church. The Lebanese Forces is inviting everyone to participate in the remembrance of this day. It will be held on July 15th, at 7:00PM at the Saint Joseph (USJ) university in the Medical School. Bishop Bshara l Ra3i, Dr. Edmon Naim, and Dr. Farid l Khazen will be present.

Posted by 40-Tactical on Saturday, July 12, 2003 | Permalink

LF activists interpellation

The Penal Judge of Beirut Samy Sader finished interpellating FPM and LF activists in the lawsuit of membership to unlicensed and banned parties and for demonstrating in front of the justice palace on August 9^th, 2001.
He postponed the hearing session to Thursday, October 18^th.

The following lawyers will be heard:

Jean Salwan

Michel Aoun

Georges Keyrouz

Mazen Al Boustany

Charbel Tannoury

Here's the list of names of the accused who were present on the interpellation:

Chahid Georges Daaboul

Paul François Hkaim

Alfred Ch7adeh Khayrallah

Elie Said Abi Rached

Ramy Issam Nahhas

Oussama Noury Al Dika

Dimitry Antoine Hassoun

Joseph Antoine Wanis

Halim Roukoz Tannoury

Chady Akl Tannoury

Ghassan Hanna Lahoud

In absentium:

Elie Antoine Saber

Rabih Jhonny Awad

Source: Assafir, 11-July-2003

Posted by digitalDNA on Saturday, July 12, 2003 | Permalink

Amnesty Demands News of Lebanese Prisoners in Syria

The recent death of Joseph Houeis in a Syrian jail has prompted Amnesty International to demand that Damascus release an official list of Lebanese held in its jails. A statement by the human rights watchdog criticized Syria's handling of political prisoners, citing reports of "mistreatment and torture" it has received before and after Houeis' death in June. Amnesty International complained that no autopsy was undertaken by Lebanese or Syrian authorities after the death of several prisoners, which it cited by name and date of death. It urged Syria authorities to "release without delay" the names of Lebanese citizens held in its jails and to allow their relatives to visit them. Amnesty International recalled the cases of several Lebanese prisoners returned to Lebanon as corpses, with the causes of their deaths still unknown.

Posted by 40-Tactical on Friday, July 11, 2003 | Permalink

Nassib Lahoud Wants Geagea Freed

Presidential aspirant Nassib Lahoud says he is against the cancellation of the 1992 general amnesty for civil war crimes "because what is required is the release of Samir Geagea, not throwing Nabih Berri and Walid Jumblat to jail, too." Lahoud, an MP for Metn who heads the Democratic Renewal Movement, also says Lebanon needs a new president, a trusted government and a "truly representative parliament" to cope with the aftermath of the Iraq earthquake.

Lahoud, a prominent member of the Qornet Shahwan coalition of right-wing Christian politicians functioning under Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir's wing, said in an interview carried by As Safir Thursday that he opposed the proposal recently put before the coalition for an abolition of the 1992 amnesty.

click here to read the rest

Posted by 40-Tactical on Thursday, July 10, 2003 | Permalink

In Solidarity with Martyr Joseph Houeiss and Solida's call

In Solidarity with our Martyr Joseph Houeiis, who died in a Syrian prison, and SOLIDA's (Support for Lebanese Detained Arbitrarily) call on each Lebanese citizen residing outside of Lebanon to place a flower in memory of Joseph Houeiss at the gate of the Syrian diplomatic mission of his/her country of residence, the Lebanese-Forces.org answered this call and sent flowers to Syrian diplomatic missions in London, Rome, Ottawa and Montreal.

Please follow this link to see the flowers and the note sent to Syrian diplomats in those cities.
http://www.lebanese-forces.org/activities/sjh/sjh.htm

Posted by 40-Tactical on Wednesday, July 09, 2003 | Permalink

July 13th: The day Samir Geagea was declared innocent

Posted by Paul on Tuesday, July 08, 2003 | Permalink

Bashir Gemayel's Son Thrust into the Limelight

Nadim Gemayel, son of the late President-elect Bashir Gemayel, is gaining an increasingly visible profile on the political scene, demanding in the run-up to the 21st anniversary of his father's assassination that the judiciary act to arrest the culprits. The younger Gemayel visited the Justice Palace in Beirut on Monday for separate meetings with State Prosecutor Adnan Addoum and Tanios Khoury, president of the Higher Judicial Council, An Nahar reported on Tuesday.

It quoted him a saying that he discussed with Addoum the pending case of his father's assassination on Sept. 14, 1982, in a powerful explosion that demolished the Phalange Party headquarters in Ashrafieh, only days after he was elected president at the peak of Israel's invasion that summer.

Gemayel recalled that a suspect, Habib Shartouni, was arrested and formally charged with placing the deadly explosives in the building. But he was freed when "known armed elements" stormed into the Roumieh prison in the final phase of civil war turmoil in 1990. He demanded that re-arrest and trial of his father's suspected killer.

Click here to read the rest of the article

Posted by 40-Tactical on Tuesday, July 08, 2003 | Permalink

M. Nadim Gemayel visite le Palais de Justice

M. Nadim Gemayel, fils du Président disparu Bachir Gemayel, a visité hier le Palais de Justice pour s'enquérir de l'enquête et de l'acte d'accusation dans l'affaire de l'assassinat du Président Bachir Gemayel par Habib Chartouni. "Chartouni a été arrêté puis libéré par la force de la prison de Roumieh, en 1990, par des éléments armés dont l'identité n'est un secret pour personne" a affirmé M. Nadim Gemayel.
Le procureur général près la cour de cassation, M. Adnane Addoum, l'avait informé que le dossier de l'assassinat du Président était prêt et avait été transmis au président de la cour de justice et que Chartouni doit être arrêté afin que le jugement ne soit pas rendu par contumace.
M. Adnane Addoum a promis M. Nadim Gemayel d'étudier sa demande concernant la visite du Dr Samir Geagea dans son lieu de détention.

Source: lorientlejour

Posted by digitalDNA on Tuesday, July 08, 2003 | Permalink

What is the alternate Authority

In his speech in the Hotel Chbat in Bcharé on Sunday and in the presence of Strida Geagea and the representant of the LF in Kornat Chehwan Jean Aziz, Fares S3eid mentioned his belief in the innocence of Dr Samir Geagea...

Read this article at annaharonline

Posted by digitalDNA on Monday, July 07, 2003 | Permalink

Accurate LF organization

This is an article written by Meissa Zeidan, from Assafir
It's a brief overview of the lebanese forces since its creation (1980).
It highlights the facts behind the continuation of the LF struggle after the war, and during the elections.

Posted by digitalDNA on Monday, July 07, 2003 | Permalink

Families urge release of relatives from Syrian prisons

The Support for Lebanese Detained Arbitrarily (SOLIDA) organization on Sunday called on Syrian Interior Minister General Ali Hammoud to release Lebanese nationals believed to be held in Syrian prisons. Recalling Hammoud’s comments to the daily An-Nahar on Saturday that no Lebanese are still held haphazardly in Syria, the group addressed him by saying: “Dozens of Lebanese individuals disappeared in areas under Syrian control in Lebanon after the dismantling of the militias (in 1991) and were later found in prisons in your country. “The secret detention of Lebanese nationals in Syria can no longer be denied, nor can its illegal nature,” it added in a statement. “It is time to turn a new leaf and agree to the demands of the families of the Lebanese detainees and missing in Syria.” Syria has released dozens of Lebanese nationals in recent years but SOLIDA believes that many others are still imprisoned there.

Taken from the DailyStar

Posted by 40-Tactical on Monday, July 07, 2003 | Permalink

Problem with Submit News

There was a slight problem with the submit news page. Even though you clicked on Send and you got a message the news was sent, it never actually used to send the news. I just found out this problem happened after the redesign. It has now been fixed and i can now get the news you send.

Posted by 40-Tactical on Sunday, July 06, 2003 | Permalink

One more LF song

Just added "Mahma kanit sa3bi el darb" to the Audio Archive page. Its definetly one of my favorite songs...

Posted by 40-Tactical on Sunday, July 06, 2003 | Permalink

Another new LF song

Thanks to L-F.org again, another new LF song has been added to the Audio Archive page.

Posted by 40-Tactical on Saturday, July 05, 2003 | Permalink

Letter to the British House of Commons Members

The letter is a reply to the British House of Commons Hansard debate that occurred on Wednesday 2 July 2003. The reply was written by "Lebanonjon", a member of the L-F.org site. The letter was sent to British Parliament members: Bill Rammell MP, Tony Colman MP, Michael Portillo MP and George Howarth MP. The letter was also sent to the following British newspapers: The Guardian, Daily Express, Independent, Mirror, The Sun, Telegraph and The Times.

Click here to read the letter

Posted by 40-Tactical on Saturday, July 05, 2003 | Permalink

New issue of Al Bachir

The new issue of Al Bachir newsletter, issue No 11 has been released. You can download it from BachirGemayel.org by clicking here.

Posted by 40-Tactical on Friday, July 04, 2003 | Permalink

New LF song and more ebooks

A new LF song has been added to the Audio Archive thanks to L-F.org. This song is one of two songs that just recently got released. Finally more ebooks have been added to the new ebooks section.

Posted by 40-Tactical on Friday, July 04, 2003 | Permalink

New eBooks section

Some of the articles on the site have been converted to ebooks for your convenience. Now if you own a PDA you can read LF material from this site while you are away from your computer.

Click here to go to the new section