Are you aware that Human Rights Watch's office in Beirut has hitherto refrained from issuing one word of protest or complaint against the Hariri-Salafite-led pogroms against `Alawites in Tripoli? Not one word. Shops of `Alawites in Tripoli were set on fire, and `Alawites in the city were driven out of their homes and their property stolen and many were shot.