\u201cYou have seen the strong man judged in a bed in Egypt,\u201d\u009d he told the two dozen immigrant members of his congregation who braved the city\u2019s checkpoints to make it to Anglican Mass on Friday. \u201cAnd so it works that the weak can overthrow the strong,\u201d\u009d he added. \u201cThis is what is happening in our Middle East.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
In a city of tapped phone lines and ubiquitous government informers, the weekly Mass at the Church of Christ the King is a rare sanctuary: a place to speak freely with a group of Tripoli residents about the anxious, ever-shifting mood of the city.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen NATO bombs at night, I hear my neighbors clap and cheer \u201d\u02dcbravo,\u2019 and in the morning they are with the rebels,\u201d\u009d a leading parishioner said, speaking on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals from the government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. \u201cPeople are very, very down, and they are depending entirely on NATO.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n