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 Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 7:29 pm Post subject: Thousands March Against Syria in Beirut |
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This is the best news I have read all day............plz read:
Thousands March Against Syria in Beirut
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=579140
| Quote: | Thousands March Against Syria in BeirutThousands of Opposition Demonstrators March Against Damascus-Backed Government in Beirut.
Hundreds of thousands of opposition protestors hold national flags in central Beirut, Lebanon, Monday March 14, 2005. Lebanese answered an opposition call for a massive protest to demand a full Syrian troop withdrawal, resignations of security chiefs and an international investigation into the death of former Premier Rafik Hariri.
BEIRUT, Lebanon Mar 14, 2005 — Hundreds of thousands of opposition demonstrators chanted "Freedom, sovereignty, independence" and unfurled a huge Lebanese flag in Beirut on Monday, the biggest protest yet in the opposition's duel of street rallies with supporters of the Damascus-backed government.
Crowds of men, women and children flooded Martyrs Square, spilling over into nearby streets, while more from across the country packed the roads into Beirut responding to an opposition call to demonstrate for the removal of Syrian troops from Lebanon.
"We are coming to liberate our country. We are coming to demand the truth," said Fatma Trad, a veiled Sunni Muslim woman who traveled from the remote region of Dinniyeh in northern Lebanon to take part.
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The assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri exactly one month ago sparked the series of protests against Syria, the dominant power in Lebanon.
The throngs fell silent at 12:55 p.m. the exact time Hariri was killed four weeks ago by a huge bomb in Beirut. The silence was broken only by church bells tolling and the flutter of flags.
Monday's protest easily topped a pro-government rally of hundreds of thousands of people last week by the Shiite Muslim militant group Hezbollah. That show of strength forced the opposition to try to regain its momentum.
Syria's military withdrawal continued Monday, with intelligence agents closing two offices in the northern towns of Amyoun and Deir Ammar, on the coastal road between the port of Tripoli and the Syrian border. Intelligence agents also dismantled two checkpoints in the Akkar area. About 50 intelligence agents in all departed for unknown destinations, although it was believed to be northern Syria.
Most intelligence offices, the widely resented arm through which Syria has controlled many aspects of Lebanese life, remained in northern and central Lebanon after Syrian troops moved east, closer to the Syrian border. Last week, intelligence officers left the central towns of Aley and Bhamdoun and headed to Syrian-controlled areas of eastern Lebanon. The redeployment is the first stage of what Damascus says will be a full withdrawal, although it has not given a timetable. |
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crockspot
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Just...... wow.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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Let freedom ring! 
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| Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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Re: Picture Submitted by Crockspot
"Wow" is in fact an understatement!
I was a little bummed out the other day after the pro-Syrian rally -- this should put that to rest.
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| Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 12:04 am Post subject: |
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| Great shot! |
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wwIIvetsdaughter
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| Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 2:58 am Post subject: |
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| Does anyone seriously think that those 800,000 were not enboldened in part by Iraq's free elections made real by the vision of W. and the blood/effort of the US Military? |
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PhantomSgt
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| Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 9:37 am Post subject: |
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This could be a picture of the orange revolution in the Ukraine.
Afghanistan FREE
IRAQ FREE
Ukraine FREE
Lebanon FREE
Palastein FREE
I just love it when a plan comes together!
Carry on Mr. President.
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DLI78
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I watched a bit of CNN this afternoon and Anderson Cooper was in Beirut covering the demonstration. He interviewed a guy who said that yes, he was inspired by the Iraq elections. Something along the lines of if they can do it, why can't we have free elections too?
I had kind of forgotten about Lebanon until those guys blew up that politician a month ago. Looks like W has another notch on his pistol.
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