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March 14, 2005
It Ain't Over in Lebanon!
Good news from Lebanon! In response to the recent pro-Syrian demonstrations, pro-democracy Lebanese have turned out in a massive demonstration of their own. From the AP story (via Captain's Quarters):
Organizers said a million people had joined the protest. No independent estimate was available, but witnesses said the rally looked even bigger than last week's pro-Syrian demonstration organized by Hizbollah and attended by hundreds of thousands.
Interesting:
In contrast to previous anti-Syrian protests since a bomb blast killed Hariri on Feb. 14, many Sunni Muslims joined Druze and Christians in taking to the streets. Hariri was a Sunni.
Although I do recall reading that Sunnis joined in the original anti-Syria protests.
Over at Sam Jaffe's, reader "shaulie" made a good point while on possible benefits for the U.S.:
Syria out of Lebanon advances the US interests because it weakens Syria (an axis of evil wanna be) financially and politically. It reduces their ability to oppose US interests in the region and draw US intellegence, diplomatic, and military resources away from other activities. [...]
What is the CIA's role in organizing the Lebanon opposition? They are very good at this, Serbia and Ukraine are among their successes. Are they in Lebanon now?
I hope so. That's one of the reasons the CIA exists. Let's also hope the Ukrainian pattern is repeated in Lebanon.
UPDATE: Fox News says it's over 1 million:
Monday's protest easily surpassed a pro-government rally of hundreds of thousands of people last week by the Shiite Muslim militant group Hezbollah (search). [...]
While there were no official estimates of the size of the crowd, police officers privately estimated it at about 1 million people. [...]
An Associated Press estimate by reporters on the scene put the number at much higher than the approximately 500,000 who attended the March 8 pro-Syrian rally.
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