Posted on 02/23/2005 7:50:15 PM PST by freedom44
Two Lebanese women weap as they visit the grave of Lebanon's slain former prime minister Rafik Hariri in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday Feb. 17, 2005. The family of slain former Lebanese premier Rafik Hariri called Thursday for an international commission to be formed to investigate his assassination. Thursday ends a three-day mourning period in Lebanon for Hariri, following his funeral Wednesday that drew large crowds.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
A protester holds a banner reading 'Syrial Killer' as members of Paris-based Lebanese opposition movements shout slogans hostile to Syria during a gathering for an anti-Syrian protest near the Lebanese embassy in Paris, Monday, Feb. 21, 2005, in the wake of the assassination of former Lebanese premier Rafik Hariri. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
Lebanese demonstrators gather at the grave of slain former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri during a protest in Beirut February 21, 2005. Thousands of Lebanese gathered at the scene of last week's bombing, demanding a Syrian pullout and an international probe into the assassination many blame on Damascus. Photo by Mohamed Azakir/Reuters
Lebanese women holding the national flag walk by soldiers in a closed off street on their way to a demonstration at the parliament building in Beirut, February 21, 2005. The demonstration called for Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon as the Lebanese parliament met for the first time since former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri was assassinated in a huge car bomb on February 14, 2005. (Jamal Saidi/Reuters)
A protestor carries a Quran and a Crucifix as others hold Lebanese flags and portraits of the former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri near the site of last weeks explosion in Beirut, Lebanon Monday Feb. 21, 2005. Thousands of opposition supporters shouted insults against Syria and demanded the resignation of their pro-Syrian government, as they marked a week since the assassination of Hariri. (AP Photo)
Protestors carry Lebanese flags and anti Syria banners during a street demonstration in Beirut, Lebanon Monday Feb. 21, 2005. Thousands of opposition supporters shouted insults at Syria and demanded the resignation of their pro-Syrian government, marking a week since the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. (AP Photo/str)
Lebanese opposition supporters shout anti-Syrian slogans during a demonstration near the site where the Lebanese former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was assassinated a week ago in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday Feb. 21, 2005. Tens of thousands of opposition supporters shouted insults at Syria and demanded the resignation of their pro-Syrian government in a central Beirut demonstration Monday, marking a week since the assassination of Hariri.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Lebanese demonstrators gathered at the slain former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri car bomb site during a protest in Beirut February 21, 2005. Thousands of Lebanese gathered at the scene of last week's bombing, demanding a Syrian pullout and an international probe into the assassination many blame on Damascus. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Lebanese demonstrators carry a banner reading 'Syrial Killer' during a protest in Beirut February 21, 2005. A few thousand Lebanese gathered at the scene of last week's killing of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri who was was assassinated in a huge car bomb on February 14, 2005. They demanded a Syrian pullout and an international probe into the assassination. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi
Lebanese women pass by a poster of slain former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri during a demonstration at the parliament building in Beirut, February 21, 2005. A few thousand Lebanese gathered at the scene of last week's killing of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri who was was assassinated in a huge car bomb on February 14, 2005. They demanded a Syrian pullout and an international probe into the assassination. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi
A Lebanese woman oppsition supporter holds a fake clock that shows the time of the explosion that killed the Lebanese former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri a week ago during a moment of silence in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday Feb. 21, 2005. Thousands of opposition supporters shouted insults at Syria and demanded the resignation of their pro-Syrian government in a central Beirut demonstration Monday, marking a week since the assassination of Rafik Hariri, Lebanon's most prominent politician. The slogan on top of the clock refers to United Nations (news - web sites) resolution 1559. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Protestors carry Lebanese flags and anti-Syria banners during a street demonstration in Beirut, Lebanon Monday Feb. 21, 2005. Thousands of opposition supporters shouted insults at Syria and demanded the resignation of their pro-Syrian government in a central Beirut demonstration Monday, marking a week since the assassination of Rafik Hariri, Lebanon's most prominent politician. (AP Photo/Str)
A Lebanese child is held by his father as he kisses a picture of assassinated former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri among a mountain of wreathes covering the grave in Beirut, February, 20, 2005. Thousands of Lebanese residents visit Hariri's grave in downtown Beirut daily since he was buried on Wednesday in a funeral that turned into an outpouring of anger against Syria, which many blame for his killing in a huge car bomb. Photo by Jamal Saidi/Reuters
Lebanese protestors hold anti-Syria banners on the second night of the peaceful candlelight vigil against violence at the site of the massive bombing which killed Lebanon's former prime minister Rafiq Hariri and 14 other people. Lebanon's embattled pro-Syrian government said that it was unlikely to cooperate with a newly appointed UN commission of inquiry into the assassination of former premier Rafiq Hariri and hit out at France over opposition calls for an 'uprising'.(AFP/Joseph Barrak)
Truth and freedom will win out!
I am praying that that comes to pass.
We will stand with you, too.
And it WILL happen.
No, but I am all too familiar with Syria and how it has administered its puppet government in Beirut. But I am comforted by the thought that the Baathist reign in Syria is drawing to an end. Syria's future is as metropolitan Israel...
Here's a bit of what they up against.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1346950/posts
THANK you for the ping, Howlin!!!!
We must keep saying it together!
As a Lebanese American I thank you for your prayers. We Lebanese will never forget the marines who were killed in Lebanon by the Syrian-backed militias. That was the first instance of suicide bombing. Due to the success of that first bombing (the Marines were pulled out) the terrorists got emboldened and suicide bombing flourished, including on 9/11. It's time to reverse the cycle.
"Ah, correct me if I'm wrong (but I don't think I am), isn't that more people than protested Bush while he's been in Europe?"
That reminds me, weren't there supposed to be many demonstrations w hundreds or thousands of people in each? Maybe I don't watch the right channels for news (primarily only FNC), but I only recall seeing 1 or 2 not so large ones.
Anyone see/hear anything else?
You're exactly right. Weren't many at all!
I fell in love with the Lebanon during my service there during the bad times. Can't wait to see it flourish again...
I need to get me a Lebanese flag...
Yeah, but risking the possibility of waking up next to a lib every day...SHUDDER!
great pictures!
Pray for W and Our Troops
A lot more. Fox said the protests in Germany today were the biggest, and it was only 12,000 people. That's nothing compared to Lebanon right now.
Is it Halloween in Germany? ;-)
Man this has got to be the librals worst nightmare... the Bush doctrine dominoing into lebanon.....
Lebanese demonstrators carry a huge national flag along with a poster of slain former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri during a protest in Beirut, February 21, 2005. Several thousand Lebanese gathered at the scene of last week's killing of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri who was was assassinated in a huge car bomb on February 14, 2005. They demanded a Syrian pullout and an international probe into the assassination.
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