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THOUSANDS of protesters surround US embassy in Lebanon, with demonstrators hanging Palestinian flag
Daily Mail UK ^ | October 17, 2023 | Stephen M. Lepore

Posted on 10/17/2023 6:13:42 PM PDT by Morgana

Moments after thousands of pro-Palestinian protestors descended on the US embassy in Lebanon and set fire, military members unleashed gas and smoke to push them back.

The protests in the Middle East come after a blast at a hospital in Gaza that Hamas claims killed at least 500 people sparked widespread outrage.

Iran-backed Hezbollah, which fought a war with Israel in 2006, called for a day of protest in Beirut on Tuesday in response to the attack.

Thousands of Lebanese protesters, some waving Palestinian flags, gathered late into Tuesday night outside the US embassy in response to the incident.

Video shows the protestor scaling a barb-wire-topped fence to replace a US flag with a Palestinian version. A fire was also set near the complex. Later, footage showed gas being sprayed at the protestors to push them back.

DailyMail.com has reached out to the State Department for comment on the situation. It's unclear if any protestors have breached the perimeter fence or if any embassy personnel have been hurt.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: beirut; beirutusembassy; embassy; islamofascism; islamofascists; israeliranhamaswar; koranimals; usembassy; wot
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To: Morgana

Been watching this live

https://www.youtube.com/live/W-L5PT9cCPk?si=0o3SKylxLhWhpFkD

They are at NATO base as well tens of thousands


21 posted on 10/17/2023 7:57:30 PM PDT by tsowellfan
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To: Morgana

I saw a few other reports that said 100’s not thousands of protestors.


22 posted on 10/17/2023 8:18:49 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: Morgana

Wow - it’s 1979 all over again …


23 posted on 10/17/2023 9:13:05 PM PDT by 11th_VA (<><)
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To: tsowellfan

Good YouTube channel - thanks


24 posted on 10/17/2023 9:54:35 PM PDT by 11th_VA (<><)
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To: Morgana
Shades of November 1979 all over again.
25 posted on 10/18/2023 1:42:34 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: Lurker

Because there’s only a handful of them.

I don’t think it would be prudent to do that when your enemy can storm your position.


26 posted on 10/18/2023 1:43:51 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: jmacusa

Shades of November 1979 all over again.


Yup, and they’ll take 1,500 US hostages, kill a few every week on video, hold the rest until November next year, and FJB will get 115,000,000 ballots cast for him.

SMFH...


27 posted on 10/18/2023 1:45:38 PM PDT by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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To: nesnah
Joe more than likely will be dead by the time(God willing) or he'll be incapacitated to the point of being comatose.
28 posted on 10/18/2023 1:47:32 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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