[NYer]

Lebanese people carrying national flags arrive in Beirut to attend a rally held by pro-Syrian groups December 1, 2006. (Jamal Saidi/Reuters)

[NYer]

Lebanese troops guard an intersection in a mixed Muslim Sunni and Shiite neighborhood of Beirut under a poster depicting (L-R) Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, Shiite Imam Mussa Sadr and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. Lebanon's political power struggle takes to the streets of Beirut on Friday with the opposition, led by the pro-Syrian militant group Hezbollah, seeking a mass turnout to force a change in the Western-backed cabinet and the government vowing not to be pressured(AFP/Anwar Amro)

[youngtory]

You reap what you sow. I do not support the government stepping down BUT I have always viewed that aligning with Hizbollah was a bad idea from the get go.

[agrace]

"We want a clean government," one banner read. "Siniora out, we want a free, free government," the crowd chanted.

Then surely, Hezbollah is the govt for you.

[popdonnelly]

Wow, a Lebanese rally supported by Syria and Iran, aimed at removing the government. We better pull out of Iraq as soon as possible!

[Killborn]

Good. The current gov't is a Syrian puppet harbring Hezbollah. They are directly responsible for the woes of Israelis and the Lebanese.

[untrained skeptic]

Typical Reuters garbage reporting.

They infer that the democratically elected government should quit because a large minority opposes them.

Reuters apparently feels that the government elected by the majority should do what the minority wants as long as they yell loudly enough, and use violence to achieve their aims.

[Mike Darancette]

Spiraling down into the abyss.

[BenLurkin]

What?

Are the unhappy that the elected official whom they haven't yet murdered refuse to die too?

[Tzimisce]

Did they ever find the ex PM's assasin?

Hezbollah is backed by Iran and Syria? Well it's a good thing that we're going to be asking Iran and Syria to help stabilize the region then. :)

[ichabod1]

You'd think this would be getting more attention. It was all over the news this morning. I thought it would be the big story of the day.

[maronite]

There was a large outcome oof people at this rally, and its because some of their demands are legitamate. Im not trying to say hezbollah should take control, on the contrary i hate them and they will destroy lebanon. But the current western-backed government(apart from the Lebanese Forces christian party) were all syrian collaborators. They are all corrupt, they have lifestyles fit for billionaires. When you see how much debt lebanon is in, it is because of those people, they stole money from the government for 15 years and that is why they are resisting an audit which is called for by the pro-syrians. They are both bad, but the lesser of the two evils is definately the western-backed government and not this opposition.