Hariri loyalists protest in Lebanon
In Lebanon on Tuesday, loyalists of ousted Prime Minister Saad Hariri took to the streets for a 'day of rage.'Let's go to the videotape.
Here's more.
"Sunni blood is boiling", chanted some protesters in the north of the country, burning pictures of prime ministerial nominee Najib Mikati and waving blue flags of Hariri's Future Movement. The movement has said it will not serve in any government dominated by the militant Shi'ite group.Hmmmm.
In Beirut, the main road connecting the city with the airport was closed to traffic due to the protests and some reported that guns could be heard being fired in the area. The Arabic language Al Arabiya TV network reported clashes between police and protesters in the central part of the city.
Lebanon's power-sharing political system mandates that the post of prime minister be held by a Sunni, and Hariri supporters said any figure who accepted the nomination from Hezbollah to form a new government would be considered a traitor.
Mikati urged citizens to remain calm on Tuesday and said he wanted to represent all of Lebanon.
"This is a democratic process," he told reporters. "I want to rescue my country."
Protesters in Tripoli set fire to a truck used by the television station Al Jazeera. Journalists from the channel and other reporters said they were taking refuge in a nearby building.
"If the army does not hurry up and help us, we will be in danger," Al Jazeera reporter Majed Abdel-Hadi said in a live call broadcast by the channel.
Labels: Lebanese Armed Forces, Lebanese government collapse, Najib Mikati, Politics, Saad Hariri, Special Tribunal for Lebanon, World Politics
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 11:18 PM
1 Comments:
Sunni blood appears to be close to boiling in Egypt as well. It doesn't look good for Mubarak and his regime. Some of the videos look grim from today, reminding me of Iran. Don't forget these young secular kids protesting can be used by Islamists. Khomani was the master of this as he joined forces with communists, democrats, atheists and then killed them all after the revolution. It may be bad news for Israel too if Egypt goes Islamist.
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