Pax Americana Is Changing - Part 17D - Syria 4B - The Death Of Rafiq Hariri.

From: APS Diplomat Fate of the Arabian Peninsula | Date: February 21, 2005 | Copyright information

Lebanon's opposition on Feb. 18 called for an independence uprising against the government and for an immediate withdrawal of all Syrian forces from the country. At the same time hundreds of Lebanese rallied in the centre of Beirut, at the tomb of former prime minister Rafiq Hariri, killed by a bomb on Feb. 14 which most Lebanese blame on Syria. The opposition called for peaceful sit-ins until a new government was formed which would oversee the withdrawal of Syrian troops and intelligence network from Lebanon.

A leading opposition figure, Samir Frangieh, read a statement ...

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