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Masses shout:
'Syria out'
February 2005
BEIRUT -- The number of
protesters participating in Hariri's funeral were estimated at
being close to one million, by far the biggest number of
people in such an event in the past couple of decades.
While
Hariri commended a big number of opponents, his funeral proved
to be otherwise.
On the
day that followed, the different commentaries in Lebanese
newspapers perceived of this amassing of people as a popular
survey against the Syrian presence in Lebanon.
A week
later, some 150,000 protested against Syria as part of
Independence Uprising which the opposition announced days
after Hariri's murder.
Meanwhile, US President George Bush visited Europe and issued
a joint statement with French President Jaque Chirac which
called for Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon.
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