Hariri's Game (part 4) all sides look for their allies.

international | politics / elections | other press Monday March 14, 2005 13:51 by -the potters children crew - "helping democracy emerge"

as some consider using the Lebanese army to suppress street protests.

Today at 14h00 local time a continuous camp will start on Martyr's square, combining elements of the anti-Syrian groups with members of the opposition, with other trans-national democracy groups.

Is this a can of worms?
Is this a peaceful intifada?
well until the first stone is thrown yes.

& who pray till will throw the first stone in Hariri's game?

It has now been one month since Hariri died.
The oligarchies which emerged in the aftermath of the civil war entrenched differences between the interest and religious and ethnic groups resident in the Lebanon.

But the seeds of democracy have been sown.

They have winged on phone calls and emails from teh lebanese who left, to start new lives abroad, and in so leaving said goodbye to participation in their society, and any hope to "make things better at home".

But all such chickens do come home to roost.

This is a started thread for the build-up to the elections, as now Beirut shall see daily polarised demonstrations from all factions.

Hezbollah are linked to Syria.
the offices of Syrian intelligence were emptied yesterday and almost all military have withdrawn migrant workers remain.

the Druze have met with the Russian government.

The Maronites have met with the French nad thier leader is calling for an end to street demonstrations fearing that the polarisation will soon lead to violence.

The Isreali state has its own problems, and we can't forget the large population of palestinian refugees who live disenfranchised in the Lebanon.

In addition a broadcast project "friends with imc beirut" started long ago focussing on indiginous identity issues in the Lebanon "the assyrian question" and is back on track giving live-ish reports from East Beirut.

consult-

http://beirut.indymedia.org/

Hariri's game parts 1 to 3
can be read through-
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=68901&search_text=hariri

today's demo-
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5599728