The opposition parties in Lebanon continue to mobilize, despite government warnings to scale back.
On Saturday, more than 11,000 showed up to form a human flag. From the Daily Star:
Squares of colored cardboard - green, white and red - were distributed to the participants, who were assembled into position to form the nation's symbol.
"This event is our civilized way of expressing our solidarity and attachment to our country," said Tony Moukhaiber, the "voice behind the microphone" cheering on the crowd with zesty slogans while patriotic songs played in the background.
More demonstrations are scheduled for today.
Update: Cliff May posts pix from Walid Phares of today's demonstrations, said to number 1.5 million.
More: From the NYT:
There have been rallies in the center of the city on every Monday since former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was killed four Mondays ago, on Feb. 14, but organizers were determined to make this one especially large as an answer the pro-Syrian march last Tuesday that also filled the downtown with hundreds of thousands of mostly Shiite demonstrators.
"This will counterbalance last Tuesday, and now we can sit and talk," said Mazen al-Zain, a 30-year-old financial analyst, taking pains to note that he was from an illustrious Shiite family from the south.
"What is really important after today's gathering is that we all sit down at the same table."
Much more: View videos of the demonstration here. Via American Digest.
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