North Lebanon protests in support of Syrian people

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The National News Agency reported that following Friday’s prayers Lebanese protestors marched from Hamza Mosque in the Qobba neighborhood of Tripoli, north Lebanon toward Ibn Seena Square in Tripoli to protest against the brutal crackdown by the Syrian security forces against the pro- democracy protesters.

Protests continue in Syria

Another Friday of protests and more deaths .Security forces shot dead two civilians in separate incidents near the central city of Homs, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in a statement, also reporting the death of a man wounded the day before.

“One demonstrator was killed when security forces opened fire on a march in Talbisa, while another was shot dead and three more were wounded when they gathered after Friday prayers in the village of Al-Zaafarana,” the group said.

“The sound of heavy machinegun fire was heard in Talbisa.”

In Zabadani, some 45 kilometers northwest of the capital Damascus, a passer-by shot as security forces chased demonstrators late on Thursday died of his wounds.

The Observatory also said nearly 2,000 people staged a demonstration in the eastern oil hub of Deir Ezzor, calling for Assad’s downfall, and that security forces were trying to disperse them.

The office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva has said the death toll from the crackdown on dissent since March 15 had risen to more than 2,700.

Protest organisers have used the Facebook page, “Syrian Revolution 2011” to rally support against the regime.

They have called for Friday protests under the banner “Unity of the Opposition” to overthrow the regime, which they termed “a national duty.”

Friday, the main Muslim day of prayer, has become a rallying point for anti-regime demonstrations, as thousands of people surge into the streets to be met with a harsh security crackdown.

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14 responses to “North Lebanon protests in support of Syrian people”

  1. Did the Syrian people demonstrate for the Lebanese when their army was slaughtering our people? Oh Sorry my mistake… We are one people. I hope that once the government of Assad dynasty is toppled the new Syria should pay retribution for destroying Lebanon.

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar

      Well .. that’s not a bad idea … odds are it won’t happen. So .. into the future.
      And since we don’t want to mess up weekends, the Cedar Forest will meet on Mondays ….

    2. antar2011 Avatar

      were they allowed to demonstrate i am sure some of them would not have hesitated.

      Thank Allah we live in a supposedly democratic lebanon where we are allowed to express our support with demonstartion of poeple who we believe are being oppressed…especialy when we share the same oppressor.

      we are indeed one poeple regardless of religion or race and for humanity’s sake, everyone in lebanon and everywhere should demonstartes against the crimes of Assad regime.

      don’t worry, your fears of being overrun by sunni extremist is not going to happen. i wish anyone who think that way can remove this prejudice block from infront of his eyes and support the overthrowig of oppression and injustice at least by words of encouragement to the syrian revolutionnaries. rather then blaim them for their forced silence all those years.

      unintentionaly when you criticise them of being silent to their tyrant’s crimes to the lebanese you are infact doing the same thing as they have done except with one difference, they were forced to keep silent while no one can force you [i assume] to keep silent on the crimes of this tyrant and support them in their struggle to get rid of him..even with words of encouragement.

      1. hmmmmmm… Last I checked (I was there) the soldiers were Sunnis, Christians, Alaouites etc… They were gonna die at our hands anyways (yeah we kicked their collective ass many of times) so they could have very well resisted and refused to fire at “their brothers”. The matter of the fact was they did not give a shit. We need retribution for years of mayhem, destruction, slaughtering the innocent children and women and elderlies, stealing, rape and whatever God-forsaken shit they put us through. Once they stop and kiss the feet of the mothers of our martyrs who did not yield to their hegemony we might… JUST might… forgive them. Short of that let them rot in HELL.

        1. antar2011 Avatar

          buddy, if they are doing the same thing to their own poeple they are not going to stop at the crimes they ahve committed to lebanese lives. but the point is that there is a chance a real chance that these poeple who are killing would be gone forever….i wish that is soon… our role is to pray for that happening by advocating/supporting/encouraging the revolutionnaries next door…that’s one way to look at it.

          another way is that not to punish the youth of syria for what their fathers have done especially when they are saying no to that regime that made their fathers do what they did…and stand up to human rights at least…

    3. antar2011 Avatar

      were they allowed to demonstrate i am sure some of them would not have hesitated.

      Thank Allah we live in a supposedly democratic lebanon where we are allowed to express our support with demonstartion of poeple who we believe are being oppressed…especialy when we share the same oppressor.

      we are indeed one poeple regardless of religion or race and for humanity’s sake, everyone in lebanon and everywhere should demonstartes against the crimes of Assad regime.

      don’t worry, your fears of being overrun by sunni extremist is not going to happen. i wish anyone who think that way can remove this prejudice block from infront of his eyes and support the overthrowig of oppression and injustice at least by words of encouragement to the syrian revolutionnaries. rather then blaim them for their forced silence all those years.

      unintentionaly when you criticise them of being silent to their tyrant’s crimes to the lebanese you are infact doing the same thing as they have done except with one difference, they were forced to keep silent while no one can force you [i assume] to keep silent on the crimes of this tyrant and support them in their struggle to get rid of him..even with words of encouragement.

  2. Did the Syrian people demonstrate for the Lebanese when their army was slaughtering our people? Oh Sorry my mistake… We are one people. I hope that once the government of Assad dynasty is toppled the new Syria should pay retribution for destroying Lebanon.

    1.  Avatar

      Well .. that’s not a bad idea … odds are it won’t happen. So .. into the future.
      And since we don’t want to mess up weekends, the Cedar Forest will meet on Mondays ….

    2.  Avatar

      were they allowed to demonstrate i am sure some of them would not have hesitated.

      Thank Allah we live in a supposedly democratic lebanon where we are allowed to express our support with demonstartion of poeple who we believe are being oppressed…especialy when we share the same oppressor.

      we are indeed one poeple regardless of religion or race and for humanity’s sake, everyone in lebanon and everywhere should demonstartes against the crimes of Assad regime.

      don’t worry, your fears of being overrun by sunni extremist is not going to happen. i wish anyone who think that way can remove this prejudice block from infront of his eyes and support the overthrowig of oppression and injustice at least by words of encouragement to the syrian revolutionnaries. rather then blaim them for their forced silence all those years.

      unintentionaly when you criticise them of being silent to their tyrant’s crimes to the lebanese you are infact doing the same thing as they have done except with one difference, they were forced to keep silent while no one can force you [i assume] to keep silent on the crimes of this tyrant and support them in their struggle to get rid of him..even with words of encouragement.

      1. hmmmmmm… Last I checked (I was there) the soldiers were Sunnis, Christians, Alaouites etc… They were gonna die at our hands anyways (yeah we kicked their collective ass many of times) so they could have very well resisted and refused to fire at “their brothers”. The matter of the fact was they did not give a shit. We need retribution for years of mayhem, destruction, slaughtering the innocent children and women and elderlies, stealing, rape and whatever God-forsaken shit they put us through. Once they stop and kiss the feet of the mothers of our martyrs who did not yield to their hegemony we might… JUST might… forgive them. Short of that let them rot in HELL.

        1.  Avatar

          buddy, if they are doing the same thing to their own poeple they are not going to stop at the crimes they ahve committed to lebanese lives. but the point is that there is a chance a real chance that these poeple who are killing would be gone forever….i wish that is soon… our role is to pray for that happening by advocating/supporting/encouraging the revolutionnaries next door…that’s one way to look at it.

          another way is that not to punish the youth of syria for what their fathers have done especially when they are saying no to that regime that made their fathers do what they did…and stand up to human rights at least…

  3. Did the Syrian people demonstrate for the Lebanese when their army was slaughtering our people? Oh Sorry my mistake… We are one people. I hope that once the government of Assad dynasty is toppled the new Syria should pay retribution for destroying Lebanon.

  4. 5thDrawer Avatar

    The National News Agency is a little behind … it’s every Friday this summer. Getting larger I think. And ‘peaceful’ as possible.  🙂

  5.  Avatar

    The National News Agency is a little behind … it’s every Friday this summer. Getting larger I think. And ‘peaceful’ as possible.  🙂

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