Terrorist Tent City in Beirut
Charles Johnson
Sat Dec 2, 2006 at 8:30 am PST • Views: 219
Hizballah thugs continue their show of force in Lebanon, blocking roads to Prime Minister Fuad Siniora’s office and setting up a terrorists’ tent city: Anti-government protest swamps Beirut.
A SEA of protesters swamped Beirut overnight in a mass outpouring led by the Shiite group Hezbollah which then set up camp around the premier’s office to call for his Western-backed government to resign.
Brandishing Lebanese flags and white banners reading “We want a clean government” and “National unity”, the crowd gathered around Prime Minister Fuad Siniora’s heavily barricaded offices in central Beirut and dug in for a long haul.
After darkness fell, protesters blocked access roads to Mr Siniora’s office where he was holed up inside. They put up tents on at least three main roads leading to the government building.
“We are inside, a group of ministers and the prime minister,” a government official said. He declined to say which ministers were there and did not give any further details except to say their families were not with them.
“Out, out Siniora!” shouted protesters reportedly catching a glimpse of the premier on a balcony earlier in the day.
Hundreds of troops and dozens of armoured vehicles were deployed around the building, and barbed wire nearly two metres high encircled the premises.
More on this disturbing situation at Gateway Pundit: Hezbollah Sets Up a Very Atypical Tent City.
UPDATE at 12/2/06 8:41:09 am:
Lawhawk is also watching the standoff.
Frank says: