Wednesday, March 09, 2005

Ex-PM: Hezbollah Rally in Beirut a Massive Hoax

All things in Lebanon yesterday may not have been as they appeared.

JERUSALEM -- The giant
Hezbollah rally
that drew nearly half a million purported supporters of
Syria's occupation of Lebanon actually was a staged hoax with non-Lebanese
citizens, Syrian workers, students and municipal employees coerced into joining
the protest, former Lebanese Prime Minister Michel Aoun told WorldNetDaily in an
exclusive interview this morning.
"Yesterday's huge protest calling for Syria to stay made it look to the world
like a large segment of the Lebanese population actually wants to live under
Syrian occupation," said Aoun, speaking to WND from Paris. "But the protest
wasn't what it appeared to be. It was an elaborately staged affair."
Kind of reminds you of the huge protests in support of the government that used to occur in the old Soviet bloc. Amazing the crowds turn out when threatened with an iron fist.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

When threatened with decapitation y, you can get a pretty high turnout