It will likely be the big headline news for the remainder of this week, and possibly the weekend.
Hizb’Allah has called for a general strike in Lebanon, and already, there are a number of people dead, with more likely to follow.
We are witnessing the last days of a multi-confessional Lebanon.
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On January 22, 2007, the Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar, which is close to Hizbullah, came out with a front-page headline declaring "Tomorrow All of Lebanon Will Be Immersed in Rage." The daily reported that "tomorrow, Lebanon will enter a new phase in the internal political conflict that has foreign aspects. On Tuesday, the opposition will launch a new, high-quality wave of activity which now aims to topple the [current] government and to promote the establishment of a new [one]." According to the daily, the opposition's plan of action, starting tomorrow, includes "blocking main and secondary roads all over Lebanon, from the north to the south, including the Beqa' valley and [the capital] Beirut... The roads will be blocked with tires... This will be accompanied by demonstrations on the roads and at [major] junctions: the resident of each region will stay in their area and block the roads there... so that traffic will be completely paralyzed."
Opposition leader Suleiman Frangieh said that "the demonstration [tomorrow] will be only a prelude to other activities... We want the present situation to change, and the Lebanese public is therefore called upon to be ready [to act] on Tuesday in order to change the situation... God willing, Siniora's bones and legs will shake in the next few days... [The March 14 Forces] will see some things that they have not yet seen. Whoever is willing to heed our call and go on strike – we thank him. As for those who do not wish to participate [in the strike], we thank them as well, but we have the right to boycott them. Anyone who chooses to go to work [as usual] should consider how he will get back home."
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/434.htm
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