Friday, March 18, 2005

Bashar no longer watches over the corniche--now this is progress

"The giant portrait of the young Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, on the Beirut seafront had been considered an affront to the country's sovereignty.
This week the portrait was taken down by workers, to the cheers of flag-waving Lebanese students, as Syrian intelligence officers based nearby packed up their belongings to move to the eastern Beka'a valley"

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