http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/D6270D77-13AC-47DA-85A5-1EB0B6D2B306.htm
Lebanon opposition strike begins
Hundreds of Lebanese protesters have blocked off several roads in and
around the capital Beirut at the start of a one-day general strike
called by the opposition.
Protesters burned tyres and placed barricades on Tuesday in several
streets in central Beirut, its mainly Shia southern suburbs and the
southern entrances to the capital.
Dozens of protesters blocked off the only road leading to Beirut's
international airport with rubble and burning tyres at the beginning of
the stoppage.
The opposition, led by the Shia group Hezbollah, is calling for veto
power in the cabinet and new elections to be held.
The army deployed armoured vehicles at major crossroads along with
hundreds of soldiers.
Speaking late on Monday, the Hezbollah leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah,
called on Lebanese to observe the strike.
He said some ruling politicians wanted violence in Lebanon, which is
still rebuilding from its 1975-1990 civil war.
"We will move and if you want to kill us in the street, kill us,"
Nasrallah said.
"We will not draw our weapons against you."
The Western-backed government of Fouad Siniora, the prime minister, has
shrugged off the demands.
Instead, it is preparing for an international aid conference in Paris on
Thursday that it hopes will yield billions of dollars for Lebanon's
economy, but has been criticised by the oppostion as increasing the
country's debt problems.Hundreds of Lebanese protesters have blocked off
several roads in and around the capital Beirut at the start of a one-day
general strike called by the opposition.
Protesters burned tyres and placed barricades on Tuesday in several
streets in central Beirut, its mainly Shia southern suburbs and the
southern entrances to the capital.
Dozens of protesters blocked off the only road leading to Beirut's
international airport with rubble and burning tyres at the beginning of
the stoppage.
The opposition, led by the Shia group Hezbollah, is calling for veto
power in the cabinet and new elections to be held.
The army deployed armoured vehicles at major crossroads along with
hundreds of soldiers.
Speaking late on Monday, the Hezbollah leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah,
called on Lebanese to observe the strike.
He said some ruling politicians wanted violence in Lebanon, which is
still rebuilding from its 1975-1990 civil war.
"We will move and if you want to kill us in the street, kill us,"
Nasrallah said.
"We will not draw our weapons against you."
The Western-backed government of Fouad Siniora, the prime minister, has
shrugged off the demands.
Instead, it is preparing for an international aid conference in Paris on
Thursday that it hopes will yield billions of dollars for Lebanon's
economy, but has been criticised by the oppostion as increasing the
country's debt problems.
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