 Around 3,000 people demonstrated Wednesday against alleged U.S. meddling in Lebanon's political crisis since the assassination of former Premier Rafik Hariri. "Satterfield out, the government is our business," shouted the demonstrators, referring to U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State David Satterfield, who left Lebanon earlier in the day after a week-long stay that evoked criticism by pro-government factions. The rally, which is the third of its kind this month, was organized by the resistance group Hizbullah and was held outside the heavily guarded U.S. Embassy in Awkar, on the coast north of the capital. A cordon of police and soldiers as well as Civil Defense members equipped with water cannons kept the demonstrators some 800 meters away on the road leading up to the mission. "Zionists govern the U.S., not the U.S.," read a banner amid a sea of red-and-white Lebanese flags, as Abdullah Qassir, a Hizbullah MP, condemned American interference in Lebanon. |