ANTI-SYRIAN UNREST GROWS AMID INTERNATIONAL PARLEY
NICOSIA [MENL] -- Lebanese dissidents have launched a new campaign against
the Syrian military in their country amid the visit by French President
Jacques
Chirac.Hundreds of Lebanese students clashed with security forces last week
during the summit by 55 French-speaking nations in Beirut. The students
called for the expulsion of an estimated 25,000 Syrian troops and the end of
the Syrian domination of Lebanon.Lebanese plainclothes and uniformed officers stormed a sit-in by
students and other dissidents on the campus of Saint Joseph University in
the Beirut-based suburb of Ashrafieh. The officers also stopped the students
from marching to a hotel where delegates at the conference were staying.At one point, the students, chanting "freedom, sovereignty,
independence" threw stones at Lebanese anti-riot police, who beat the
demonstrators with rifle butts. Eight demonstrators were detained and at
least 10 students and one policeman were injured.
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