Lebanese Renew Protest against US Convoy Visit
Local Editor
People in the Lebanese city of Saida (Sidon) have once again taken to the streets to protest against a visit by a group of US embassy staff in Beirut, calling them "Israeli conspirators."
For the second time in a week, around 60 people gathered outside a government building in the city and showered US embassy convoy with stones and drove by chanting "Americans, "Israeli" conspirators, in our government offices."
People in the Lebanese city of Saida (Sidon) have once again taken to the streets to protest against a visit by a group of US embassy staff in Beirut, calling them "Israeli conspirators."
For the second time in a week, around 60 people gathered outside a government building in the city and showered US embassy convoy with stones and drove by chanting "Americans, "Israeli" conspirators, in our government offices."
The US embassy official confirmed the "incident" and said that no one was injured, but some car-windows were shattered, according to sources.
"We had a security delegation that had a pre-scheduled meeting with the head of the Internal Security Forces in Sidon," the official said. He declined to give further details.
Last Saturday, a similar incident occurred when Lebanese youth threw stones and bottles at a US embassy group who were visiting Sidon. The protesters were provoked by the scene of the convoy resting in a cafe in the city, with guards flaunting their weapons, started to chant anti-US slogans, and shouted "Leave Sidon," and "The US is unwelcome in South Lebanon."
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