Kofi Annan visit provokes angry protests in Beirut

Chris Marsden, WSWS

...During a visit to Beirut’s devastated southern suburbs in the Haret Hreik area with Siniora, Annan was booed by a crowd chanting pro-Hezbollah slogans "Death to Israel" and "Long live Syria." A group of women denounced the UN for its collusion with Israel. One laid a portrait of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah down on the windscreen of one of the moving vehicles. One resident told the press, "To hell with the United Nations and Annan. Let him look at what the UN and the United States have done and at all this destruction. This is their work."Annan was forced to leave after only 10 minutes...

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