Watch - The Cedar Revolution

The Cedar Revolution
Gallery: Beirut, Monday, February 14, 2005 -

"I was cynical about Iraq. But when I saw the Iraqi people voting three weeks ago, 8 million of them, it was the start of a new Arab world. The Syrian people, the Egyptian people, all say that something is changing. The Berlin Wall has fallen. We can see it." (Walid Jumblatt)

2005/03/01 - 2005/03/26
2005/02/21 - 2005/02/28
2005/02/14 - 2005/02/20

Photos - From Yahoo! News Photos 2005/02/14 - 2005/03/26

Sunday, February 20, 2005
"A Lebanese protestor takes part in a candle-light vigil..." (Patrick Baz, AFP, 2005/02/20)
"A wall surrounding the grave..." (Patrick Baz, AFP, 2005/02/20)
"Candles with pictures of the Virgin Mary..." (Hussein Malla, AP, 2005/02/20)

Saturday, February 19, 2005
"SYRIA OUT" (Jamal Saidi, Reuters, 2005/02/19)

Friday, February 18, 2005
"Traffic jam in downtown Beirut..." (Hussein Malla, AP, 2005/02/18)
"A civilian looks at a huge mural portrait..." (Patrick Baz, AFP, 2005/02/18)
"A Lebanese man signs his name..." (Hussein Malla, AP, 2005/02/18)
"A Lebanese woman weeps..." (Jamal Saidi , Reuters, 2005/02/18)
"Lebanese youths light candles..." (Jamal Saidi, Reuters, 2005/02/18)

Thursday, February 17, 2005
"A huge billboard hailing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad..." (Patrick Baz, AFP, 2005/02/17)
"DÉMISSIONIS" (Hussein Malla, AP, 2005/02/17)
"DÉMISSIONIS" (Ramzi Haidar, AFP, 2005/02/17)
"Two Lebanese women weap..." (Hussein Malla, AP, 2005/02/17)
"Lebanese wait in queue to pay their condolences..." (Mahmoud Tawil, AP, 2005/02/17)
"Hundreds of Lebanese queue..." (Sharif Karim, Reuters, 2005/02/17)

Wednesday, February 16, 2005
"Students light candles..." (Mahmoud Tawil, AP, 2005/02/16)
"Lebanese women mourn at the grave..." (Ramzi Haidar, AFP, 2005/02/16)
"HEY SYRIA - WHO'S NEXT!!" (Jamal Saidi, Reuters, 2005/02/16)
"SYRIA OUT" (Jamal Saidi, Reuters, 2005/02/16)
"THE DREAM CONTINUES AND THE FUTURE IS OURS" (John Moore, AP, 2005/02/16)
"Beirut residents grieve..." (John Moore, AP, 2005/02/16)
"Thousands of supporters..." (John Moore, AP, 2005/02/16)
"Nazik Hariri, wife of slain former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri..." (AP, 2005/02/16)

Tuesday, February 15, 2005
"A Lebanese father and his daughter light a candle..." (Patrick Baz, AFP, 2005/02/15)
"Lebanese youths hold posters..." (Mohamed Haidar, Reuters, 2005/02/15)

Monday, February 14, 2005
"Beirut residents mourn..." (AP, 2005/02/14)
"Smoke billows into the sky over the city..." (Alexander Jenniches, Reuters, 2005/02/14)
"Damaged cars sit parked down the street..." (AP, 2005/02/14)
"A wounded man asks for help..." (Mohamed Azakir, Reuters, 2005/02/14)
"Firefighters are seen at the site of an explosion in Beirut..." (Joseph Barrak, AFP, 2005/02/14)

"Beirut's Berlin Wall" (David Ignatius, The Washington Post, 2005/02/23)
Hariri XXII: "BEIRUT -- "Enough!" That's one of the simple slogans you see scrawled on the walls around Rafiq Hariri's grave site here. And it sums up the movement for political change that has suddenly coalesced in Lebanon and is slowly gathering force elsewhere in the Arab world.
"We want the truth." That's another of the Lebanese slogans, painted on a banner hanging from the Martyr's Monument near the mosque where Hariri is buried. It's a revolutionary idea for people who have had to live with lies spun by regimes that were brutally clinging to power. People want the truth about who killed Hariri last week, but on a deeper level they want the truth about why Arab regimes have failed to deliver on their promises of progress and prosperity. ...
"It's strange for me to say it, but this process of change has started because of the American invasion of Iraq," explains [Walid] Jumblatt. "I was cynical about Iraq. But when I saw the Iraqi people voting three weeks ago, 8 million of them, it was the start of a new Arab world." Jumblatt says this spark of democratic revolt is spreading. 'The Syrian people, the Egyptian people, all say that something is changing. The Berlin Wall has fallen. We can see it.'"

"A Lebanese protestor takes part in a candle-light vigil..."
(Patrick Baz, AFP, 2005/02/20)
"A Lebanese protestor takes part in a candle-light vigil against violence in central Beirut's landmark Martyrs Square, near the gravesite of Lebanon's assassinated former premier Rafiq Hariri."

"SYRIA OUT"
(Jamal Saidi, Reuters, 2005/02/19)
"Lebanese children sign a banner in Beirut demanding Syria pull its troops out of Lebanon, February, 19, 2005."

"Traffic jam in downtown Beirut..."
(Hussein Malla, AP, 2005/02/18)
"Traffic jam in downtown Beirut caused by crowds gathering near Rafik Hariri's grave in a mosque that is being built at his expense in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Feb. 18, 2005. Since Hariri was buried in Beirut's Mohammed al-Amin Mosque - the two minarets seen in the background- thousands of people and many foreign delegates have visited the tomb."

"A civilian looks at a huge mural portrait..."
(Patrick Baz, AFP, 2005/02/18)
"A civilian looks at a huge mural portrait of Lebanon's assassinated former prime minister Rafiq Hariri covered with signatures, as a member of the Lebanese internal security forces stands guard in front of it in the heart of Beirut."

"A Lebanese man signs his name..."
(Hussein Malla, AP, 2005/02/18)
"A Lebanese man signs his name to show his support on a mural of lebanon's slain former prime minister Rafik Hariri near his grave in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Feb. 18, 2005."

"A Lebanese woman weeps..."
(Jamal Saidi , Reuters, 2005/02/18)
"A Lebanese woman weeps at slain former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri's grave in Beirut February 18, 2005."

"Lebanese youths light candles..."
(Jamal Saidi, Reuters, 2005/02/18)
"Lebanese youths light candles and lay flowers at slain former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri's grave in Beirut, February 18, 2005."

"A huge billboard hailing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad..."
(Patrick Baz, AFP, 2005/02/17)
"A huge billboard hailing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad sits on Beirut's sea front. Buoyed by an increasingly vocal anti-Syrian opposition, Lebanese united in their grief to demand they become masters of their own destiny."

"DÉMISSIONIS"
(Hussein Malla, AP, 2005/02/17)
"Two Lebanese citizens holding the national flag light candles next to a huge sheet with the word 'resign' written on it in French and Arabic in a call for the government of Prime Minister Omar Karami to resign after this week's assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri near his grave in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday Feb. 17, 2005."

"DÉMISSIONIS"
(Ramzi Haidar, AFP, 2005/02/17)
"Lebanese sign on a banner calling on the government to resign 17 February 2005 near the grave of Lebanon's slain former prime minister Rafiq Hariri in central Beirut."

"Two Lebanese women weap..."
(Hussein Malla, AP, 2005/02/17)
"Two Lebanese women weap as they visit the grave of Lebanon's slain former prime minister Rafik Hariri in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday Feb. 17, 2005. The family of slain former Lebanese premier Rafik Hariri called Thursday for an international commission to be formed to investigate his assassination. Thursday ends a three-day mourning period in Lebanon for Hariri, following his funeral Wednesday that drew large crowds."

"Lebanese wait in queue to pay their condolences..."
(Mahmoud Tawil, AP, 2005/02/17)
"Lebanese wait in queue to pay their condolences at slain former premier Rafik Hariri's house, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday Feb. 17, 2005. Hariri was assassinated in a car bomb attack Monday."

"Hundreds of Lebanese queue..."
(Sharif Karim, Reuters, 2005/02/17)
"Hundreds of Lebanese queue outside slain former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri's house in Beirut, to pay their condolences, February 17, 2005. Lebanon's Syrian-backed government faced growing pressure to resign on Thursday after Hariri's mass funeral turned into an impromptu rally against Syria."

"Students light candles..."
(Mahmoud Tawil, AP, 2005/02/16)
"Students light candles for the slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in near the explosion site in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday Feb. 16, 2005. Hariri was assassinated with 16 others in a bomb attack Monday."

"Lebanese women mourn at the grave..."
(Ramzi Haidar, AFP, 2005/02/16)
"Lebanese women mourn at the grave of slain former prime minister Rafiq Hariri in central Beirut. Frenzied crowds of mourners bid farewell to Lebanon's 60-year-old former premier at a politically charged funeral that underscored the seething tensions with Syria over his murder."

"HEY SYRIA - WHO'S NEXT!!"
(Jamal Saidi, Reuters, 2005/02/16)
"Lebanese mourners hold up a sign saying 'Hey Syria - Who's next' during funeral procession of former Levanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri in Beirut, February 16, 2005. Tens of thousands of Lebanese ,some chanting anti-Syrian slogans, marched on Wednesday in the funeral procession of Hariri, killed in a bombing opposition leaders blame on Damascus."

"SYRIA OUT"
(Jamal Saidi, Reuters, 2005/02/16)
"Lebanese mourners carry a banner saying 'Syria Out' during a funeral of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri in Beirut February 16, 2005. At least 150,000 Lebanese turned the funeral of Hariri on Wednesday into an outpouring of public anger against Syria, blamed by opposition leaders for the bomb that killed him."

"THE DREAM CONTINUES AND THE FUTURE IS OURS"
(John Moore, AP, 2005/02/16)
"Thousands of supporters of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri walk through the streets of Beirut during his funeral procession in Beirut, Lebanon Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2005."

"Beirut residents grieve..."
(John Moore, AP, 2005/02/16)
"Beirut residents grieve as the funeral procession of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri passes by in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2005. Hariri was assassinated in a bomb attack Monday."

"Thousands of supporters..."
(John Moore, AP, 2005/02/16)
"Thousands of supporters of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri walk during his funeral procession in Beirut, Lebanon Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2005. A convoy of ambulances carried his body and those of others killed in Monday's bomb attack to the Al-Amin Monque in downtown Beirut for his funeral."

"Nazik Hariri, wife of slain former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri..."
(AP, 2005/02/16)
"Nazik Hariri, wife of slain former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, lays her head upon his coffin draped with a Lebanon falg, before his funeral in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2005. Rafik Hariri was assassinated in a car bomb attack Monday. In background, left, is Bahyah, Hariri's sister."

"A Lebanese father and his daughter light a candle..."
(Patrick Baz, AFP, 2005/02/15)
"A Lebanese father and his daughter light a candle outside the mansion of assassinated former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri in Beirut. Lebanon said Hariri was almost certainly killed in a suicide car bombing and ruled out an international probe into his death."

"Lebanese youths hold posters..."
(Mohamed Haidar, Reuters, 2005/02/15)
"Lebanese youths hold posters of assassinated former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri during a protest in Beirut, February 15, 2005. Lebanon shut down on Tuesday to mourn al-Hariri, whose assassination in a car bomb blast plunged the country into political crisis and rekindled bitter memories of the 1975-1990 civil war."

"Beirut residents mourn..."
(AP, 2005/02/14)
"Beirut residents mourn outside of the house of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in Beirut, Lebanon Monday, Feb. 14, 2005. Hariri, who resigned last fall following a sharp dispute with Syria, died in the blast along with at least nine other people Monday."

"Smoke billows into the sky over the city..."
(Alexander Jenniches, Reuters, 2005/02/14)
"Smoke billows into the sky over the city following a car bomb explosion in Beirut, February 14, 2005. A massive car bomb killed Lebanon's former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri on Beirut's waterfront on Tuesday, witnesses and security sources said. At least eight others, some of them his bodyguards, also died."

"Damaged cars sit parked down the street..."
(AP, 2005/02/14)
"Damaged cars sit parked down the street following a massive bomb attack that tore through the motorcade of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in Beirut, Lebanon Monday, Feb. 14, 2005."

"A wounded man asks for help..."
(Mohamed Azakir, Reuters, 2005/02/14)
"A wounded man asks for help after a massive car bomb explosion in Beirut February 14, 2005 that killed at least nine people, including former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri."

"Firefighters are seen at the site of an explosion in Beirut..."
(Joseph Barrak, AFP, 2005/02/14)
"Firefighters are seen at the site of an explosion in Beirut. Former prime minister Rafiq Hariri was killed as a huge explosion ripped through the Lebanese capital, hospital sources and television stations said."

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