Politics Violence in Beirut.

[Ivan le Fou]

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Report of RPG being fired at the Lebanese Army.

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Hezbollah and Amal are blaming the Christian Lebanese Forces Party for firing on them.

At this point it is still unsure how the fighting in Beirut started, but it’s pretty clear that both Hezbollah and Amal are being complete fvcknuts.

 

[Ivan le Fou]

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[Ivan le Fou]

Though still unfolding, here’s what happened (to the best of my knowledge) in Beirut.

Hezbollah and Amal were holding a protest march to call for the removal of the judge investigating the August 2020 Beirut port explosion.

Deadly shooting rocks Beirut as tensions over blast probe erupt

At least six Shi'ites were shot dead in Beirut on Thursday, in an attack on protesters who were heading for a demonstration called by Hezbollah to demand the removal of the judge investigating the explosion that ripped through the city's port last year.

www.reuters.com

They were shot at as they passed through the Teyouneh traffic circle, located in an area dividing Christian and Shi'ite Muslim neighborhoods (one of the front lines during the 1975-90 civil war).
Both of the groups believe that Christian militia snipers were targeting them from the Christian neighborhood, and proceeded to pour fire into the heavily populated area for the next hour.

Eventually Lebanese army forces moved into the middle of the circle and the dividing road in order to separate the two sides.

The Arab League is now calling call on the Lebanese to exercise restraint.

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[Connaught Ranger]

Hezbollah . . nuff said.

 

[morris]

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A man in green shirt with beer gut @0:06 is cool.

 

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[morris]

Lebanese army equipment in the Beirut streets.

The Lebanese pound, meanwhile, has fallen to a record 21,200 pounds per dollar