The pro-Hezbollah rallies in Dearborn, Michigan seem to have spread to Washington D.C. over the weekend:
Lebanon Supporters Converge at White House
Families, Activists Travel to Demand Cease-Fire, Protest Actions of U.S. and IsraelThousands of people came from across town, across the river or across the country to circle the White House yesterday in a passionate demonstration supporting Lebanon, the country at the center of the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
Hundreds of red-white-and-green Lebanese flags bearing the country's emblematic cedar tree waved beneath Lafayette Square's canopy of elms as demonstrators demanded a cease-fire, many of them mourning their war-ravaged homeland.
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The primary organizer was the ANSWER coalition, a left-wing group that has sponsored numerous antiwar rallies that often attract socialists and anarchists. The National Council of Arab Americans and the Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation also were sponsors.
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By early afternoon, the march wound its way around the White House. As the marchers turned onto 15th Street NW, they encountered about two dozen counter-protesters.
"There is no other God but Jesus!" shouted one of the counter-protesters. He held a megaphone in one hand, a Bible in the other.
The crowd shouted back: "Rah, rah, Hezbollah!" and "Long live Hezbollah!"
Syed Hussain, 19, of Columbia carried a neon green sign that read: "Hezbollah is not a terrorist organization."
"They're just defending themselves," Hussain said. "I hope this rally helps to show people that, so when they see us shouting 'Hezbollah,' they know what it means."
Yes, Mr. Hussain, we know what it means. It means you have sympathy for a terrorist group that has murdered hundreds of your fellow Americans and preaches genocide against Jews.
Also:
"Tolerant lefties for peace" rally in San Francisco and D.C rally video.
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