Lebanon's pro-Syrian PM resigns, Lebanese Army does not oppose opposition – what will Syrian controlled 60,000 Hizbullah militia do?
Sudhir Chadda
Mar. 1, 2005

Democracy is on the move finally in Lebanon. The air is democratic all over in the Middle East. George Bush’s real triumph may be in the happening. If Syria can be forced out of Lebanon and democracy restored there, it will be a remarkable achievement.

But the whole problem lies with 60,000 strong Syrian controlled Hizbullah militia. While the Lebanese Army took a neutral stance, they are no match to those 60,000 militia under Syrian control.

The Lebanese government abruptly resigned Monday during a stormy parliamentary debate, prompting a tremendous roar from tens of thousands of anti-government protesters in central Beirut.

The demonstrators, awash in a sea of red, white and green Lebanese flags, had demanded the pro-Syrian government's resignation -- and the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon -- since this month's assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

Demonstrators in Beirut's Martyrs Square chanted, "Syria out! Syria out!" after Prime Minister Omar Karami announced his resignation in a speech aired by the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation.

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