LEBANON: U.S. ENVOY DAVID SATTERFIELD REITERATES WASHINGTON'S HOPES FOR TERMINATING SYRIA'S CONTROL OF LEBANON / THOUSANDS OF LEBANESE WOMEN RALLY IN DOWNTOWN BEIRUT

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  • Title: LEBANON: U.S. ENVOY DAVID SATTERFIELD REITERATES WASHINGTON'S HOPES FOR TERMINATING SYRIA'S CONTROL OF LEBANON / THOUSANDS OF LEBANESE WOMEN RALLY IN DOWNTOWN BEIRUT
  • Date: 28th March 2005
  • Summary: (BN11) ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE OF BEIRUT, ACHRAFIEH, LEBANON (MARCH 28, 2005) (REUTERS) 1. U.S. DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE, DAVID SATTERFIELD MEETING WITH BISHOP AUDI 0.07 2. CLOSEUP OF SATTERFIELD / ZOOM OUT TO SATTERFIELD AND BISHOP AUDI 0.19 3. CLOSEUP OF BISHOP AUDI 0.25 4. BISHOP AUDI AND SATTERFIELD TALKING 0.30 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) DAVID SATTERFIELD, U.S. DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE, SAYING: "We want to see 1559 implemented as well, we hope that in a different Lebanon with a government that represents the free will of its people, all the issues that confront the Lebanese people can be dealt with in peace and security." 0.45 6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) DAVID SATTERFIELD, U.S. DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE, SAYING: "We are simply stating, the interest, the concern, the requirement of the international community that Lebanon and the Lebanese be allowed to move forward peacefully, to have a government that reflects their will through elections with international observers that freely allows that to make their own political choices with no external intervention. Thank you very much." / SATTERFIELD WALKING AWAY 1.16 (BN11) DOWNTOWN BEIRUT, LEBANON (MARCH 28, 2005) (REUTERS) 7. WIDE VIEW OF CROWDS WITH LEBANESE FLAGS, GATHERED AT THE SITE WHERE HARIRI WAS KILLED 1.22 8. PEOPLE CARRYING BANNERS AND PICTURES OF HARIRI AS WELL AS LEBANESE FLAGS 1.22 9. CLOSEUP OF BABY CARRIED BY HIS MOTHER 1.30 10. SCU: MOTHER CARRYING BABY GIRL AT DEMONSTRATION 1.33 11. PROTESTERS START THEIR WALK FROM THE SAINT GEORGE AREA TO MARTYR'S SQUARE (2 SHOTS) 1.43 12. WOMEN WITH BANNERS SAYING 'STOP KILLING YOUR OWN CITIZENS' 1.48 13. VARIOUS: THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS WALKING TOWARDS MARTYR'S SQUARE (3 SHOTS) 2.07 14. PAN ACROSS CROWDS GATHERED AT MARTYR'S SQUARE 2.12 15. HAS: WOMEN CHANTING 'TRUTH, FREEDOM, NATIONAL UNITY' 2.17 16. PAN: MORE OF PROTESTERS WITH LEBANESE FLAGS AND PICTURES OF HARIRI 2.24 17. CLOSEUP OF MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT AND OPPOSITION FIGURE NAYLA MOUAWAD MAKING A SPEECH AT THE DEMO 2.29 18. CLOSEUP OF DEMONSTRATOR WITH RED BANDANA AT THE PROTEST 2.31 19. WOMEN ON STAGE PAN TO CROWD 2.37 20. SCU: WOMAN WITH PICTURE OF BASSIL FULEIHAN, WOUNDED WHILE ACCOMPANYING HARIRI DURING THE EXPLOSION, AND STILL HOSPITALISED IN FRANCE 2.41 21. WOMEN PROTESTING AND CARRYING BANNER 'THE TRUTH' 2.44 22. WOMAN CARRYING PICTURE OF HARIRI 2.49 23. WIDE OF PROTESTERS WITH FLAGS AND PICTURES OF HARIRI 2.55 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE OF BEIRUT, ACHRAFIEH AND BEIRUT, LEBANON
  • Country: Lebanon
  • Reuters ID: LVACWG2G93RF5G4HTA9NL0MEE003
  • Story Text: U.S. envoy Satterfield pushes for Syrian troop
    withdrawal from Lebanon.


    United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
    David Satterfield has reiterated Washington's hopes for
    terminating Syria's control of Lebanon, saying on Monday
    (March 28) that the United Nations resolution must be fully
    implemented, and that international observers should come
    to supervise upcoming elections.

    "We want to see 1559 implemented as well, we hope that in a
    different Lebanon with a government that represents
    the free will of its people, all the issues that confront
    the Lebanese people can be dealt with in peace and
    security," Satterfield told reporters after a meeting with
    Bishop Elias Audi, Metropolitan of Beirut for Greek
    Orthodox at the Orthodox Archdiocese of Beirut in
    Achrafieh, Beirut.

    Satterfield concluded by stressing that the upcoming
    elections in Lebanon should remain on schedule and should
    not have external intervention.

    "We are simply stating, the interest, the concern, the
    requirement of the international community that Lebanon and
    the Lebanese be allowed to move forward peacefully, to have
    a government that reflects their will through elections
    with international observers that freely allows that to
    make their own political choices with no external
    intervention," Satterfield said before quickly terminating
    his question and answer period with reporters.

    Satterfield is in Lebanon to push for a rapid
    withdrawal of all Syrian troops on a declared timetable,
    the U.S. embassy said.

    The United States urged Lebanon on Thursday (March 24)
    to hold internationally monitored elections on time,
    despite a government crisis that could delay the May polls.

    Damascus bowed to international pressure to withdraw
    its forces from Lebanon after the Feb. 14 assassination of
    former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri prompted street
    protests.

    Syria, which poured troops into Lebanon early in its
    1975-1990 civil war, has completed the first phase of a
    troop withdrawal last week by removing at least 4,000
    troops.

    But further troop movements are on hold pending a
    meeting of Lebanese and Syrian officials in early April on
    the fate of up to 10,000 soldiers who remain in eastern
    Lebanon.

    Lebanese protests also brought down the Beirut
    government, creating a political crisis with elections only
    weeks away.

    On Monday (March 28) there were more protests in
    downtown Beirut as thousands of demonstrators, mostly
    women, rallied the streets. First gathering in the Saint
    George area where Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafik
    Hariri was assassinated and marching to to Martyr's Square
    in downtown Beirut, the crowds demanding a stop to "state
    terrorism".

    Carrying Lebanese flags and pictures of Hariri as well
    as banners saying 'Stop Killing Your Own Citizens," the
    rally followed three explosions that occurred in the
    eastern suburbs of Beirut in the past two weeks.

    The demonstrators were joined by leaders from the
    opposition, including members of parliament Nayla Mouawad
    and Ghinwa Jalloul.

    The anti-Syria opposition has refused to join
    pro-Damascus loyalists in a unity government. Failure to
    form a government by around April 10 could delay the
    parliamentary polls.


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