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Preps for opposition demo, Syrian withdrawal

(14 Mar 2005) SHOTLIST Beirut - 14 March, 2005 1. Various of security forces at Martyrs square 2. Various of Lebanese flag 3. Banner showing "Syria out" 4. People holding big Lebanese flag 5. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Vox pop: "We just want truth and we want the independence of Lebanon." 6. People praying at former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's grave 7. Various of demo preparations Majdel Anjar, Lebanese-Syrian boarder - 13 March, 2005 Night shots 8. Various of Syrian trucks driving through crowd 9. Various of people saluting Syrian soldiers 10. Various of people throwing rice at Syrian soldiers STORYLINE Anti-Syrian opposition has urged a massive demonstration in central Beirut on Monday to demand full Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon, resignation of Lebanese security chiefs and uncovering the killers of former Premier Rafik Hariri. The planned anti-Syrian protest at Beirut's main Martyrs' Square - muscle flexing to counter pro-Syrian and pro-government demonstrations - comes exactly four weeks after the assassination of Hariri and also is an occasion for people to vent their anger at the reinstatement of Prime Minister Omar Karami, who was forced to resign February 28 under popular opposition pressure. Calls for protest were made in every town and village in the country on Sunday, urging people to descend on Beirut on Monday to demand "the truth" of who killed Hariri along with 17 others in the bombing on a Beirut seafront street. Many people answering the protest calls are particularly offended by the reinstatement of Karami, who resigned amid opposition protests on February 28 but was brought back to the job 10 days later by President Emile Lahoud after the pro-Syrian, pro-government camp flexed its muscles. Karami last week said his supporters had the majority in parliament and with the people, a reference to last Tuesday's "Thank you Syria" rally organised by the Shiite Muslim militant group Hezbollah in which hundreds of thousands of pro-Syrian supporters participated. Since Tuesday, some 4,000 Syrian soldiers have crossed into Syria, leaving about 10,000 in the eastern Bekaa Valley, a senior Lebanese army officer said. Late on Sunday, crowds of flag-waving Lebanese civilians greeted a convoy of Syrian trucks passing through the eastern village of Majdel Anjar in south Bekaa, near the Lebanese-Syrian border. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...