Arab Spring Comes To Lebanon? Protesters Clash With Police in Beirut

Beirut is on the head of a pin right now as protesters over the assassination of the head of Lebanon's intelligence services was assassinated are calling for the overthrow of the current Prime Minister.  It's just another domino in the chain of Arab Spring scenarios across the Middle East where the Islamists continue to start fires in each and every country and then fan those flames into total chaos and then finally some sort of civil war.

The story comes from The Telegraph.

Lebanese protesters clash with police in Beirut


An official said security forces had fired in the air.

Witnesses said at least two protesters had fainted, apparently as a result of tear gas fired by security forces after protesters breached an outer barrier around the prime minister's offices.

Hundreds of protesters, waving flags from the anti-Syrian opposition Future Movement – a mainly Sunni Muslim party – and Christian Lebanese Forces as well as black Islamist flags, marched on Mikati's offices after the funeral of Wissam al-Hassan.

They accused Syria of being behind Hassan's killing and called for Mikati to resign.

During funeral orations for Hassan, angry former premier Fuad Siniora called on Mikati to resign, adding his voice to many others since Hassan was killed in a car bombing on Friday.

Siniora, parliamentary chief for opposition leader Saad Hariri, said the "government is responsible for the crime that killed Wissam and his chauffeur. That is why he must go."

"Mikati, you cannot stay in your post to cover up this crime," he said. "If you stay, it means you agree with what happened and what will happen."

The opposition has widely accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of being behind the attack, which killed two other people and wounded 126.