| 10,000 people
form Lebanese flag in further tribute to Hariri  BEIRUT - More than 10,00O people holding colored
pieces of cardboard formed a huge Lebanese flag here Saturday in another spirited tribute
to slain former prime minister Rafiq Hariri.
Participants, young and old, women in headscarves and those with hair flying in the wind,
gathered in Martyrs Square where Hariri and his seven bodyguards killed in a February 14
bomb attack are buried.
Their 3,800-square-meter flag was formed by cardboard pieces that on one side were in the
Lebanese colors -- red, white and green -- and black on the reverse side.
When a speaker addressing the crowd made reference, for example, to Lebanese MPs said to
be in the pay of foreign powers, pieces were flipped and the flag turned black.
The flag returned to its normal colors on a call for light to be shed on Hariri's killing,
which many Lebanese suspect was the work of Syria. Syrian authorities, who have troops
stationed in Lebanon, have strongly denied involvement.
The assassination has intensified demands for a Syrian military withdrawal and spawned a
tent city in Martyrs Square of young militants pressing for an end to Syria's influence in
Lebanon.
Organizers of Saturday's event said hundreds of groups had answered a call put out by a
movement known as Wave of the Future.
The crowd dispersed shouting "Syria Out" and "Liberty, sovereignty,
independence."
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