Lebanon ran out of wheat, fuel, electricity, water, foodstuffs, and many essential goods.
It’s security forces never run out of tear gas and rubber bullets, despite their heavy use against protesters.
Not content with killing 150+ and injuring 5000+ human beings, Lebanon’s politicians sent the security forces to crush a protest, and cause more injury and suffering on the people.
(Content warning, violent gideo)
https://twitter.com/bacharelhalabi/status/1292111551663689732?s=21 https://twitter.com/bacharelhalabi/status/1292111551663689732
According to Red Cross, there have been almost 110 injuries among protesters today, caused by security forces.
Hospitals are already strained by the explosion, many were destroyed, but Lebanon’s politicians don’t care at all.
https://twitter.com/redcrosslebanon/status/1292118512765407233?s=21 https://twitter.com/redcrosslebanon/status/1292118512765407233
Seeing reports that live ammo is being used. I’m not sure how accurate. Rubber bullets can be quite penetrative. Still, about 110 injured, and the protests are still ongoing. No behavior by Lebanon’s politicians is shocking anymore.
https://twitter.com/j_notinterested/status/1292111346771939328?s=21 https://twitter.com/j_notinterested/status/1292111346771939328
The Lebanese Army, looking out for the citizens.
https://twitter.com/zahrahankir/status/1292121012734234626?s=21 https://twitter.com/zahrahankir/status/1292121012734234626
Reminds me of life in wartime Lebanon. Broken glass was ubiquitous sight. Except this time it is not war, it is extreme levels of negligence.
https://twitter.com/mahamyahya/status/1292062880381251584?s=21 https://twitter.com/mahamyahya/status/1292062880381251584
Lebanese protesters occupied the head office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They destroyed a portrait of the president.
Reminds of when burning portraits of the Assads became a national pastime in Syria.
https://twitter.com/ahmadmazen93/status/1292122472888897536?s=21 https://twitter.com/ahmadmazen93/status/1292122472888897536
Tomorrow they will tel us, “Security forces were only protecting themselves, they did all they can to limit injuries.”
Unfortunately, the world can see that they are resorting to brutal methods.
https://twitter.com/aya_majzoub/status/1292125649155633152?s=21 https://twitter.com/aya_majzoub/status/1292125649155633152
Lebanon’s Annahar newspaper - whose office building suffered great damage in the Beirut explosion - is reporting that thugs from Amal Movement (speaker of parliament’s party) attacked one of its reporters and confiscated his phone.
https://twitter.com/annahar/status/1292125967603859460?s=21 https://twitter.com/annahar/status/1292125967603859460
More reports that security forces are using live ammunition.
https://twitter.com/sim_gk/status/1292126518777458688?s=21 https://twitter.com/sim_gk/status/1292126518777458688
And now even Annahar is carrying a (qualified) report that a protester was struck with live bullets.
https://twitter.com/annahar/status/1292127822287380480?s=21 https://twitter.com/annahar/status/1292127822287380480
Protesters have announced that they’ve taken the office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as HQ for the revolution.
Hope you took Chlorox with you. Make sure to disinfect everything there before you touch it. God knows what Bassil has done in there.
https://twitter.com/bbcnadasamad/status/1292127823021383680?s=21 https://twitter.com/bbcnadasamad/status/1292127823021383680
Mock hangings of Lebanon’s political leaders.
cc @THE_47th
https://twitter.com/dianamoukalled/status/1292118660866244615?s=21 https://twitter.com/dianamoukalled/status/1292118660866244615
Another Lebanese TV station confirming that live bullets were shot near Parliament. Some suggested this may be by Amal thugs, not security forces. But Amal’s thugs are in a different location.
https://twitter.com/mtvenglishnews/status/1292126561374740480?s=21 https://twitter.com/mtvenglishnews/status/1292126561374740480
I hope they stick their promise and sideline the Lebanese government and state institutions.
But the plane loads of aid that have arrived so far are under the control of the corrupt politicians.
https://twitter.com/abihabib/status/1292130677744230400?s=21 https://twitter.com/abihabib/status/1292130677744230400
Protesters requesting support at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs front. More protesters needed to help hold the ground.
https://twitter.com/fareshalabi/status/1292130753111875584?s=21 https://twitter.com/fareshalabi/status/1292130753111875584
Ongoing gunfire in downtown Beirut and the police have confirmed to Reuters that bullets have been fired.
https://twitter.com/annahar/status/1292130855259910152?s=21 https://twitter.com/annahar/status/1292130855259910152
The security forces are not doing anything to repell the partisan thugs who have attacked protesters and journalists, and who have fired live bullets.
They are too busy causing their own share of injury and suffering.
Injuries from protests now almost 150
https://twitter.com/annahar/status/1292133332495536130?s=21 https://twitter.com/annahar/status/1292133332495536130
The protest crowd is much smaller than at the revolution’s peak. Less than half of the crowd that gathered in Beirut.
(People are still dealing with the rubble, are in shock)
But it seems they are much more determined this round.
I fear the order to attack will come at night, under the cover of darkness. We’ve seen it before.
https://twitter.com/aya_majzoub/status/1292135527022505984?s=21 https://twitter.com/aya_majzoub/status/1292135527022505984
Joelle is confirming the parliamentary police opened live fire on protesters (despite their denials).
This explains the two sources of gunfire sound; near the parliament building and at the land end of Martyrs’ Sq.
https://twitter.com/joelleboutros/status/1292137561020915717?s=21 https://twitter.com/joelleboutros/status/1292137561020915717
Less than 1 km away from where Hezbollah-loving armed thugs are gathering.
https://twitter.com/dalalmawad/status/1292134046194184193?s=21 https://twitter.com/dalalmawad/status/1292134046194184193
Another Ministry has been taken over by protesters.
Reports that a third has also been been successfully occupied.
https://twitter.com/akhbaralsaha/status/1292137296419074056?s=21 https://twitter.com/akhbaralsaha/status/1292137296419074056
Expect Lebanese politicians to cry crocodile tears live on TV over the destruction of public property following the protests.
Remember that they didn’t shed a tear after an explosion caused by their negligence took out entire neighborhoods.
https://twitter.com/akhbaralsaha/status/1292137296419074056?s=21 https://twitter.com/akhbaralsaha/status/1292137296419074056
The parties will never agree to early parliamentary elections.
And anyway, those will yield not a single without a fair electoral law. The current one was designed to predetermine the result.
https://twitter.com/glcarlstrom/status/1292140355891146752?s=21 https://twitter.com/glcarlstrom/status/1292140355891146752
The army did not respond with this much presence (aka show of force) after the Beirut explosion.
https://twitter.com/joeyayoub/status/1292140768652668928?s=21 https://twitter.com/joeyayoub/status/1292140768652668928
Been occupied before, by a group including @monajem himself.
That was during the 2015 garbage protests, when the politicians buried Lebanon in garbage.
https://twitter.com/monajem/status/1292141167514202112?s=21 https://twitter.com/monajem/status/1292141167514202112
Beirut protest injuries now approaching 200, with many requiring hospitalization.
Beirut is protesting alone tonight. Tomorrow, all Lebanon must show solidarity.
And now the municipality building is being occupied.
https://twitter.com/rahalmaya/status/1292139303380934656?s=21 https://twitter.com/rahalmaya/status/1292139303380934656
The northern side of parliament, between Beirut Souks and the municipality, has not seen a moment of tear gas-free air in the past few hours.
https://twitter.com/thomasvlinge/status/1292144694152093703?s=21 https://twitter.com/thomasvlinge/status/1292144694152093703
The building of the Association of Banks has been taken over as well. The association is a cartel. Where anti-trust law prohibits conspiracy against consumers in democratic nations, this association is a legal syndicate in Lebanon.
https://twitter.com/beirutiyat/status/1292145093919547392?s=21 https://twitter.com/beirutiyat/status/1292145093919547392
Good. Others emptied file cabinets from the windows. Let’s hope there was no important evidence in there.
https://twitter.com/bissancampaigns/status/1292146077060268034?s=21 https://twitter.com/bissancampaigns/status/1292146077060268034
Remember how less than a week ago people were angry at the army for censoring the line, “revolution is born from the womb of sorrow” from a famous poem/song?
Turns out deleting a line doesn’t change the fact. Keep that in mind next Army Day.
https://twitter.com/leshaque/status/1289716964345208832?s=21 https://twitter.com/leshaque/status/1289716964345208832
Lebanon’s internal security forces announce the death of an officer who they say was attacked while helping people taken hostage by killers and rioters.
Protesters say they didn’t trap anyone in the building and that the officer fell down an elevator shaft
https://twitter.com/lebisf/status/1292147947132641280?s=21 https://twitter.com/lebisf/status/1292147947132641280
Thigs attacked journalists covering protests. Security forces left them alone and fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters instead.
https://twitter.com/chehayebk/status/1292152929470816256?s=21 https://twitter.com/chehayebk/status/1292152929470816256
Ministry of Energy and Water taken by protesters.
This ministry is probably the most corrupt and biggest drain on Lebanon’s coffers.
https://twitter.com/mhijazi/status/1292154962768728072?s=21 https://twitter.com/mhijazi/status/1292154962768728072
Darkness has fallen on Beirut. Security forces will probably intensify their assault. Thugs are loitering not too far from the protesters. About 200 protesters have already been injured. Let’s hope no further casualties tonight.
Hope you’re not badly injured Aya.
Seems army will disperse protesters tonight by any means necessary.
https://twitter.com/aya_majzoub/status/1292157825439932417?s=21 https://twitter.com/aya_majzoub/status/1292157825439932417
Security forces are getting teady to remove protesters from the building of the Association of Banks. Protesters are also occupying three ministries but the security forces decided to prioritize the banks. #ThisIsLebanon
On Saturday evening, when there is not a single employee at the Ministry of Energy, protesters found the offices fully lit and the ACs blasting.
Meanwhile, Beirut is suffering from up to 20 hours of power cuts per day.
https://twitter.com/samdagher/status/1292160466236715009?s=21 https://twitter.com/samdagher/status/1292160466236715009
Injuries among protesters in Beirut now more than 200, and this figure does not include a whole bunch of people who were just viciously attacked by the army on Ring bridge.
Someone should ask the soldiers after they have homes they can return to at the end of the night because many Lebanese have ended up homeless because of the explosion, and before that, economic strife.
https://twitter.com/timourazhari/status/1292162214531665921?s=21 https://twitter.com/timourazhari/status/1292162214531665921
“You’re laughing? ... You are protecters of the criminals, protecters of our murderers, shame on you!”
https://twitter.com/larissaaounsky/status/1292163572651483136?s=21 https://twitter.com/larissaaounsky/status/1292163572651483136
Marching on the presidential palace in Baabda is a great idea. Need diversity in protests, not downtown Beirut every time.
But such a step requires much coordination and planning, and strong commitment from the citizenry to show up in force.
https://twitter.com/tmallat/status/1292165533236944898?s=21 https://twitter.com/tmallat/status/1292165533236944898
Another reminder that the army did not lift a finger to help in search and rescue, debrib removal, and cleanup after the Beirut explosion. Now they sent 30 additional truckloads of soldiers to oppress a protest calling for accountability.
https://twitter.com/larajbitar/status/1292166325436022787?s=21 https://twitter.com/larajbitar/status/1292166325436022787
Two days ago a top official in the president’s party said that they will no longer tolerate insults directed at the president.
Here’s a chorus cursing his name.
https://twitter.com/salmanonline/status/1292166361104490496?s=21 https://twitter.com/salmanonline/status/1292166361104490496
Protest has largely been dispersed. Protesters have been evicted from Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Reports of same from Assoc. Banks building. Less than 20% of evening crowd remains on the streets now.
Internal security forces, as usual, trying to justify their oppression, claims 4 protesters arrested were carrying drugs.
Drugs in people’s pockets, they find. 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate onthe other hand, ...
https://twitter.com/annahar/status/1292170527310848000?s=21 https://twitter.com/annahar/status/1292170527310848000
Here come the army’s elite special forces.
https://twitter.com/larissaaounsky/status/1292173365093040128?s=21 https://twitter.com/larissaaounsky/status/1292173365093040128
Protests have ended. The protesters were dispersed by heavy-handed tactics that left 250+ injured. Occupied government buildings have been emptied.
I haven’t seen calls for the next protest yet, there will be for sure. I hope it spans all Lebanon. Beirut stood alone today.
Lebanon’s Minister of Health is preparing to announce a stricter and wider lockdown, he claims due to increased COVID-19 infection rates.
The infection rates started skyrocketing last week. Testing stopped last Tuesday after explosion.
Don’t be fooled. This is about protests.
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