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Article: President's visit prompts impromptu rally in Lebanon Lahoud visits southern city two days after Israeli-backed militia leaves
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- June 6, 1999
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Hundreds of residents ran into the streets of Jezzine in a
spontaneous celebration Saturday as President Emile Lahoud entered
the southern Lebanon town two days after Israeli-backed militiamen
evacuated.
Lahoud arrived in the early morning unannounced in a small
motorcade. But word spread quickly through this Christian town,
church bells tolled and hundreds gathered at the town square outside
the stone-walled Government House, where the president met with
local officials.
Men, women, the elderly and children mobbed Lahoud. A woman
hugged the smiling president. Others wept with joy or showered him
with rice and flowers in the traditional Arab welcome.
"With blood we redeem you Lahoud," ...