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Tyrone Slothrop
Apparently the Hezbollah rally in Beirut drew 500,000 people -- one-eighth of the country's population. Wow.
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They bussed in a not-inconsequential number of people in across the border and padded the numbers with Syrian workers and Palestinian refugees. Additionally, it is rumoured the Syrian secret police and Hezbollah heavily pressured people to show up (a la North Korea).
Adding further to the mix is that the rally was less a pro-Syria rally and much more of a pro-Arab, anti-UN/US rally, which would also explain the higher numbers.
