Gemayel supporters in huge rally, coffin, Father, Hariri, Jumblatt speeches

Описание: (23 Nov 2006)
1. Various of rally attended by hundreds of thousands in Martyrs' Square
2. Amin Gemayel, father of Pierre, and former President of Lebanon, walks to podium to address crowd, flanked by Samir Geagea on left and Saad Hariri on right, breaks down into tears
3. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Amin Gemayel, Pierre Gemayel's father: ++partly overlaid with pictures of crowd++
"We must promise ourselves and Lebanon that the second uprising started today and won't stop until it completes (gets its aims) and it is not going to be complete unless there is real change, complete change, change and reform. Our change and reforms start from the head, start with the countdown in order to elect a new president for the Republic."
4. Crowds in Square
5. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Amin Gemayel, Pierre Gemayel's father:
"The countdown has started and we won't give up; we won't rest until we have an investigation and bring to justice all those who commit all these crimes against our leaders, our sons, our beloved ones and against Lebanon."
6. Crowd in square
7. Druse political leader Walid Jumblatt on stage walking to podium UPSOUND: crowd chanting
8. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Walid Jumblatt, Druse political leader: ++partly overlaid with pictures of crowd++
"They will not take away our determination to live, they won't take it away. They will not take away our determination to live, they won't take it away. They will not take away our will to stand, they won't take it away. They will not take away our persistence to gain independence. They won't take it away. They will not take away our love of freedom and differences and multiplicity. They won't take it away."
9. Crowd
10. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Walid Jumblatt, Druse political leader:
"At this moment and above all this pain and wounds, we are for dialogue."
11. Saad Hariri, leader of the anti-Syrian parliamentary majority and son of former prime minister Rafik Hariri, on stage, greeting the crowd
12. Crowd and flags
13. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Saad Hariri, leader of the anti-Syrian parliamentary majority: ++partly overlaid with pictures of crowd++
"National unity, consecrated by the blood of Rafik Hariri and the blood of Pierre Amin Gemayel. And the blood of Basil, Samir, George, Jubran and anyone of the Independence martyrs is a clear, intact fact. And this national unity is stronger than their weapons, stronger than their criminality and stronger than their terror."
14. Crowd and flags
15. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Saad Hariri, leader of the anti-Syrian parliamentary majority: ++partly overlaid with pictures of crowd++
"Today you are rising up again for truth, justice and life. And to prove to the whole world that the sons of Rafik al Hariri and the brothers of Pierre Gemayel are the majority in Lebanon. And to say to those (Hizbollah) who said you are false majority, we are the fact and you are the illusion."
16. Various coffin being carried out of St. George's Cathedral through crowds, to be taken to Bikfaya for burial
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese gathered to bid farewell to Pierre Gemayel, the slain Christian politician, on Thursday, and his anti-Syrian allies turned his funeral into a powerful show of force against their opponents, led by the powerful Shiite Muslim Hezbollah and its allies.
Gemayel's coffin, wrapped in the flag of his right wing Phalange Party - white with a green cedar emblem - was brought from his hometown of Bikfaya and carried through applauding throngs in downtown Beirut to the St. George's Cathedral, where the packed congregation sang hymns.

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