Today, an absolutely huge demonstration for freedom took place in Lebanon:

Hundreds of thousands of opposition demonstrators chanted "Freedom, sovereignty, independence" and unfurled a huge Lebanese flag in Beirut on Monday, the biggest protest yet in the opposition's duel of street rallies with supporters of the Damascus-backed government.

Crowds of men, women and children flooded Martyrs Square, spilling over into nearby streets, while more from across the country packed the roads into Beirut responding to an opposition call to demonstrate for the removal of Syrian troops from Lebanon.

It has been amazing to watch the protests and counterprotests in Lebanon. What is incredible is that although Syria can compell their people to go and stage a protest in favor of Syrian intervention in Lebanon, the big demonstrations are made up of individuals who are not compelled to show up - except by the yearning for freedom within themselves.

Although there are hundreds of thousands in the crowd, it is far from disorganized as evidenced by this:

The throngs fell silent at 12:55 p.m. the exact time Hariri was killed four weeks ago by a huge bomb in Beirut. The silence was broken only by church bells tolling and the flutter of flags.

...and by this:

A few years ago, it was difficult to imagine Syria ousted from Lebanon without a tremendous amount of bloodshed. At this point, it is difficult to imagine Syria there longer than a year at best.

UPDATE: One source has estimated the crowd as large as Two Million! (Hat-tip to Politboro Diktat)