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Thousands of lit candles place of the Martyrs, on the initiative of the Current of the future the "truth" in letters of light Of the young people light the candles which must form the words "the truth" and "Al-haqiqa" (Ramzi Haïdar/AFP) It is in letters of light that some 10 000 people wrote yesterday, on one of the quay levels of the place of the Martyrs, the word "Arabic and English Truth". Carrying their candles, they expressed once more, on the initiative of the Current of the Future, their claim relating to the elucidation of the mystery of the assassination of the former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri and his companions. Twenty-four hours before the large gathering to which the forces of the opposition called the people today, the place of the Martyrs, which do not have désempli since the funeral of Hariri, was crammed. One needed some ten thousand people, according to organizers', to fill out the giant letters registered on sand, right in front of the mosque Mohammed el-Amine, where the victims of the attack of February were buried 14. But it much had gathered of it there on the place, as of 18 hours, retained by the cords of safety. Enthusiasm was such as the young organizers of the Current of the future had evil to contain crowd, and any difficulty at the proper time of filling out the letters of the two words. Crowd entonné the national anthem at the beginning of the event. The words of two songs dedicated to the memory of Rafic Hariri were distributed to the participants, so that they can the fredonner during the course of operation. Like all the organized activities place of the Martyrs, this one was characterized by the same climate of popular solidarity. "Abou Bahaa". The evocation of this nickname of the former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, transformed into slogan since its death, was continuous. On the podium as within crowd, her name remained omnipresent, just like its memory, still extreme since the terrible attack which cost him the life "Those which killed it do not know that there remains present of each one of us, in the heart of each young person who intends to continue the way that he traced", shouts a voice with the microphone. As usual, crowd was not tender outside towards Syria "Syria", stressed it, begun again in echo by interlocutors on the platform, who pointed out that "the fold already started". In addition, the deputy Ghazi Aridi as of other speakers commented on the term used Saturday by the president of the Republic, Emile Lahoud, who qualified the attack of "mean action". "These are the words which are mean actions", Aridi thundered. Whereas a member of the Current of the future was indignant qu ' "one can thus qualify such an abominable crime". Did all the participants present at this event yesterday show a great enthusiasm "If such a movement will not push me to move me, what could still move me? ", known as Thérèse. "We are there to show them that we exist, and that we are in 2005, not in 1975", Nour underlines. Another lady refuses to carry a candle and to join crowd "the truth, we know it, even if they make their possible to hide it", says it. John Orak is American and fact part of a group of three students who were in crowd "Since I am in Beirut for my research, I did not expect such significant demonstrations and also peaceful", it underlines. Before leaving the places, the participants planted their candles in sand so that the letters can remain illuminated all the night. S. B.