Funeral of Slain Lebanese Premier Draws Huge Crowd

NPR | By Renee Montagne

Published February 16, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

Tens of thousands of mourners turn out for the funeral procession of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Hariri was killed Monday when a bomb exploded in downtown Beirut. Nick Blanford of The Christian Science Monitor discusses the ceremony and the rally that followed.

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