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Stage one of Syrian pullback complete

March 17, 2005

Beirut - Syria's army and intelligence agents completed the first phase of their pullback to eastern Lebanon's Bekaa Valley and Syria today.

Syria began the redeployment on March 8 after coming under international pressure to withdraw from Lebanon following the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in Beirut, which sparked weeks of anti-Syrian demonstrations.

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