 A demonstration by relatives of Lebanese prisoners detained in Syrian jails demanding the release of their loved ones outside Parliament turned violent after one of the demonstrators beat an arriving lawmaker's car with a Lebanese flag, leading to a clash with army troops and riot police. The Lebanese Red Cross said 16 people were wounded, six of whom were sent to St. George and Wardieh Hospitals for treatment. "The army pushed us and jabbed us with their rifle butts!" cried Intisar Hussian al-Ali, one of the demonstrators who had marched to Beirut's Parliament from the UN House where relatives of Lebanese prisoners in Syrian jails have been staging a sit-in for the past two weeks. "We came here peacefully. We just wanted to hand the members of Parliament copies of our demands, it is just one sheet of paper asking for the Lebanese government to acknowledge the detainees and get them out. The least they could do is just take the sheet!" said Ali, who is demanding the release of her husband detained for six years in a Syrian jail under suspicion of being an Israeli spy. "But they wouldn't listen, they kept moving and drove over our feet with their fancy cars," said Ali, whose daughter, age 3, suffered a cut lip and a bruised leg during the clash. |