Police are defending the complex, firing tear gas at the rioting mob, in attempts to stop them. They've also fired live rounds into the air, in hopes of deterring them. Latest reports have the military deploying around the perimeter.
The protesters are demanding that the Prime Minister resign, after the car bombing, which occurred Friday. Saturday the PM did tender his resignation, but the President rejected it, stating that he was still needed.
Protesters feel that the Prime Minister has too close of ties with Syria, who is widely accused as being behind the bombing, which targeted Brigadier General Wissam al-Hassan. Al-Hassan was the head of Lebanon's domestic security forces' intelligence division and was very prominent in fighting Syrian influence in the country.
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