The World - News from Aug. 28, 1987
About 500 protesters angered by the plunging Lebanese pound smashed currency exchange windows, burned tires and threatened to storm the Central Bank in Beirut before troops fired into the air to disperse them. The protesters shouted “We are hungry; we want to eat!” and “Down with the dollar!” in a spontaneous demonstration after the Lebanese pound sunk to an all-time low of 300 to the U.S. dollar. Syrian peacekeeping soldiers in Muslim West Beirut fired shots in the air to prevent the protesters from ransacking money exchanges in the commercial district.
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