Posted on 01/25/2007 12:41:35 PM PST by PRePublic
Clash Pits Hezbollah Against Rule in Lebanon
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/24/world/middleeast/24lebanon.html?em&ex=1169787600&en=25577f0b9747e026&ei=5087%0A
New York Times - 24 Ene 2007 BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 23 — Thousands of supporters of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah, which is seeking to bring down the pro-Western government, clashed with government supporters and blocked highways leading into Beirut, the capital, on Tuesday, raising fears that the political crisis might lead to open sectarian conflict.
Kate Brooks/Polaris Two youths in a Beirut street Tuesday. Turmoil started at dawn, when groups of protesters set up roadblocks along major thoroughfares. The police said at least three people died and 100 more were wounded throughout the country in the violence, the worst since Hezbollah began demanding more political power late last year. Mobs of men burned tires, set cars on fire and fought occasional gun battles with their political opponents. ..
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Let's loan the pro-west government of Lebanon a couple of AC-130 gunships for street sweeping duties to remove hizbolla trash.
You think this Lebanese PM regrets his trying to stop Israel from destroying the Hezbos?
The Rule in Lebanon is the duly elected democratic government.
Which is why I don't feel for him personally but for the pro Westerners bystanders only!
The ones I feel for in Lebanon are the Christians.
Christians i Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, Iran. they are all facing extiction IMO.
Extiction= extinction.
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