Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Bush pledges support for Lebanese army in Hizbullah battle

"......Analysts said these positions would be used in confrontations with Israel. "Hizbullah will very soon spread all over. They will not leave any strategic part of the country in the hands of their so-called enemies," said Ahmad Moussali, a professor at the American University of Beirut and an expert on Islamist groups.....
Despite calls for a ceasefire, Hizbullah fighters defeated militants loyal to the Druze leader Waleed Jumblatt in clashes starting on Sunday night, gaining control of Niha, a village in the southern Chouf mountains, 25 miles south-east of Beirut...."Hizbullah have shown they are not interested in unseating Jumblatt but rather opening a possible supply route between Bekaa and the southern suburbs," ....
Lebanese soldiers guard the street in Beirut, Lebanon

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