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Monday, June 06, 2005

Lebanon Elections Update

As expected, Hizbullah and the pro-Syrian Amal have swept elections in the south of Lebanon. This will probably make it harder to convince the Shiite militia to disarm. Hizbullah's campaign featured a lot of anti-American and anti-Israel rhetoric and that clearly resonated with the voters. Hizbullah is seen there as liberators who drove out the Israeli occupiers.

Meanwhile the anti-Syrian opposition plans mass protests near Beirut occasioned by last week's assassination of journalist, Samir Kassir.

Read about it here.

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