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LEBANONThousands support Hezbollah in rall Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah told hundreds of thousands of supporters at a "victory" rally that his guerrillas will not surrender their weapons, including 20,000 rockets he claimed were left after the 34-day war with Israel, until a stronger Lebanese government is in place. The gathering Sept. 22 in south Beirut, estimated at 800,000 people, was a show of strength by Hezbollah that posed a defiant challenge to the government of Western-backed Prime Minister Fuad Saniora, pressing it to give the Shiite guerrilla movement a greater say in power. It also aimed to demonstrate that Hezbollah was not weakened by U.N. peacekeepers and Lebanese troops deploying across southern Lebanon, its longtime stronghold.
The Japan Times Weekly: Sept. 30, 2006 |
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