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Hezbollah’s Coup ‘On the Ground’
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Hezbollah’s Coup ‘On the Ground’ May 9, 2008 at 1:36 pm · Filed under Mideast Peace, Politics & Society In taking over much of Beirut (including Sunni neighborhoods formerly controlled by pro-government forces), Hezbollah has engineered what I call a “coup on the ground.” It hasn’t touched the levers of power or elected government. But by controlling much of the territory of the capital city it has taken physical control of almost everything else. The message from Hezbollah is: “we can topple you at will.” And shows the government to be little more than a paper tiger.
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