[New York Times] Robert F. Worth - The children crowd forward around the glass case, eager for a glimpse of the martyr's bloodstained clothes. The dead man being shown such veneration is Imad Mughniyeh, the shadowy Hizbullah commander. Hizbullah has hailed him as one of its great military leaders in the struggle against Israel. Now, the group has opened an exhibit in Nabatiye in honor of Mughniyeh. The eerie heart of the exhibit is the glass-encased room displaying his possessions, as if they were a saint's relics. In addition to an extraordinary array of weaponry and martyrs' paraphernalia, the exhibit includes a large indoor room that was remodeled to resemble "what we believe the martyrs' heaven is like," according to a guide on duty.
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