[AP/Washington Post] Hussein Dakroub - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice stepped up international pressure on Hizballah to disarm, saying the group must surrender its weapons if it wants to remain part of Lebanon's political process. In an interview with Lebanese Broadcasting Corp. aired Friday, Rice urged Hizballah to lay down its arms according to the Aug. 14 cease-fire that ended its 34-day war with Israel. "If Hizballah wants to be in politics....Hizballah should be disarmed. You cannot have one foot in terror and the use of violence and the other foot in politics. It just doesn't work that way," Rice said.
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