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Source: http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/news/columnists/hannah_allam/15557772.htm
People of Southern Lebanon Bound to Hizballah
[McClatchy News] Hannah Allam - Sahar Bajouk, 17, was surprised to learn how many men in her village of Aita el Shaab belonged to Hizballah. Her brothers stayed to fight the Israelis. So did her high school boy friend. Her history teacher died in battle, along with an administrator from her school and several of her neighbors: an architect, a restaurateur, a college student, and a shopkeeper. "See that house over there?," she said. "That's where Hizballah kept the collaborators, the spies. They don't kill them straightaway. First, they're questioned so that they can catch the whole web." A Shiite Muslim scout group in blue uniforms adorned with photos of Iranian ayatollahs distributed bottles of water. A crisply dressed band played martial music with lyrics that said martyrdom was "as beautiful as the moon."