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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/25/AR2009112503756.html
Investment Scandal Damages Hizbullah
(Washington Post) Alia Ibrahim - Thousands of Lebanese have lost their savings after putting their faith in Salah Ezzedine, a billionaire financier with close ties to Hizbullah. The Lebanese version of the Bernie Madoff scandal threatens to tarnish the Shiite group's carefully cultivated image as a pious defender of the masses.