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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/05/AR2006120501292.html
Hizballah Gambles in Quest for Dominance
[Washington Post] Anthony Shadid - By mobilizing its rank and file and pouring them into downtown Beirut to topple the government, Hizballah has framed its pursuit for political power in the same martial language of this summer's war with Israel. A dominant theme is resistance to American influence in Lebanon. Banners condemn Jeffrey D. Feltman, the U.S. ambassador in Lebanon, who is often a target of Nasrallah's speeches. "The government of Feltman," one slogan reads, "We'll bring it down."