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Source: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=15325
Lebanon's Southern Border Remains an Economic Wasteland
(AFP/Daily Star-Lebanon) Lebanese residents near the border with Israel had high hopes for an economic recovery when Israeli forces unilaterally withdrew five years ago, but the boom never came. Hizballah has maintained a heavy armed presence since the last Israeli soldier withdrew on May 24, 2000. Hizballah fighters furrow themselves into ravines, transport mobile missile launchers, and spy with infrared binoculars over the barbed-wire border fence.