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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/13/AR2006121302283.html
Lebanese Government Rallies Answer Hizballah's
[Washington Post] Anthony Shadid - In the test of wills that Lebanon's crisis has become, the government is mobilizing its sectarian constituencies - usually Sunni Muslim - as a veiled warning to Hizballah and its Shiite Muslim followers not to go too far in a campaign the government's supporters variously portray as a coup d'etat, an attempt to grab power for the Shiite community, or a ploy to deliver leverage to Iran and Syria.