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Source: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/world/4525951.html
Iran Plays Big Role in Lebanon
[AP/Houston Chronicle] Scheherezade Faramarzi - Iranian political influence in Lebanon is backed up by the biggest donation it has made to Hizbullah - an estimated $1.2 billion in 2006. Iran has already provided $300 million in cash to Hizbullah to repair the war damage. "The Zionist enemy destroys, and Iran's Islamic Republic builds," says a banner near bombed buildings in a Shiite-populated suburb of Beirut.