Hezballah thugs make mess in Lebanon

AP/Washington Times:

Violent clashes broke out yesterday between Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims in the capital, leaving one man dead and exacerbating tensions that threaten the country's fragile political balance.
Hezbollah supporters on Friday began an open-ended sit-in in the capital in an effort to bring down the government of Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora. But Mr. Siniora, emboldened by Arab and U.S. support, vowed yesterday to stay in office.
As revolutionary and nationalist songs blared from protesters' tent camp in the heart of Beirut, a Mass was held at Mr. Siniora's office in memory of Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel, who was assassinated by gunmen in a Beirut suburb last month.
The service was seen as a show of solidarity with the government, which draws its support largely from Sunni Muslims and Christians who oppose involvement in the country's affairs by neighboring Syria.
A few yards away, a rival Mass organized by supporters of Michel Aoun, a Christian leader allied with the Shi'ite Muslim Hezbollah, was held at the St. George Cathedral.
The clash in Tarik Jdideh occurred as Hezbollah supporters were returning from Beirut's downtown and passed through the Sunni neighborhood.
Police officials said the two sides threw stones at each other and the clash escalated into gunfire, which killed Ahmed Ali Mahmoud, a 20-year-old Shi'ite. At least 10 persons were slightly injured in similar clashes elsewhere in West Beirut.
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This would be a pretty calm day between Shia and Sunnis in Baghdad, but in Beirut the AP describes it as "violent clashes." The real story hear and in Baghdad is that the US is a witness to and not a participant in the "civil wars" that are taking place between the Shia and Sunnis. It has been going on long before the US intervened in Iraq and will continue after we leave. Hezballah's Shia thugs are trying to turn Lebanon into an Iranian style theocracy/thugocracy. Hezballah needs to be destroyed.