Word: beirutization
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...Baghdad burns, Hizballah is setting Beirut on fire. And the outcome of the struggle in Lebanon will have as much or more significance than what happens in Iraq...
...Last week the Lebanese army failed to stop Hizballah from closing down Beirut and much of the rest of Lebanon. The Shi'ite organization made sure everyone knows it can take Beirut, historically a Sunni city, whenever it wants. The rioting that followed will be to Hizballah's benefit, since it thrives on chaos...
...This is very scary stuff. Most of Hizballah's leadership, including its secretary general Hasan Nasrallah, began their political lives as Iranian agents. They have American blood on their hands, including blowing up the U.S. Embassy in Beirut and the Marines' barracks in 1983 - the world's bloodiest terrorist attacks until 9/11...
...1970s, rural poverty and incessant cross-border hostilities between Israel and Palestinian militants operating from south Lebanon spurred tens of thousands of Shi'ites to migrate to the slums of southern Beirut, dubbed the "belt of misery," bringing them into contact with the city-dwelling Sunnis...
...Saudis has also fueled considerable speculation that a face-saving compromise may be in the works end the political crisis in Lebanon. But as Thursday's unscripted surge of sectarian violence demonstrated, a political deal may come too late to cool the seething passions on the streets of Beirut...