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...sides: its reputation as the most successful anti-Israeli military group in the Middle East has won support from Arab nationalists and the backing of Iran and Syria. Meanwhile, many Lebanese Shi'as revere Hizballah for its social and educational-development programs. Many Western governments, meanwhile, consider it a terrorist group; it was placed on the U.S. State Department's terrorist list in 1999. Lebanon's ruling March 14th coalition has also blamed the organization for destabilizing the region and unnecessarily embroiling Lebanon in a near-30-year conflict with Israel. In 2006, a second conflict exploded between Hizballah...
...blood between Hizballah and the government has continued in the runup to the 2009 election. A 2008 dispute over accusations that Hizballah was using its telecommunications systems for terrorist purposes led to deadly brawls and riots in the street. And while both groups seem poised to continue in their current roles following Lebanon's latest elections, there's no indication Hizballah will take the defeat lying down. "We consider that Lebanon is ruled by partnership, and whatever the results of the elections are, we cannot change the standing delicate balances or repeat the experiences of the past," noted Hizballah lawmaker...
...took just over an hour to deliver a judgment that the Omagh families had been waiting eight years to hear. In a landmark case on Monday, a Belfast judge found four men and the dissident terrorist group the Real IRA liable for the 1998 Omagh bombing, which killed 29 people and unborn twins, and awarded more than $2.6 million in damages to the families of those who died in the attack. But as well as bringing relief to the small market town of Omagh in Northern Ireland, Justice Declan Morgan's judgment could pave the way for victims' families around...
...Before this verdict, the Omagh families had failed time and time again in their attempts to bring the perpetrators of Ireland's bloodiest terrorist attack to justice. It wasn't until 2007 that someone finally stood trial in Northern Ireland for the August 1998 attack that killed 29 and injured 250 when a bomb hidden in a stolen car parked on the busy High Street exploded. But the accused, Sean Hoey, was found not guilty of 29 counts of murder and other charges relating to the attack. (See pictures of new hope for Belfast...
...another IRA splinter group, the Continuity IRA, in August 1998. There is no proof that Daly was a Real IRA member when the bombing occurred.) A fifth man, Seamus McKenna, was cleared. McKevitt, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence in the Republic of Ireland for directing terrorist activities, was described in the judgment as being "undoubtedly responsible" for the campaign of dissident republican attacks in 1998 that culminated in the Omagh bombing. (Read "In Northern Ireland, a Civil Action...