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Publication Date: May 2008
Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): Ariel Cohen
Research Area: Government
Keywords: Rafiq Hariri; Middle East; Bush trip; hezbollah
Type: Brief
Coverage: Lebanon
Abstract:
As President Bush prepares to travel to the Middle East, Lebanon's survival as a multi-ethnic, multi-denominational state is at stake. Hezbollah, the Shi'ite terrorist army "made in Iran," demonstrated its force by occupying the capital, Beirut.