Lebanon's Shiites Grapple With New Feeling of Power
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BEIRUT, Dec. 9 -- As morning clouds hovered overhead Saturday, Fadil Ayyash wiped eyes that were bleary from just two hours of sleep over two days in the city-within-a-city that Hezbollah's protests in downtown Beirut have become.
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The outcome of the battle for LebanonÂs political future could have profound ramifications for the Middle East.
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Established Shiite parties and upstarts are feuding, and their leading cleric is trying to pull them together before the election.
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On Scene: With Hizballah raising the level of its anti-government rhetoric and prime minister Foud Siniora virtually under siege, any chance for compromise in Beirut looks increasingly dim
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Heroic fighters to some, dangerous militia to others. The bloody fight that Hezbollah picked with Israel has deepened a longtime divide in Lebanon.
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Along with a brewing Shi'a civil war,  officials in Diwaniyah are seeing an influx of al-Qaeda and Sunni insurgent elements
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KARBALA, Iraq -- Posted at the door of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's office recently, a flier denounced the arrest of his followers. Up and down the barricaded street, soldiers and policemen loyal to his Shiite rivals stood sentry, some in tan armored personnel carriers, questioning anyone they...
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Between 1,000 and 2,000 fighters from the Mahdi Army and other Shiite militias have been trained by Hezbollah in Lebanon, an intelligence official said.
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As Lebanon's government tries to maintain its shaky grip on power, sources tell TIME that Tehran and Damascus are shipping weapons to the militant Shi'ite group
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Lebanon's most senior Shiite Muslim cleric is voicing doubts about holding national elections in Iraq, a major departure from his Iraqi colleagues who support the vote.
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BEIRUT -- The Lebanese political crisis risks creating a new proxy conflict between Shia-dominated Iran, which supports Hezbollah, and Sunni Arab regimes allied with the United States.
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Recent battles between Lebanese police and Fatah al-Islam militants anger local residents.
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There's a lot of waiting and worrying in Lebanon these days. One year after Israel and the Shiite Hezbollah militia went to war, large swaths of Lebanon still lie in ruins and as rival factions struggle for control over the country.
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Attacks on Pakistan's Shiites echo rising sectarian strife in the Mideast.
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The death of a young man may turn the emotional tide against the Lebanese government
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Tens of thousands of Shiites, some burning U.S. flags and chanting "Death to Israel," thronged a Baghdad slum in support of Hezbollah Friday as protests surged against the Lebanon fighting in several Mideast nations.
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In a poisonous landscape, competing Shiite groups no longer look to the political system to allocate power.