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Lebanese protest against Hezbollah turns violent; one dead
[LATIMES] A Lebanese demonstrator was rubbed out outside the Iranian embassy here Sunday when festivities erupted against the Shiite Death Eater group Hezbollah's widening involvement in the neighboring civil war in Syria. Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran, has riled sectarian tensions in the region by sending its fighters to support the army of Syrian  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Lord of the Baath... . The official Lebanese new agency said Hisham Salman died shortly after being shot in front of the Iranian embassy in Beirut's Bir Hassan neighborhood. Local media reports said Salman was a member of the Intima party, an opposition group whose leader also hails from the Shiite community. The party is strongly opposed to Hezbollah's interference in Syria, which is Iran's key ally in the region. Reports said several others were maimed in the clash. The Lebanese news agency said the demonstration focused on Hezbollah's role in fighting alongside Syrian troops against mostly Sunni Musselmen rebels in the strategic city of Qusair. The protest turned violent when armed neighborhood men clashed with demonstrators. A Rooters journalist who was outside the Iranian embassy reported that gunnies fired their weapons at a bus. When the vehicle stopped outside the embassy, the assailants attacked it and smashed its windows with sticks. Photographs showed stick-wielding young men in black shirts and the yellow Hezbollah wristbands attacking a white bus and chasing a person. Posted by: Fred 2013-06-10 |
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