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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Hezbollah in Trouble; Nasrallah: I want to spend more time with family
2012-01-13
Long article - here are some tidbits:

one problem is
...according to well-sourced accounts of a meeting two weeks ago, Nasrallah "complained he no longer wanted the job." ...Nasrallah is now tainted... by his association with a Syrian regime that has been slaughtering its Sunni opponents.
the other problem is
...Hezbollah's control over Lebanon's Shiite community seems to be unraveling. There's crime and social unrest in Shiite areas that the party is incapable of curtailing
most of the rest is a long story about a rival Shiite cleric who was kidnapped, tortured, etc. by Hezbollah
Posted by:Lord Garth

#3  Nasrallah spent years murdering people and is now looking around for the retirement plan. It was you, fearless leader, that spent years perfecting the "pull the trigger" retirement plan. It is not as pretty now, is it?
Posted by: whatadeal   2012-01-13 02:08  

#2  I hate autocomplete.
Posted by: crosspatch   2012-01-13 01:21  

#1  I would guess there is more too this. For one thing they are closely tied to Iran which is losing influence in the region as they are increasingly seen as corrupt and criminal. The regime in Tehran is rotting from the inside and people are distancing themselves from it.
Posted by: crosspatch   2012-01-13 01:20  

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