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Article: LEBANON - Dec 5 - 'Shi'ite Blood Is Boiling', Say Lebanon Protestors.
- Article from:
- APS Diplomat Recorder
- Article date:
- December 9, 2006
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Lebanon's sectarian fabric looks increasingly stretched as thousands of Shi'ite demonstrators attend the funeral of the first fatality in their continuing protests to topple the country's Sunni PM Fouad Siniora. The army's commander warned that the military may not be able to control the situation for much longer after soldiers intervened for a second night in clashes between Shi'ite demonstrators and Sunni government supporters. "The absence of political solutions along with a recurrence of security incidents, particularly those with sectarian overtones, drains the army's capabilities and weakens neutrality", General Michel Suleiman said, according to a local news ...
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