It is not Guns that KillWhat Kills is people that have choosen hate and fear to rule their lives, fear that they will not be happy or loved. You may not believe this, but People feel fear because they do not feel the God force in their lives and they need to feel powerful, important or loved, at the expense of others, instead of God.. So These fighters ae fighter are fighting because they do not experience God in their lives. If they did believe in God they would trust in God. |
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Lebanese violence spreads to mountains outside capital
May 11, `08 - Lebanon hung between fears of all-out war and hopes of political compromise Sunday as government supporters and opponents battled with rockets and machine guns in the mountains overlooking the capital.
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The fighting saw the collapse of pro-government forces in the Aley region, a stronghold of anti-Syrian Druse leader Walid Jumblatt. Beirut was quiet a day after Hezbollah gunmen left the streets, heeding an army call for the Shiite fighters to clear out. The city was the focus of four days of Sunni-Shiite clashes that culminated with Hezbollah seizing large swaths of Muslim West Beirut - demonstrating its military might in a showdown with the government.
Thirty-eight people have been killed since Wednesday, when a power struggle between the Hezbollah-led opposition and the U.S.-backed government began erupting into the worst sectarian violence since Lebanon’s 1975-1990 civil war. Across the country, there were fears of another slide into civil war. “I don’t believe this is the end," said Hala, a 32-year-old employee of an insurance company who lives in a posh area of the Muslim sector that saw fighting three days ago. She declined to give her name for fear of retaliation.
“They haven’t solved the problem yet," she added. “There will be another round." But some analysts saw Hezbollah’s demonstration of its power as paving the way for a solution to end the political crisis. Analysts said the opposition now appears to have the upper hand, which could force the government to compromise. “The opposition is in control now. These military victories have to be translated politically," said Amal Saad Ghorayeb, a political science professor who is an expert on Hezbollah.
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Fighting erupts outside Beirut
May 12,`08 — Fighting broke out Sunday east of Beirut between supporters of the Lebanese government and followers of the militant group Hezbollah, officials say.
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The fighting in the Shouf and Aley districts in the mountains overlooking Beirut followed clashes in the northern city of Tripoli that left at least two people dead and five wounded, The New York Times reported. In Beirut, where there had been heavy fighting between Sunnis and Shiites since Wednesday, there was calm Sunday after the military demanded a halt on attacks in Beirut, officials said.
A large portion of opposition fighters backed off by early Sunday, with only small Amal movement groups remaining to monitor the streets, Alalam Satellite TV reported. Intense clashes continued in northern Lebanon Sunday between followers of the Western-backed government and the Alawite sect, an official said.
The official said thousands of people had left the area and several were injured. “About 7,000 people have fled from Bab al-Tebbaneh, which marks the front lines, because of the battles," he said.
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