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May 23, 2008       Share:    

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN2232509120080522

U.S. and UK Say Hizbullah Weaker after Beirut Fighting

[Reuters] Sue Pleming - U.S. Secretary of State Rice and British Foreign Secretary Miliband said Thursday they believed Hizbullah had been weakened by this month's fighting in Beirut despite the greater influence the militant group gained in Lebanon's cabinet. "Hizbullah lost something very important, which is any argument that it is somehow a resistance movement on behalf of the Lebanese people," Rice said. "The guns of Hizbullah were trained on their own people. The long term consequences of that are potentially going to strengthen the forces of democracy in Lebanon," said Miliband.

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