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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/23/AR2007012300136.html
Hizbullah Leads a Fiery Strike in Beirut
[Washington Post] Anthony Shadid - The Hizbullah-led opposition cut roads in Beirut and across Lebanon with burning tires, uprooted trees, incinerated cars and barricades to enforce a strike Tuesday aimed at toppling the government, paralyzing the country and embarrassing Lebanese officials ahead of an international aid conference. The army rarely intervened to break the blockades. At least three people were killed in towns north of Beirut, and more than 100 were injured before the opposition declared an end to the strike.