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Lebanon: Hezbollah's Communication Network
May 9, 2008 | 22:52 GMT
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Summary
The Lebanese government has decided to dismantle Shiite militant group Hezbollah's communications network — the very thing that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah called the group's most important weapon. Not only did the government's decision spark protests and violence, but the network — which spans Beirut and reaches through the Bekaa Valley to the area along the Israeli-Lebanese border — could prove difficult to take down.
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