Hezbollah seizes most of Beirut
Reuters
10 Maggio 2008
Pro-government television station forced off the air
BEIRUT — Hezbollah gunmen have seized nearly all of the Lebanese capital's Muslim sector from forces loyal to the U.S.-backed government.
Security officials say at least 11 people have been killed and more than 20 wounded in three days of street battles in West Beirut.
The conflict has pitted supporters of the government, mostly Lebanese Sunnis, against the mostly Shiite supporters of the opposition Hezbollah movement. In many cases, Sunni fighters have reportedly thrown down their weapons and fled.
One of Friday's casualties was the satellite TV station affiliated with the party of Lebanon's top Sunni …
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