Lebanon Forces Battle Hezbollah

CHAN:
Gunmen loyal to Hezbollah are fighting pro-government supporters in Lebanon. Fierce clashes are reported in the capital, Beirut, and other violence was also seen in other parts of the country. Let's take a look.

STORY:
The sound residents here in Beirut dread most. Gunmen loyal to Hezbollah open fire on buildings as they battle pro-government supporters in the Lebanese capital.

Lebanon started to slide towards conflict after the U.S. backed Beirut government declared a telecommunication network run by Hezbollah was illegal.

Iranian-backed Hezbollah said this meant the government had declared war by targeting their network.
They vowed to cut off the hand that tried to dismantle it.

[Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah Leader]:
''Whoever declares war on us, even if a father or a brother, let alone a political adversary, we reserve the right to confront and defend our arms and existence. The telecom network is not part of the resistance's arms, it is the most important part of the resistance."

Supporters of Hezbollah and its allies have blocked roads leading to the airport -- Lebanon's only air link to the outside world -- and other main streets, paralyzing much of the city.

Hezbollah say the only way out of the crisis is for the government to attend talks aiming to end a 17-month-long political conflict with the Hezbollah-led opposition.

The street confrontations this week have aggravated the country's worst internal crisis since the 1975-90 civil war and exacerbated sectarian tension between Sunnis loyal to the government and Shi'ites who support the opposition.

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[kokorico06]

Lebanese are pathetic secterianistic loosers

[33ppalu]

@era09 have you got your head out of ja3ja3 ass yet. hope you and hezbo wipe each other out.

[josephzein]

@PandemicMadness being able?! they already won! if not they would have been invaded! retard

[hoessein77]

@OUWLEB When Ouwet will destroy Hezbollah? Like in 2008 when Hezbollah destroyed Hariri supporters hahahah, in only a few hours.

[SeeingNames]

@mogul50 dont blame religion politics or other things. blame the individuals, the criminals, the guilty. 

[mogul50]

@rx1300b i'm pretty sure that religon set lebanon back by 1000 years

[Albiiz1]

@OUWLEB and trust me hizbollah would not want to fight any1 in lebanon. I like lebanon and im loyal to it. I was not against bachir jmayel when he batteled palestenians.

[Albiiz1]

@OUWLEB haha this is the funniest comment. Ouwet will only make tabboule. no1 in lebanon can say they can fight hizbollah

[lugerox]

@MaujKashmir Hizbollah is still counting their bodies. The were shitting in their pants when Israelis engaged them. That's the reason why they sit quiet and even not thinking launching rockets on Israel. 

[MaujKashmir]

@PandemicMadness... Nasrallah already kicked the butt of Israel in 2006. Ask the Israeli Winograd Commision about it u dumb ass.