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Lebanon's Powerhouse Hezbollah Hit by Backlash After Blast

Associated Press

   BEIRUT - Sara Jaafar joined a group of political activists gathered on
   Aug. 4 to discuss strategies to challenge Lebanon's entrenched rulers
   when their building was shaken and the windows blasted out by the giant
   explosion that rocked Beirut.

   She took cover from the flying debris, thoughts rushing through her
   head of past political assassinations in Lebanon. Her immediate
   reaction was that Hezbollah, the militant group that dominates power
   here, was targeting the dissidents' meeting.

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