Fisk: Hizbollah rules west Beirut in Iran's proxy war with US
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A Shia gunman from the Amal group, which is allied to Hizbollah
Another American humiliation
the elected government of Lebanon has lost
The national army still patrols the streets, but solely to prevent sectarian killings or massacres
Far from dismantling the pro-Iranian Hizbollah's secret telecommunications system – and disarming the Hizbollah itself – the cabinet of Fouad Siniora sits in the old Turkish serail in Beirut, denouncing violence with the same authority as the Iraqi government in Baghdad's green zone
As a Tehran versus Washington conflict, Iran has won
Jumblatt, the Druze leader and MP and a pro-American supporter
The same applies to Saad Hariri
unable to move without Hizbollah's approval
When Hamas became part of the Palestinian government, the West rejected it. So Hamas took over Gaza
Americans rejected it. Now Hizbollah has taken over
Hamas won a convincing electoral victory
clipped from: www.independent.co.uk