HAMAS - template for the new caliphate, planned in Teheran

Hizbullah asks Teheran to approve Hamas-like takeover of southern Lebanon

GERTZ: The Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah has been impressed with the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip. The question debated within the Lebanese movement is why not do the same thing in Beirut?

For the last year, Hizbullah has been in a standoff with the pro-U.S. government of Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora. Hizbullah thought the Siniora government would collapse in late 2006 when hundreds of thousands of Shi'ites surrounded government buildings downtown in a demand to make the movement the chief partner of the prime minister.

But somehow, with backing from Saudi Arabia and the United States, Siniora survived and most of the Hizbullah supporters got tired and went home. In May 2007, Hizbullah sought to undermine the Siniora government in the Al Qaida-aligned insurrection in northern Lebanon.

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