Ahmadinejad heads to Lebanon amid political crisis
BEIRUT – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is wading into Lebanon's tumultuous political divides this week with a visit that underlines the power of the Shiite militant group Hezbollah and has put Western-backed factions in the government on the defensive. Hundreds of posters of Ahmadinejad and Iranian flags have gone up in Beirut and Hezbollah's heartland in southern Lebanon in support of the Iranian leader, who is due to arrive Wednesday for his first state visit to the country. Ahmadinejad will meet with Lebanon's president and the ...
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