Rapturous welcome for Iran's Ahmadinejad in Lebanon
BEIRUT (AFP) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was greeted on Wednesday with adulation by tens of thousands of Hezbollah supporters who showered him with rice, sweets and petals as he began his first official visit to Lebanon. "We love Ahmadinejad because he helps the poor and he helped us rebuild after the 2006 war with Israel," said a man who gave his name only as Mounir, referring to the devastating conflict between the powerful Shiite militant party Hezbollah and the Jewish state. "Iran helped us more than Arab states did," added ...
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