South Lebanon prepares for Ahmadinejad visit
BINT JBEIL, Lebanon (Reuters) – Lebanon's southern Shi'ite residents closed their shops, schools and offices on Thursday to welcome Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad near the border with Tehran's arch-foe Israel. Ahmadinejad told Lebanon's government on Wednesday that Iran would support it in confronting what he called Israeli hostility. He was due to speak in the town of Bint Jbeil, a bastion of Iran's ally Hezbollah which witnessed fierce battles between the Shi'ite group and Israel during their 34-day war in 2006. Most Shi'ites are ...
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