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Lebanon Condemns 'Armed Coup'  

Posted May 9, 08 1:48 PM CDT in World    Most Covered

(newser) – Hezbollah’s takeover of Beirut is nothing less than an “armed coup,” Lebanon’s ruling party said today. “The armed and bloody coup which is being implemented aims to return Syria to Lebanon and extend Iran's reach to the Mediterranean,” one official in the US-backed government said. The militant group made further progress, the New York Times reports, with troops loyal to the government disappearing and Hezbollah knocking state TV off the air.

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Lebanon Condemns 'Armed Coup'
Shiite gunmen carry a rifle as they ride a motorcycle down Hamra Street, May 9, 2008.   (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
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A Shiite militant fixes a picture of Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, after an office belonging to the Future movement was seized during clashes in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 9, 2008.   (AP Photo/Ahmad Omar)
Lebanon Condemns 'Armed Coup'
A gunman, holds his AK-47 as he stands in a Sunni street in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday May 9, 2008.   (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Lebanon Condemns 'Armed Coup'
Smoke rises from a building after anti-government gunmen attacked and set on fire a two-story building that belongs to Hariri's Future TV in Beirut, Lebanon Friday, May 9, 2008.   (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
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