More Political Strife In Lebanon Expected After Victory Of U.S.-Backed Coalition

In Beirut, supporters of the anti-Hezbollah Christian Lebanese Forces party revel in their coalition’s unexpected victory in parliamentary elections. PATRICK BAZ / AFP/Getty Images

From The L.A. Times:

Reporting from Tehran and Beirut -- A U.S.-backed coalition's election victory over an alliance led by the militant Hezbollah movement sets the stage for a new period of political discord in Lebanon, analysts and officials said Monday.

One point of contention, they noted, will be the arsenal of weapons held by the Shiite Muslim militiamen of Hezbollah.

Election officials Monday confirmed a decisive parliamentary election victory of the so-called March 14 coalition, led by pro-U.S. lawmaker and billionaire Saad Hariri, over a Shiite-Christian alliance called March 8.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials On The Lebanese Election

A Fragile Democracy -- The Australian editorial
A Ballot in Beirut -- The Times editorial
Lebanon's Voters Answer Iran's Guns -- Christian Science Monitor editorial
Isolating Islamists -- Amir Taheri, New York Post opinion
A New Hope in Lebanon -- Times of London editorial
Lebanon Feels the Obama Effect -- Simon Tisdall, The Guardian

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