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Hizbullah reportedly preparing plan to seize Beirut

By JPOST.COM STAFF

NOVEMBER 2, 2010 09:20

Sources in Lebanon said that Hizbullah is preparing to seize power in Beirut should the Hariri commission implicate the group in the assassination of the former prime minister, Lebanon's Lebanon's Asharq Alawsat on Tuesday. The report said that the group is preparing for a "zero hour scenario," conducting simulations in the capital city.

The report said that Hizbullah, Amal and other pro-Syria groups were in close contact and coordination relating to a plan to take control of Beirut, the road to the south of the city, and neutralizing Christian and Sunni areas. The sources said that the groups were already plotting zones of who would control which areas, in a day-after scenario.

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