Clahes continue in Lebanon for 5th day

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Clashes continue in Lebanon for 5th day
CNN Beirut, Lebanon
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/12/lebanon.violence/index.html
May 12, 2008

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This past Monday in a northern city of Lebanon, Tripoli, yet another fight broke out between who Americans call a terror group, the Hezbollah, and Lebanese government troops. This series of fighting that has lasted five days and spread from the central city of Beirut north to Tripoli was started over the Lebanon government ban of the telecommunications system that the Hezbollah uses. This Hezbollah group is made up of Shiite Muslims who are said to be extremists backed by Iran and Syria. They have been in a power battle with the pro-Western parliament of Lebanon who are in the process of electing a new president, but have had the election postponed because of the fighting. Recently, the Lebanon government and the Hezbollah forces have achieved a tentative and unofficial cease-fire that has been called although nothing has yet been resolved involving their conflict. At this point 58 have died and 189 have been wounded from this fighting with hope that soon the struggling Lebanese government can regain control of their lands from the nagging Hezbollah terror forces.

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a. This article relates to the AP world history theme impact of interaction among and within major societies because the Lebanese government and the Hezbollah forces are fighting in the same area and have been struggling for power over each other for a long time and it has finally erupted into violence.
b. The Hezbollah terror group has occupied the lands of Lebanon for many years and have been opposed to their pro-Western Lebanese government. This as well as the recent ban of a telecommunications system used by the Hezbollah clan by the government has spilled over into violence between the two groups. The U.S. backed Lebanese government is looking also to continue their struggling parliament while they try to get rid of the Hezbollah group which has become a heavy burden on the country.
c. The two writers of this article, Cal Perry and Brent Sadler, are both male, American, and insiders in the writing of this article because they are at the site of the fighting in Beirut and they are getting information from primary sources on both sides of the conflict.
d. The author’ points of view come across slightly in the article when they seem to agree with the side of the conflict that their own country is backing in the Lebanese and putting down the opposition in the Hezbollah. The authors say that the Hezbollah is a terror group that disturbs the growing peace of the Middle East which is the American government’s opinion that they are backing up clearly through their words in the article.
e. A person that I would need to hear from in order to fully understand the content of this article is a Lebanese leader in parliament because they could clearly state the governments intentions for their country in the future and how they will react if the Hezbollah were to attack again and if they are going to carry on with their election.
f. I personally believe that the fighting between the Hezbollah and the Lebanese could have been prevented, but may have needed to happen. Although of course at a bad time for Lebanon’s government, the fighting with the Hezbollah may be needed in the future to drive them out and hopefully end another terror threat in the world. Also I believe in order for this to happen, Lebanon must call out to their allies for help, just so they could get through this time of struggle without too much harm done to their country.