political : HEZBOLLAH DEMONSTRATORS GATHER TO TOPPLE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT? [+] serious ballot by xxxxxxxx ACTIVE Sat Dec 02, 06 - Sun Dec 02, 07 "Hezbollah Demonstrators Gather to Topple Government By Daniel Williams Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Tens of thousands of supporters of Hezbollah, the Shiite Muslim party with its own militia, headed toward militarized central Beirut to mount demonstrations aimed to overthrow the pro-Western government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. Soldiers equipped with machine guns, armored vehicles and barbed wire set up barricades to guard government buildings against takeovers. Minibuses and cars festooned with Lebanese flags raced past Hezbollah followers on foot who poured into a square near Siniora's office. Hezbollah ushers in black kept watch over the periphery of the crowd at Riad Solh Square to keep order. Anytime some one opened a window in Siniora's office overlooking the plaza, the crowd shouted ``Out, out Siniora!'' The protest is the latest episode in a power struggle that pits Hezbollah and allies against the ruling coalition. The government claims Syria is nurturing the conflict in order to dominate the small Mediterranean country. The Nov. 21 assassination of Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel provided an ominous backdrop to the struggle. Warnings of violence were plentiful. ``They are trying to turn Lebanon into an open battlefield,'' Walid Jumblatt, political leader of the country's Druze minority and a Siniora supporter, said at a press conference. Hezbollah, which the US State Department labels a terrorist organization, is demanding more representation in the Siniora cabinet to give it veto power and the ability to divert the government from friendship with the United States and France. The party's militia fought a 33-day war with Israel and insists its defense of the country justifies its quest for greater power." (Source: Bloomberg) - Do you think Hezbollah should be given more power? Yes No Ballot #106273 : SEE RESULTS Comment: show your vote with comment?

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