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Hezbollah may have overplayed its hand by provoking a confrontation with Israel in 2006, but since then it has been running rings around the United States and the United Nations, acting as Iran's proxy army in Lebanon.(The Week)(Brief article)

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Hezbollah may have overplayed its hand by provoking a confrontation with Israel in 2006, but since then it has been running rings around the United States and the United Nations, acting as Iran's proxy army in Lebanon. It is one of the principal aggressors in the Shiite--Sunni conflict that contorts the Muslim world from Baghdad to Bangladesh, and has masterfully positioned itself to dominate the government of Lebanon's prime minister, Fouad Siniora. Hezbollah's campaign of murder brought the Lebanese to the negotiating table in Doha, and the deal left Hezbollah with enough seats in the cabinet to ensure that it will ...

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