Hizballah Plotting Coup in Lebanon?
Some politicians in Lebanon are concerned that Hizballah -- emboldened after its military campaign against Israel -- may be maneuvering, with Syrian support, to expand its authority on the national political scene. Walid Jumblatt, leader of the Druze minority (an offshoot of Shi’ite Islam), accused the Shi’ite terrorist group’s leader of plotting a “coup” against the Lebanese state...