A deadly miscalculation in Lebanon
(05-14) 04:00 PDT Beirut - -- Lebanon's army held a tense calm Tuesday, pledging to use force if necessary to impose law and order following six days of violent clashes between Shiite Hezbollah-led opposition forces and Western-backed Sunni and Druze government allies that have tipped the country to the brink of civil war. At least 81 people have been killed and 250 wounded in Lebanon's worst violence since a ruinous 15-year civil war ended in 1990. "There is no civil authority in the country now, so the army is under tremendous pressure," said Timor Goksel, a security expert and former...
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