Expected and undisturbed Hezbollah coup

13. May 2008 by Dan Verton.

Middle East Times
By OLIVIER GUITTA Published: May 12, 2008

The Lebanese government last week tried to put a stop to Hezbollah’s blatant takeover of the country. Authorities outlawed Hezbollah’s illegal parallel telecom network and fired the airport’s head of security, a Hezbollah ally who had authorized installations of spy cameras in order to monitor the movements of majority leaders.

Saying it amounted to a declaration of war, Hezbollah used its overpowering force to seize most of the Sunni areas of Beirut and shut down the airport and the majority-owned media. Why is anyone surprised by these latest events? The Arab league and Western diplomats seem to be speechless and several nations asked their citizens to leave the country. But the writing was on the wall.

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