"The blood of the Shi'ites is boiling"

"Here’s the latest I filed from Lebanon. A much shorter version appeared in the Newark Star-Ledger, but here’s the full account:

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s capital is once again a tinderbox, ready to blow because of political rivalries exacerbated by sectarian tensions. Increasingly, the political disputes — which are ostensibly over international tribunals, presidential terms and the legitimacy of a government — have grown into religious disputes, mirroring the sectarian tensions between Sunnis and Shi’ites across the region"
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