Rockets in Beirut Target Hizbullah as Violence spreads from Syria to Lebanon

Juan Cole 05/26/2013

Four persons were wounded by GRAD rockets that fell in south-western Beirut, a Hizbullah stronghold, on Sunday. The strikes come a day after the head of Hizbullah pledged to continue fighting for the al-Assad regime in Syria.

Most Sunni Muslims in Lebanon support the rebels against the Baath government, and so are annoyed with Hizbullah for its stance.

Part of that speech is translated here:

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page