In this handout picture released by Hezbollah media office, Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, left, meets with Druse leader Walid Jumblatt, right, in Beirut, Lebanon, on late Thursday June 18, 2009. Two main rival Lebanese leaders have held a long-awaited meeting in a major step toward reducing sectarian tensions after a pro-Western coalition defeated Hezbollah and its allies in parliamentary elections. AP Photo logo AP Photo 9 months ago

In this handout picture released by Hezbollah media office, Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, left, meets with Druse leader Walid Jumblatt, right, in Beirut, Lebanon, on late Thursday June 18, 2009. Two main rival Lebanese leaders have held a long-awaited meeting in a major step toward reducing sectarian tensions after a pro-Western coalition defeated Hezbollah and its allies in parliamentary elections.

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  3. In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Hezbollah leader sheik Hassan Nasrallah, right, speaks with Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, upon their arrival for a dinner, in Damascus, Syria, late Thursday Feb. 25, 2010. Syrian President Bashar Assad defied U.S. calls to loosen ties with Iran on Thursday, saying his long-standing alliance with Tehran remains strong despite overtures from Washington intended to shift his loyalties.
  4. In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Hezbollah leader sheik Hassan Nasrallah, left, speaks with Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, upon their arrival for a dinner, in Damascus, Syria, late Thursday Feb. 25, 2010. Syrian President Bashar Assad defied U.S. calls to loosen ties with Iran on Thursday, saying his long-standing alliance with Tehran remains strong despite overtures from Washington intended to shift his loyalties.
  5. In this photo taken Friday, Jan. 15, 2010, released by Hezbollah media office, Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, right, meets with the political leader of the Palestinian Hamas Khaled Mashaal, left, in Beirut's southern suburb, Lebanon. The chief of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group discussed Friday with the political leader of the Palestinian Hamas Khaled Mashaal U.S. attempts to resume the Mideast peace process saying they come amid Arab "weakness" in front of American pressures.
  6. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah speaks through a giant screen from a secret location to a rally commemorating the 2008 assassination of Hezbollah's top military commander Imad Mughniyeh, in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010. Nasrallah says if Israel attacks Lebanon's infrastructure in the future they will retaliate by bombing Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport as well as other facilities in the Jewish state.
  7. Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, speaks via a video link during a rally commemorating the second anniversary assassination of slain top Hezbollah's commander Imad Mughniyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday Feb. 16, 2010. Nasrallah says if Israel attacks Lebanon's infrastructure in the future they will retaliate by bombing Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport as well as other facilities in the Jewish state.
  8. Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, speaks via a video link during a rally commemorating the second anniversary of the assassination of top Hezbollah's commander Imad Mughniyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday Feb. 16, 2010. Nasrallah says if Israel attacks Lebanon's infrastructure in the future they will retaliate by bombing Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport as well as other facilities in the Jewish state. The Arabic words in the right reading:"Martyrs are the master of people existence," and in the left, " Our great leaders and all our glories".
  9. Head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc Mohamed Raad arrives to attend the eighth session of the national dialogue between political leaders at Presidential Palace in Baabda, near Beirut March 9, 2010.
  10. A demonstrator carrying Palestinian, Lebanese and Hezbollah yellow flags looks on during a protest against the Israeli government's recent decision to add two West Bank shrines to a list of national heritage sites, in front of the U.N. headquarters in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 4, 2010.
  11. Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah (R), Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (C) and Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) attend an official dinner in Damascus February 25, 2010. Picture taken February 25, 2010.
  12. Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah (L) chats with Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (C) and Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) while on their way to an official dinner in Damascus February 25, 2010. Picture taken February 25, 2010.
  13. In this photo taken Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010, Hezbollah supporters wave Lebanese and the party's flags during a rally commemorating the 2008 assassination of Hezbollah's top military commander Imad Mughniyeh, in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon. The leader of Lebanon's Shiite movement Hezbollah delivered an odd but deeply important political message to his followers: Heed traffic signs and pay your electric bills. The recent call may not seem particularly significant, but it was widely seen as the latest sign that Hezbollah _ long considered mainly as Iran's militant arm in Lebanon running its own state-within-a-state _ is reinventing itself as a more conventional political movement in Lebanon.
  14. Hezbollah members, perform during a rally commemorating the second anniversary of the assassination of slain Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday Feb. 16, 2010. The leader of the militant Hezbollah group Sheik Hassan Nasrallah says if Israel attacks Lebanon's infrastructure in the future they will retaliate by bombing Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport as well as other facilities in the Jewish state.
  15. Lebanon's Hezbollah members take part in a ceremony marking the second anniversary of the assassination of military commander Imad Moughniyah in Beirut's suburbs February 16, 2010. Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Tuesday the Shi'ite guerrilla group would hit Israel's Ben Gurion airport if the Jewish state struck Beirut's international airport in any future war.
  16. In this photo taken Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010, Hezbollah members perform during a rally commemorating the 2008 assassination of Hezbollah's top military commander Imad Mughniyeh in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon. The leader of Lebanon's Shiite movement Hezbollah delivered an odd but deeply important political message to his followers: Heed traffic signs and pay your electric bills. The recent call may not seem particularly significant, but it was widely seen as the latest sign that Hezbollah _ long considered mainly as Iran's militant arm in Lebanon running its own state-within-a-state _ is reinventing itself as a more conventional political movement in Lebanon.

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