Supporters of Lebanese Christian opposition and pro-Hezbollah leader Michel Aoun flash campaign slogans on their T-shirts during a rally in Beirut on June 5, 2009. Shiite militant group Hezbollah and its allies are poised to defeat Lebanon's Western-backed parliamentary majority in this month's general election, according to pollsters. French writing on T-shirts reads: "I'm pretty (L) and I vote Orange (R)", in reference to the colour of Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement. Getty Images logo Getty Images 5 months ago

Supporters of Lebanese Christian opposition and pro-Hezbollah leader Michel Aoun flash campaign slogans on their T-shirts during a rally in Beirut on June 5, 2009. Shiite militant group Hezbollah and its allies are poised to defeat Lebanon's Western-backed parliamentary majority in this month's general election, according to pollsters. French writing on T-shirts reads: "I'm pretty (L) and I vote Orange (R)", in reference to the colour of Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement.

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  3. Egyptian relatives of of 26 suspected Hezbollah spies accused of plotting attacks for the Lebanese militant group, react as they wait outside state security emergency court, in New Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009. The suspects are charged with spying for a foreign group, planning attacks against tourists and shipping in the Suez Canal and sending operatives to Gaza to help militant groups there.
  4. Some of the 26 suspected Hezbollah spies accused of plotting attacks for the Lebanese militant group, gessture as they arrive at state security emergency court, in New Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009. The suspects are charged with spying for a foreign group, planning attacks against tourists and shipping in the Suez Canal and sending operatives to Gaza to help militant groups there.
  5. A Hezbollah supporter, holds a poster of Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah with the Arabic words reading: "I always promise victory" during a rally to mark the third anniversary of the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Aug. 14, 2009. The leader of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah Sheik Hassan Nasrallah says his group will hit Israel's main city of Tel Aviv if Israeli forces attack Beirut or the guerrillas' stronghold in its southern suburbs.
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  9. A handout picture released by the Hezbollah media office shows Hezbollah's Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah (R) meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (3rd R), MP Michel Aoun (C), leader of the Free Patriotic Movement, MP Suleiman Franjieh (2nd R), Leader of Marada movement, Minister of Communications Jubran Basil (2nd L), MP Ali Hassan Khalil (3rd L) and Hezbollah official Hussein al-Khalil (L) in Beirut November 6, 2009. Lebanon's opposition, including Iranian-backed Hezbollah, agreed on Friday to join a national unity government proposed by Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri, a senior opposition source said. Picture taken November 6, 2009.
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  12. Lebanese Christian oppostion leader Michel Aoun talks to the press after consultations with President Michel Sleiman for appointing a new prime minister at the Baabda presidential palace, east of Beirut, on September 15, 2009. Lebanese President Michel Sleiman began consultations with MPs in a new bid to appoint a prime minister after Saad Hariri, the majority leader in parliament, abandoned efforts to form a unity cabinet.
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  15. Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman (L) meets with Lebanese Christian oppostion leader Michel Aoun and leader of the Free patriotic Movement, at the presidential palace in Baabda, near Beirut September 15, 2009. Lebanon's president began talks on Tuesday expected to result in Saad al-Hariri being nominated for a second time to form a government -- a task seen as complicated by rising political tension.

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