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Hezbollah gunmen seize control of Beirut neighborhoods
May 9, 2008 | Read story
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Mussa Al-Husseini, AFP, Getty Images
A blindfolded pro-government detainee begs Hezbollah gunmen for mercy in west Beirut on May 9, 2008. Hezbollah fighters, their guns blazing, seized control of west Beirut after three days of street battles with pro-government foes pushed Lebanon dangerously close to all-out civil war.
