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COMMENTS: After Defeat, Join the Victor’s Coalition
Only ABC sent a correspondent to Beirut to cover the results of Lebanon's parliamentary vote. "An American ally" prevailed, Simon McGregor-Wood announced, calling it a "surprise election victory." The coalition led by Rafiq Hariri, the son of an assassinated prime minister, defeated a rival "Iranian and Syrian backed" slate led by Nassan Hasrallah of Hezbollah. Yet even after that defeat, the new government may include Hezbollah anyway.
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