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Hezbollah leads way in rebuilding Lebanon

CYNICAL POLITICS?With the UN-brokered ceasefire, Hezbollah's is swapping its AK47s and missile launchers for spades, brooms and briefcases of Iranian cash

THE GUARDIAN , BEIRUT

Some Christian and Druze leaders resent Hezbollah's autonomy and have called for it to disarm.

That tension is one of several problems facing the 30,000-strong peacekeeping force in the process of deployment. Of this pool, foreign countries are due to contribute a total of 13,000 troops.

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