Posted AT 4:19 PM EDT on 09/05/08
Hezbollah seizes most of Beirut
BEIRUT — Hezbollah gunmen have seized nearly all of the Lebanese capital's Muslim sector from forces loyal to the U.S.-backed government.
Security officials say at least 11 people have been killed and more than 20 wounded in three days of street battles in West Beirut.
The conflict has pitted supporters of the government, mostly Lebanese Sunnis, against the mostly Shiite supporters of the opposition Hezbollah movement.
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