Hezbollah take West Beirut

LAST UPDATED AT 01:00 ON Fri 9 May 2008

Hezbollah gunmen take on the Lebanese army in west Beirut. The radical Shia force claims the government "declared war" on them by attempting to close their telecoms network

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Radical Shia faction leads violence that has claimed 11 lives to date

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