Hezbollah’s thirst for added powers threatens peace

Demands by Lebanon’s militant Shi’ite Hezbollah movement for more power and influence are driving the country’s latest political crisis, one that could lead to a renewal of the bloody ethnic and sectarian battles that have long plagued the country.

The crisis deepened in Beirut yesterday as U.S.-backed Prime Minister Fuad Siniora pushed through an endorsement of a special tribunal to try the men suspected in the slaying of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, despite the resignation in the past three days of six Cabinet members linked to Hezbollah and its patron, Syria.

Amazing how they’re all already starting to kick up their heels and get frisky just after the election results.