President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Visit to Lebanon Seen as Warning to Israel

[Purveyor]

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran touched down in Beirut today for a deeply divisive two day visit to Lebanon, offering support to the terrorist group Hezbollah and a not-so-veiled warning to Israel.

The trip to Lebanon is the first for the Iranian leader since his election in 2005 and comes at a time of high political tension in the country.

Tens of thousands of his supporters lined his route from the airport. Huge posters hung from every lamp post and as he passed by in his open topped car, people threw sweets and rice in traditional gestures of welcome.

"Ahmadinejad has done a lot for Lebanon, we are here to thank him," 18-year-old Fatima Mazeh told the Associated Press.

At the Presidential Palace he met Lebanese President Michel Suleiman and shook hands with Prime Minister Saad Harriri. He heads a fragile coalition government which includes the radical Islamic group Hezbollah.

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[Ozymanithrax]

1. 40,000 missiles is a lot...Can't argue with that statement. n/t