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Sunday, July 16, 2006 

Shias demonstrate in Syria

One hundred Iraqi Shias have been demonstrating in the Southern Damascus suburb of Sayida Zainab.

They were waving Hizbollah flags.

Hizbollah is a Shia group, and many of the southern parts of Beirut that have been targeted by Israel are populated by Lebanese Shias.

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