Israel Expects Hizbullah Takeover Of Lebanon

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel has been bracing for a Hizbullah victory in
Lebanese parliamentary elections.
A report by a senior Israeli intelligence officer has assessed that the
Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah would capture the 128-member parliament in
Lebanese elections on June 7. The officer, Mordechai Kedar, said the
elections could lead to an Iranian-type regime in Beirut.
"Hizbullah is on a determined path to control Lebanon," Kedar said in a
report for the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies. "The June 2009
parliamentary elections could be a watershed, leading to a result that the
West will deeply regret -- an Iranian-like regime."