HOW MANY STRINGS?


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Issue 308 - 23 Mar 1987
Just how much does the regime in Tehran control the activities of the Hezbollah in (what is now called) South Beirut? Or, perhaps the question is, which faction in Iran's clerical hierarchy pulls the strings in Lebanon, and how many strings does it have? The Western powers, whose hostages are now more at risk than ever, have scarcely any idea.

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