Hezbollah in control in Lebanon, usurping the government.
Already the new fighting has deepened divisions in Lebanon, mostly along sectarian lines. The country's 1.2 million Shiites largely support Hezbollah, while Sunnis, Christians and Druse mostly oppose it.
The Mahdi Army patrols the streets in Iraq.
...the Mahdi Army's image as a defender of Shiites is largely responsible for its revival more than a year after American troops killed hundreds, if not thousands, of the black-clad fighters during two uprisings that al-Sadr led against the coalition in 2004.
The Shiite leadership in Iran goes without saying. Iran has a long history of providing rockets to Hezbollah. Increased lethality IED technology has apparently been transferred from Iran to Iraq.
Three of a kind.
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