"To hell with Hezbollah's supporters", states one woman. "May Israel wipe them out". Last November, Hezbollah provoked a political crisis by withdrawing its MPs from parliament. It claims Fuad Siniora's government is a US puppet, "continuing Israel's war in a new, political way". In retaliation, government supporters depict Hezbollah as Iran's tool. Shi'ites are increasingly described as "outsiders - strangers living in our midst". The Shi'ites assurgency in Iran and Iraq is only contributing to this unease. As journalist Mohammed Bazzi explains; "the Sunnis are scared because they see this wave of Shi'ite power coming to Lebanon".