Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, a leading Shiite cleric in Lebanon revered as a religous guide by the militant group Hizbullah, is dead at the age of 74.
The death of Fadlallah comes in the wake of warnings by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki -moon that Lebanon and Israel may be on the brink of another war. See: Edith M. Lederer, “UN Chief Warns That Increased Tensions Could Spark New Lebanon-Israel Conflict, Canada East, July 2, 2010.
