 At 68, Lebanese politician Nabih Berri has worn many hats: corporate lawyer, Shiite warlord, Syrian puppet, speaker of parliament — even, in the 1970s, unemployed Michigan father.In the 3-week-old Middle East crisis, he has a new role. He acts as the public face of Hezbollah, the radical Shiite movement that has been both his rival and partner.Most of Hezbollah's top leaders have been in hiding since July 12, when their fighters captured two Israeli soldiers and began firing rockets into northern Israel. As Israel retaliated with daily air, sea and artillery strikes, Lebanon's Christian president and Sunni prime minister signaled that Berri, the top-ranking Shiite in a delicately balanced political system, was their pipeline to Hezbollah....
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