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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Weekend Edition Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America Rapturous welcome for Iran's Ahmadinejad in Lebanon AFP - 37 minutes ago Send IM Story Print Rapturous welcome for Iran's Ahmadinejad in Lebanon BEIRUT (AFP) - – Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived to a rapturous welcome in Beirut Wednesday for a contentious visit that takes him to the border of arch-foe Israel and is seen as a boost for key ally Hezbollah. The hardline leader was greeted at the airport by parliament speaker Nabih Berri and a delegation of Hezbollah politicians, while thousands crowded the streets outside, mostly Hezbollah supporters displaying Iranian flags. Ahmadinejad smiled and waved to the crowd from the sunroof of his vehicle as his convoy slowly headed to the presidential palace outside Beirut under a shower of rice and amid screams of support. Many streets leading to the airport, located near Hezbollah's stronghold in the southern suburbs, were cordoned off amid tight security. The downtown area near the hotel where Ahmadinejad is staying was also off limits to traffic. "I am here to express my support for the Islamic Republic of Iran," said a woman who gave her name only as Afaf as she stood outside the airport with her two children waving Iranian flags. "Along with Iran, we are engaged in the same battle against Israel." Although Hezbollah has organised a warm welcome for Ahmadinejad's visit, describing it as "historic", the two-day official trip has sparked criticism among Lebanon's pro-Western parliamentary majority who see it as a bid to portray Lebanon as "an Iranian base on the Mediterranean." The United States and Israel, which have sought to isolate Iran over its nuclear programme, have also expressed concern. "I am disgusted by this visit," said Mona, 23, a Christian woman who lives north of Beirut. "They refer to him (Ahmadinejad) as a saviour but all he has brought us is trouble." Ahead of the visit, Ahmadinejad described Lebanon as key base of resistance in the region. "Lebanon is the focus point of resistance and standing against those who demand too much," Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying on the state television's website. "It is playing an excellent role in this regard," he added. Ahmadinejad's first visit since his election in 2005 will highlight the clout Iran wields in Lebanon through Hezbollah, considered Tehran's proxy and by far the most powerful military and political force in the small Mediterranean country. The president's trip also comes at a sensitive time in politically turbulent Lebanon. Hezbollah is locked in a standoff with Prime Minister Saad Hariri over unconfirmed reports that a UN-backed tribunal is set to indict members of the militant group over the 2005 assassination of Hariri's father, ex-premier Rafiq Hariri. Tensions over the tribunal have grown steadily in recent weeks, raising fears of renewed sectarian violence and the collapse of Lebanon's hard-fought national unity government. Ahmadinejad is scheduled to meet with President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister Saad Hariri and parliament speaker Nabih Berri as well as a number of politicians. He will also meet Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, who has lived in hiding since his party's devastating 2006 war with Israel. Nasrallah is expected to appear alongside Ahmadinejad at a rally in Beirut later Wednesday but it is not known whether he will do so in person or via video link. The highlight of the trip, however, comes on Thursday when Ahmadinejad will be just a few kilometres (miles) away from the Israeli border as he tours southern Lebanese villages destroyed during the 2006 conflict. He is set to stop in Bint Jbeil, a Hezbollah bastion devastated during the war, and in Qana, targeted in 1996 and again in 2006 by deadly Israeli air strikes. Iran has been a major donor in the reconstruction of southern Lebanon following the month-long 2006 war, and Ahmadinejad is set to receive a hero's welcome in the area. Ahmadinejad is accompanied by Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and a delegation of business leaders. Official banquets organised in his honour will not include Western ambassadors to avoid any walkouts should Ahmadinejad launch one of his trademark tirades against Israel. The Iranian leader has sparked international outrage by repeatedly casting doubt on the Nazi Holocaust and predicting the destruction of Israel. 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