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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (95871)	4/23/2003 11:22:57 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

ST, $100 million is the usual estimate of Western intelligence agencies and has been printed in dozens of mainstream press articles over the years. Here's a quote from 1999, showing it's not new: Western analysts estimate that Tehran provides the Hezbollah some 100 million dollars in funding each year. The group is believed to have some 5,000 fighters across Lebanon and is capable of pulling tens of thousands of supporters to its rallies. It also operates television and radio stations as well as schools and hospitals in the Shiite community, which is Lebanon's biggest sect and makes up about one-third of its total population. rferl.org Google it yourself if you want more. It's not a controversial figure.