A general strike was observed Friday in the Druze Shouf mountains of Lebanon to protest government efforts to seize facilities confiscated by the Druze militia of Walid Jumblat during 16 years of civil war, police said.
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Shops, schools, and businesses were shut in the summer resort of Aley, the Shouf and Iklim Al Kharroub villages and in Rashaya, adjacent to Israel's self-declared "security zone," police said.Thousands staged for the second consecutive day a sit-in at Baakline, 16 miles southeast of Beirut, said the "Voice of the Mountain" radio station run by Jumblat's Progressive Socialist Party.