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This country’s War of Brothers and War of the Camps included a “Movement of the Deprived,” the Amal faction. It’s not Spain, but in this country, foreign-sponsored Phalange militias stormed the Shatila refugee camp. The Taif Agreement which ended this country’s civil war stipulated powersharing between its Sunni, Shia, and Maronite Christian communities. A group once led in this country by Hassan Nasrallah was targeted after a massive bombing on US Marine barracks in 1983. This country, which housed PLO refugees in the 1970s, overthrew Syrian occupation in the Cedar Revolution. For 10 points, (10[1])Hezbollah is headquartered in what country’s capital of Beirut? ■END■

ANSWER: Lebanon [or Republic of Lebanon]
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Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
UK (North)UK1100%0%44.00
UK (South)UK1100%0%90.00
Eastern Canada (2)US1100%0%47.00
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS1292%17%53.91
MidwestUS1100%0%51.00
NortheastUS1292%8%49.45
PacificUS9100%22%69.22
SoutheastUS1100%0%36.00
Upstate NYUS1100%0%93.00