'Oust puppet government' call by Hezbollah leader

Hezbollah’s leader has urged his followers to prepare for mass demonstrations to topple the government if it ignored the militant group’s demand to form a national unity coalition.

In a speech broadcast yesterday, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah railed against US president George Bush’s administration, calling secretary of state Condoleezza Rice a “bloodsucker” and claiming the current Lebanese government was a puppet of Washington.