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A high-level Arab League delegation began a mediation mission in Beirut on Wednesday (May 14) to try to pull Lebanon back from the brink of a new civil war. The delegation will seek to defuse tension between the U.S.-backed governing coalition and Iranian-backed Hezbollah, which routed its rivals in the worst violence among Lebanese since the 1975-90 civil war. At least 81 people have been killed. Arab foreign ministers had agreed to send the mission, to be led by Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr al-Thani and Arab League chief Amr Moussa, after Hezbollah briefly seized control of the Muslim part of Beirut before handing it over to the army last week. If it succeeds in easing tension, the Arab delegation is expected to invite the rival leaders to Qatar for talks aimed at resolving their protracted political conflict, the source said. One Beirut resident said "Honestly I do not think it will work out, because they have come more than once and there was no solution. If the Lebanese people do not agree between each other then no one else can solve their probelms." Another Beirut resident said "Hopefully when Amr Moussa comes there will be a solution, because this is our only hope. If Lebanese fight amoung each other, it is not good. We are all brothers and neigbors and one people." The broader political dispute revolves around how to share power in cabinet and a new parliamentary election law. The 18-month-long conflict -- a standoff between an anti-Sy...