BEIRUT, Feb 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. deployment of a warship off the coast of Lebanon is a threat to regional stability and a move that would increase tension in the country, a Hezbollah member of parliament said on Friday.

"The American move threatens the stability of Lebanon and the region and it is an attempt to spark tension," Hassan Fadlallah told Reuters. "We don't succumb to threats and military intimidation practised by the United States to implement its hegemony over Lebanon." (Reporting by Laila Bassam, Writing by Nadim Ladki)

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