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| Hizbullah not to be disarmed, ready to help Iraqi resistance |
| 2003-05-09 |
| Hizbullah leader said Thursday his group might join Iraqis if they decide to launch an insurgency against U.S. forces. "As soon as it looks they're winning, we'll join in" "It is a matter first for the Iraqi people to decide," Hizbullah Secretary-General Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said on the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera TV. "All Arabs, Muslims and honorable people in the world should support a people that decides to resist the occupation. Hizbullah is part of the Arabs and Muslims," he said. The icky part you find between your toes. "Our position in principle is to support any oppressed people that is subjected to tyranny and occupation," Nasrallah said, adding the caveat that Hizbullah should not be expected to take action for which it was not armed or prepared. Like fighting in the open against a real army Nasrallah added his fighters would not disarm as the United States has demanded. "Nope, ain't gonna happen" "My information is that what was demanded is for the resistance to end and be disarmed," he said. "This matter is out of the question," Nasrallah told Al-Jazeera. "Are we supposed to confront the Israeli aggression by speeches?" he asked. "People without weapons are helpless ... All they can do is stage a demonstration." "And what would we do for sex without guns?" |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #6 Nassy is trying to have it all ways at once - maintain credibility with the "Arab/Muslim street" by continuing to make noises like a real live terrorist group, but avoid getting himself/Hezbollah/Syria/Lebanon waxed and Windexed by the US for actually being one. Also, in the last three years, he's found there's more money and fun (read: power) in politics than in kidnappings and explosions. But if he gets too "legitimate political party" appearing, he'll lose the support of the Iranians; if he disarms, he'll lose the support of the Syrians, where Basher Assad, the Ba'ath toy of the Middle East, uses him as a proxy against Israel. Geez, it's enough to get your turban in a wad, all the problems a radical Islamic fundamentalist spit-flying fanatic has to deal with these days. |
| Posted by: Sofia 2003-05-09 14:05:38 |
| #5 Excellent point, Bulldog. If the paleos went non-violent, their beefs would be given legitimate scrutiny. I just don't think it's in the Muslim genetic code. |
| Posted by: Scott 2003-05-09 13:22:38 |
| #4 The icky part you find between your toes. ??? I'd have said rotting bellybutton lint. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-05-09 12:46:21 |
| #3 Hizbullah leader said Thursday his group might join Iraqis if they decide to launch an insurgency against U.S. forces. This is something that another pre-emptive strike would take care of. Kill ALL Hezbollah members everywhere. NOW. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-05-09 12:38:38 |
| #2 I take it Nasrallah never gets close to the "tools of the trade"? No chance of a "work accident" here? That's too bad. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-05-09 12:33:42 |
| #1 "People without weapons [...] All they can do is stage a demonstration." Whoa, someone should have thrust a book on Gandhi and peaceful protest into this guy's hands, just then, end of sentence. The sooner these guys realise that peaceful demonstrations would help their cause, and that murdering people doesn't, the sooner they'll start climbing out of that stinking hole they've dug themselves so deeply into. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2003-05-09 11:37:32 |