Hezbollah secretary-general Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah called Sunday on the resistance, the army and national forces to arm themselves in the face of a possible attack by the Jewish state.
| "It's comin' any minute now, I tell yez! Jews! Millions of 'em!" |
Addressing thousands at Ras al-Ain in Baalbek on the third anniversary of Israelâs withdrawal from South Lebanon, he said, âwhen the country faces aggression, we must be fully ready to resist. The one who has no weapons must obtain some, and he who does not have the will (to resist) must find it.â
| "Getcher self a shootin' arn! Wolf! Wolf!" |
Nasrallah, who spoke from behind a bulletproof pane, rejected recent US pressures on Syria and Lebanon to disarm his movement and relocate it from areas near the Israeli border, where it has held positions since the Israeli pullout in 2000. âWe do not need to revise (our position) on the resistance. On the contrary, I invite all national parties ⊠to reactivate their resistance structures, because we must be ready to face all challenges.â By taking what he described as a ârealist view,â Nasrallah said neither his movement nor the Lebanese Army could alone confront Israel.
| "There's millions of 'em, I tell yez!" |
The rally was attended by Progressive Socialist Party President and Chouf MP Walid Jumblatt, State Minister Assem Qanso, Social Affairs Minister Asaad Diab, Iranian Ambassador Massoud Kermanshahi, Bishop Boulos Hashem, MPs as well as Syrian military figures.
| This would seem to indicate that the Syria-Iran-Lebanon triangle's decided they're going to try to face us down... |
Nasrallah said people should hold on to the right to use force, because âif we are weak, nobody will recognize our right in the Shebaa Farms, the Golan Heights, Jerusalem or the Al-Aqsa Mosque.â
| "We gotta kill all them Jews!" |
He said the weapon of the resistance was not sectarian nor political, but a weapon for the whole nation designed to fight Israel. He also urged Lebanonâs political leaders to put aside their differences and work for national unity, saying the US sought Arab dissension. |