| "'Cuz it would be... ummm... ucky." |
The United States and Israel had the most to gain from the killing of a top Shia cleric in Iraq last week, said Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyid Hasan Nasrullah.
| I confess! I dunnit! It was me! I couldn't stand the thought of a stable Iraq, so I boomed him! I dunnit an' I'm glad... |
Muhammad Baqir al-Hakim was killed in a car bomb last Friday in Najaf. At least 80 other people also died in the blast.
| Last count I heard was 107, but it was Arabs doing the counting. Could be more, could be less. Could actually be nothing but a rumor... |
Speaking to about 3,000 Shias who gathered to mourn al-Hakim in the Beirut’s southern suburbs, Nasrullah said: “The Americans do not want a state in Iraq, they want a splintered Iraq and the Israelis want to crush Iraq. For more than one reason it is in Israel's interests and part of its plan to kill the leaders that present or even might present a danger to Israel." But the cleric stopped short of blaming either the US or Israel for al-Hakim’s killing.
| Oh, go ahead and accuse us. You've already made one droolingly stoopid statement... |
Nasrullah, whose Iranian-backed group helped drive Israel out of southern Lebanon in 2000 after a 22-year occupation, said attacks such as al-Hakim's killing or Israeli assassinations of Palestinian leaders would strengthen their resolve. "In Palestine today, Israel has taken the decision to cross out the leaders of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, the leaders of the uprising in Palestine," Nasrullah said. "But this (Arab) nation, in its cultural, emotional and mental make-up... when it is threatened with death is provoked and when it is killed it awakens and resurges," he said.
| Before it begins to rot... |
Nasrullah said such an awakening was taking place as a result of the killing of al-Hakim. "Oh Americans and Zionists, no matter how much of our leaders' blood you spill you cannot impose on us your tyranny or your projects," he said.
| But you stopped short of accusing us of spilling it, dumbass. Maybe you should have a talk with some Sunnis. Maybe you could compare turbans or something... |
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