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| Hezbollah won't go into war with Israel if Syria, Iran attacked | |
| 2007-10-03 | |
Hezbollah stressed that it would not go into war with Israel if Syria and Iran were attacked by the Jewish state or the United States.
In answering a question as to what would Hezbollah's reaction be if Iran was targeted by a military strike, Hajj Hassan said: "We would denounce and reject this strike." What next? "Just denunciation and rejection. Nothing more," he stressed. "As a Lebanese citizen I say that I will denounce and deplore and carry out demonstrations. This is certain." However, he said "Things would be considered on time." He accused the United States of "attempting to Iraqize the region" in reference to an alleged scheme by Washington to spread the spate of violence that has ridden Iraq since the 2003 invasion. Hajj Hassan warned against adoption of a law by the U.S. Congress to partition Lebanon similar to the law that adopts a federal approach to the Iraqi state. He pledged that Hezbollah would confront such an alleged U.S. Scheme if it targeted Lebanon. In answering a question as to How would Hezbollah confront such an alleged plan, Hajj Hassan said: "like we responded in the July (2006) war in case a war was staged on us, and we will confront politically if that (war) did not happen." If war targeted you or your allies? Hajj Hassan was asked. "If it targeted us, directly us, our allies know how to defend themselves," he stressed in reference to Tehran and Damascus. Shifting to the forthcoming Presidential elections, Hajj Hassan said that reaching consensus on a presidential candidate is the Lebanese people's "destiny, and not a choice." Hezbollah, he said, does not intend to boycott Walid Jumblat's Progressive Socialist Party as well as Saad Hariri's al-Moustaqbal Movement irrespective of political differences. He insisted that Hezbollah wants a new president who rejects U.N. Security Council Resolution 1559 of Sept. 2004 because it is "an aggression on Lebanon's sovereignty and could lead to an internal problem. Respecting international decisions is not more important than (preserving) Lebanon's interest and its internal stability." He said Hezbollah supports the international tribunal that would try suspects in the 2005 assassination of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri and related crimes "despite objection to the context of its laws." He criticized the arrest of the four famous generals in connection with the Hariri Murder, suggesting putting them under house arrest in line with a conditional release if the authorities believe that they might try to leave the country or if they are worried about their safety. Hajj Hassan rejected charges that Hezbollah was arming and training allied factions of the opposition and counter-charged that "those who accuse us" of sending groups to Jordan and Israel for training on the use of weapons and military techniques. Asked when would the Hezbollah-led opposition dismantle its tent city protest of downtown Beirut, Hajj Hassan said the protest is "the response. When the crisis is over the response would be removed." | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Oh, posh. Their lips are moving. That should be enough. They won't be able to stop themselves. It's the story of the scorpion and frog. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2007-10-03 09:58 |
| #2 Given the billions of dollars Iran and Syria have spent on these proxies, this is the sweetest possible news. It also gives the lie to the claim Israel "lost the war" in Lebanon. The party of god Orcs must have lost more than I had thought. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-10-03 08:59 |
| #1 He, he, he. |
| Posted by: Ehud Olmert 2007-10-03 07:04 |