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| Hezbollah chief threatens ships in Israel war |
| 2010-05-26 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Tuesday the Shiite guerrilla group would attack all military, civilian and commercial ships heading towards Israel's Mediterranean coasts in any future war. "If you launch a new war on Lebanon, if you blockade our coastline, all military, civilian or commercial ships heading through the Mediterranean to occupied Palestine will be targeted by the Islamic resistance," said Nasrallah in a speech transmitted via video link to thousands of supporters massed in Hezbollah's stronghold in Beirut's southern suburbs. "Whether along the northern or southern Israeli shore, we can target ships, bomb them and hit them God willing," he added, speaking on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon after a 22-year occupation. "When the world sees how these ships are destroyed, no one will dare go there (Israel)," he added. "And I am only speaking about the Mediterranean, I haven't reached the Red Sea yet." Earlier this year Nasrallah threatened to hit Israel's Ben Gurion airport if the Jewish state struck Beirut's international airport in any future conflict. His speech came against a backdrop of tension in the region following allegations that the Shiite party, which fought a devastating war with Israel in 2006, was stockpiling sophisticated new weapons in anticipation of a new conflict. No comments on Scuds Nasrallah said in his hour-long speech that he would not comment on his party's military capacity so as to reserve a "surprise" for Israel in the event of a new conflict. "The enemy is scared and we will keep him scared," he said, referring to Israel. "But you (the Lebanese) should feel assured because the equation has changed. "In the next war, we will resist, come out victorious and change the face of the region God willing," he added to applause. Nasrallah accused Israeli leaders of spreading allegations that Syria was transferring Scud missiles to Hezbollah in order to garner further U.S. financial assistance. "The whole brouhaha over the Scuds was so that Israel could get $200 or $250 million in aid from the U.S. Congress," he claimed. "Despite its economic crisis, the U.S. finds money to assist Israel." Nasrallah's comments come amid a five-day drill in Israel- dubbed "Turning Point 4"- which was launched on Sunday to test the Jewish state's preparedness against possible missile strikes from the Gaza Strip and by Hezbollah in Lebanon. He said his party stood ready for a new war even though it was not seeking a conflict and added that he would neither confirm nor deny Israel's allegations concerning the Scuds. "If you are strong, the world respects you and talks to you and takes you into account," he said. "And as such we can impose our conditions."If you are weak, you will be eaten." His speech also came as Prime Minister Saad Hariri was on his first official visit to the United States, where he met on Monday with President Barack Obama, who raised the issue of illegal arms smuggled into Lebanon. On Wednesday, Hariri was to address the U.N. Security Council, chaired this month by Lebanon. Hezbollah, blacklisted as a terrorist organization by Washington, has two ministers in the Lebanese government. It is the only faction that refused to disarm following the country's 1975-1990 civil war, claiming its arsenal was needed to defend Lebanon against any Israeli aggression. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 WND > OBAMA PLANS "GLOBAL TROOPS" TO PROTECT ISRAEL, after creation of a formal PA State. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-05-26 22:36 |
| #5 See also PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > HEZBOLLAH THREATENS TO DESTROY ISRAEL'S NAVY IN EVENT OF [new]CONFLICT. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-05-26 21:16 |
| #4 FREEREPUBLIC this AM > LEBANESE ARMY FIRES SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSLES AT ISRAEL JETS [alleged IDAF intrusion into Leb airspace]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-05-26 19:13 |
| #3 NK subs apparently have some stealth tech to elude detection as four more have departed and disappeared. Maybe we all should be on alert with the fiery spittle of late. |
| Posted by: Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2010-05-26 10:48 |
| #2 Between Hezb and the Korean thing it's looking like it'll be a hot June. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2010-05-26 09:23 |
| #1 I don't know who's a better bullsh!t artist.. Ammadinjehead or the azzmunch known as Nasrallah |
| Posted by: Mike Hunt 2010-05-26 00:06 |