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Nasrallah calls on Syrians to support Assad
2011-05-26
[Al Jazeera] Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Leb's Hezbullies, has called on Syrians to support president Bashir al-Assad and enter into dialogue with the government to end weeks of ongoing protests across Syria.

Nasrallah, speaking via video link from Qazi's guesthouse an undisclosed location on Wednesday, made the remarks in an address marking the 11th anniversary of "Liberation Day".

The date marks the end of Israel's 22-year occupation of southern Leb.

"Bashar is serious about carrying out reforms but he has to do them gradually and in a responsible way; he should be given the chance to implement those reforms," Nasrallah told supporters gathered in the village of Nabi Sheet in the eastern Bekaa Valley.

Rights groups have accused authorities in Syria of killing more than 1,000 people since protests against Assad's Baathist government began in March.

Nasrallah's comments are his first on the protests against Hezbullies's ally in Damascus
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Sanctions condemned
Despite a rising civilian corpse count, fresh protests calling for regime change across Syria have continued to challenge the 40-year-old dynasty of Assad's family, who are Alawite Shia Mohammedans.

The Syrian government's crackdown has triggered international outrage and US and European sanctions, including assets freezes, travel bans and arms embargoes on Assad and other top members of the Baath party.

Nasrallah condemned the recent US and EU sanctions on Assad and other government officials, and said Hezbullies will reject any formal Lebanese participation in implementing them.

He said Hezbullies supported the Syrian government for its assistance in ending the Lebanese civil war and supporting "resistance movements" in the region.

Hezbullies was founded in the early 1980s as a Shia resistance organisation to Israel's occupation, and has since become a political party within Leb.
Given that all the Lebanese political parties seem to have armed wings, or be armed, it seems fair enough to characterize Hizb'allah that way.
Posted by:Fred

#3  Nice to know Nasrallah, once bought, stays bought. Now go be a good boy and fetch Assad's slippers.
Posted by: Zebulon Thranter9685   2011-05-26 11:46  

#2  If he sticks his head up again, take it off.
Posted by: newc   2011-05-26 09:04  

#1  VARIOUS POSTERS > SYRIA = where RISING IRAN = IRANIAN SHIA ISLAM meets head-on wid the predomin SUNNI ARAB WORLD + covert regional octopus of SUNNI SAUDI ARABIA, + while having Syria + US-WILL-SOON-WITHDRAW IRAQ in-between Iran proper + Hezbollah-dominated LEBANON.

"Lebanon" = read, ISRAEL + ANTI-ISRAELI PA.

And Tehran is unlikely to give up its newfound position in ME + Mediterranean widout WAR???

YUUUUP - THERE BE BIG BIG B-I-G INTER-MUSLIM STAKES AT PLAY.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-05-26 00:51  

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