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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Rebel Army Chief Accuses Hizbullah of Sending 'Mercenaries' to Syria
2011-11-25
[An Nahar] Free Syrian Army chief Riad al-Asaad on Thursday claimed Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Before going into the family business Pencilneck was an eye doctor...
's regime was now counting on "mercenaries" sent by Leb's Hizbullah and Iraq's anti-U.S. Shiite holy man Moqtada Sadr.

In a telephone interview with Agence La Belle France Presse, Asaad also called for foreign air strikes on "strategic targets" in Syria to speed up the fall of the regime.

Hizbullah has repeatedly denied reports accusing the party of involvement in Syria's unrest.

"Hizbullah has already released several statements denying the accusations launched by some Syrian dissidents and some other parties about Hizbullah's involvement in the events taking place in Syria, and its statements had always stressed its keenness on Syria and its leadership, people and institutions and its wishes as to reaching solutions that meet the aspirations of all Syrians regarding reform and stability," the party said in a statement in August.

"Hizbullah's response to the claims circulated by these dissidents stems from its keenness on clarifying the picture and preventing the Arab and international public opinion from being misled by some individuals who are seeking to gain the support of the international conspiracy against the forces of resistance and defiance in the region in order to achieve their own, narrow-minded goals at the expense of the Syrian people's blood," the party added.

Posted by:Fred

#3  TOPIX > TODAY US IS FACED WID DOZENS OF "IRANS": QUDS FORCE COMMANDER.

MAJ GEN. Qasem Suleimani.

> EGYPT hailed by same as a "SECOND IRAN".
> Ditto BAHRAIN, LIBYA, YEMEN described as also being "NEW IRANS".
> ISLAMIC AWAKENING = not limited to only the Middle East.


"IRANS" = Revolutionary Islamism + Nuclear, "Great Power/State" ambitions???

and

* WAFF > [Israeli Economist Amir Kahanevich] WOLRD HAS TO ACCEPT A NUCLEAR IRAN, however reluctant or grudgingly.

BLOGGERS = once Iran gets nukes = nuke weapons, Egypt + Saudis. etc. Muslim Govts-States will also want the same.

versus

* INDIAN DEFENCE FORUM > [Brookings Institute poll] ARABS SEE PAKISTAN AS FUTURE SUPERPOWER.

Iran?

* SAME > HALF OF US VOTERS SAY IRAN SHOULD BE BOMBED, iff sanctions fail.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-11-25 22:24  

#2  I'm sure Iran has ordered Hizbullah to support Assad. I'm also sure that Hizbullah realizes that Assad is only months away from being deposed. In response, Hizbullah has probably sent a token unit or two to Syria. The best that they could do would be to bully the Syrian Shiites into sticking with Assad for another month or so. Similarly, Tater's 'army' has also likely been ordered to help Assad but Tater is further away from Syria and his 'army' isn't as functional as Hizbullah's and would be just barely able to protect itself in Syria.
Posted by: Lord Garth   2011-11-25 05:33  

#1  "mercenaries" sent by Leb's Hizbullah and Iraq's anti-U.S. Shiite holy man Moqtada Sadr

It's a Holy War! Shiites are worse than infidels!
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2011-11-25 02:41  

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