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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Nasrallah Snaps Back at Ban, Says Hizbullah Will Grow Stronger
2012-01-15
[An Nahar] Hizbullah chief His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah
The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb...
stressed on Saturday that United Nations
...boodling on the grand scale...
chief the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon
... of whom it can be said to his credit that he is not Kofi Annan...
's concern about his party's arms gives him comfort and happiness, vowing that the party will grow stronger.

"I felt happy when I heard that he (Ban) said he was concerned about our military power," Nasrallah said in a televised speech during the commemoration of the Arbaeen in Baalbek.

He said that "this concern reassures and pleases us... We do not care if the United States and Israel are concerned."

Ban told a presser following talks with Lebanese leaders on Friday that he was "deeply concerned" about the military prowess of Hizbullah.

The U.N. chief is on a three-day visit to Leb.

However,
a woman is only as old as she admits...
Nasrallah vowed that his party will not give up its weapons, stressing that the "resistance, army and the people are the only guarantee" to safeguard Leb.

"We confirm that our choice is the path of resistance and the arms of the resistance," he told a crowd of cheering supporters via video link.

"The resistance is here to stay. Its power, its readiness, will continue to grow."

He accused the March 14
Those are the good guys, insofar as Leb has good guys...
-led opposition, without naming it, of wanting to disarm his party by using the national dialogue as an alibi. "But they won't be able to achieve this objective," he stressed.

Nasrallah said that he supports the resumption of the national dialogue at Baabda palace to set a defense strategy.

Concerning the security situation, Hizbullah's leader said that the party is keen to preserve the "civil peace and stability" in Leb

Nasrallah stressed that any "political dispute" shouldn't affect the civil peace, urging the security forces to take charge of the security situation.

He voiced support to the cabinet urging Prime Minister Najib Miqati and the ministers to give priority to social issues and people's living conditions.

On the controversial wage boost dispute, Nasrallah stressed the cabinet should resolve this "critical issue".

The dispute between the involved parties, the Economic Committees, the General Labor Confederation, the Syndicate Coordination Committee and Labor Minister Charbel Nahhas mainly focuses on whether the new wage hike would include the transportation allowance.

Nasrallah said that Leb should disavow itself from developments in Syria as the crisis will have negative repercussions on the situation locally.

"We call on the Syrian opposition to abide by (Syrian President Bashar) Assad's demands to engage in dialogue and cooperate with him to introduce reform that would resolve the country's problems."

Nasrallah tackled the death of Iranian nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmedi Roshan, saying that Tahran will not stop its nuclear program and attempt to develop nuclear technology.

Ahmedi Roshan and his driver were killed on Wednesday when two men on a cycle of violence slapped a magnetic bomb on his car.
Posted by:Fred

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