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Syria-Lebanon
Hezbollah chief threatens to strike at heart of Israel
2003-11-22
The leader of the Lebanese-based Shiite fundamentalist movement Hezbollah has threatened to strike at the heart of Israel if the Jewish state acted on threats to attack Lebanon or Syria. Speaking to thousands of supporters in Beirut, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah also said the United States was the chief culprit behind attacks against Western interests across the Middle East. "It is true that the Israeli air force is powerful, but if they attack our people or our (Syrian) brothers, it is our legitimate right to strike not only the (border) regions but anywhere we can," Sheikh Nasrallah said in a speech. "The arm of resistance is long and its counter-attack will be beyond all expectations," he said.
In which case it'd also be the Israelis' legitimate right to carpet bomb your beturbanned ass...
Sheikh Nasrallah also took a swipe at Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, branding him a "frog that looks frightened", ridiculing "his generals" and their "impotent army" as "incapable" of invading any Arab country.
Though fully capable of repelling invasions from any Arab country...
He also urged Arabs and Muslims continue to donate cash to the Palestinian uprising that broke out in September 2000.
Wossa motta? Yasser starting to run short?
Turning his attention to incessant violence in Iraq and this month's bombings in Riyadh and Istanbul, Sheikh Nasrallah said: "Hatred of the United States has not stopped growing. If you consider what happened in Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iraq and elsewhere, condemnation must be levelled primarily against the United States, even before knowing who is behind" these attacks.
"I mean, it's gotta be their fault! Who else's could it be?"
"The fact that the United States propagates democracy in the region, does nothing to diminish its responsibility for instability and death in the region," he added. "The United States is a serious threat to the stability and security of the region," he said, likening the US-led occupation of Iraq with Israel's continued presence in the Palestinian territories, which would "lead to the destruction of the state of Israel," he said.
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#6  Hizbollah is still owed a body slam for 200+ deaths of good men in Beruit in 83. We are waiting. This cancer on the land is begging for surgery. Anybody who threatens the US in a public way like that needs a MOAAB. Or two. Or more.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2003-11-23 12:09:05 AM  

#5  Let's not put all our marines in one hotel this time, please.
Posted by: Super Hose   2003-11-22 9:05:35 PM  

#4  condemnation must be levelled primarily against the United States, even before knowing who is behind" these attacks

You're right anon does sound a like a good progressive Democrat.
Posted by: Shipman   2003-11-22 8:27:52 AM  

#3  The leader of the Lebanese-based Shiite fundamentalist movement Hezbollah has threatened to strike at the heart of Israel if the Jewish state acted on threats to attack Lebanon or Syria.

It's high time to rain some heavy metal down on southern Lebanon. If the Lebanese government can't/won't do something about this little problem called Hezbollah, then maybe someone else should.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2003-11-22 1:32:11 AM  

#2  As much as this guy hates the US, he should be on the democratic ticket.
Posted by: Anonymous   2003-11-22 12:54:09 AM  

#1  "The fact that the United States propagates democracy in the region, does nothing to diminish its responsibility for instability and death in the region,"

And the fact that he even mentions that the US wants democracy in the region underscores the message that the word is getting out, even to the numbnuts who go to Hez rallies...This guy sounds scared. And he should be.
Posted by: RMcLeod   2003-11-22 12:32:29 AM  

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