Bethlehem – Ma'an – Secretary General of Hizbullah Sheikh Hasan Nasrullah on Thursday afternoon described the Lebanese government's decision to dismantle the resistance ground telecommunication network as declaration of war against Hizbullah. In a press conference aired by the Hizbullah-affiliated satellite TV station Al-Manar, Nasrullah threatened to "cut the hands which might think of reaching to the Lebanese resistance."
Nasrullah also said he considers that Lebanon has entered a new phase after the last government session during which the government, which he described as "illegitimate," called for the dismantling of Hizbullah's ground telecommunication network. The network has always been and will continue to be one of the Lebanese resistance's most important weapons," he added.
Hizbullah's leader affirmed that the network was established in 2000. He also revealed that Hizbullah had accepted a request from the Lebanese security committee to dismantle a cable which was erected between Ad-Dahia and the southern Beirut; the cable was erected during 2006 war against Israel.
Sheikh Nasrullah revealed that the Lebanese government has been bargaining with Hizbullah to end the rally in central Beirut in exchange for the government to disregard the issue of the ground telecommunication network. The Lebanese government has decided to dismantle it claiming it was illegal.
Nasrullah claimed that the Lebanese government decided to try everybody who was involved in the establishment of the network only after they received a report from the US State Department demanding they do so. He reiterated that thiss decision was a declaration of war against Hizbullah and the Lebanese resistance.
"We are announcing today our decision to defend ourselves rather than declaring war against anybody. We will not agree to be killed in the streets any more, and we will not agree on any more plots against Lebanese resistance' weapons," Nasrullah said at the end of his press conference. |