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| Nasrallah Says Hizbullah in Syria to Defend Lebanon |
| 2013-11-15 |
| [An Nahar] Hizbullah leader His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb... made on Thursday a public appearance for the second day in a row, describing the conditions set by the March 14 alliance as "crippling" and saying his party was fighting in Syria in defense of Leb. The conditions imposed by the March 14 alliance for the formation of the new government are "crippling," Nasrallah said. Hizbullah fighters are in the neighboring country "to defend Leb, Paleostine and Syria," he said at a massive Ashura ceremony held in the Rweiss neighborhood of Beirut's southern suburbs. His public appearance came a day after he made a similar speech, urging followers to participate in the Ashura despite "security threats. Nasrallah normally appears via video link for fear of liquidation by Israel. Thursday's ceremony came amid tight security, including a ban on vehicles in the area, following huge bombings last summer that killed and maimed hundreds of people. Describing Syria as the protector of the resistance, Nasrallah said: "As long as the reasons stand, our presence in Syria remains." "Those talking about Hizbullah's pullout from Syria as a condition for the formation of a cabinet are imposing a crippling condition," said Nasrallah, standing on the podium and surrounded by bodyguards. "When there are strategic dangers that are threatening the people and the governments of the region ... there couldn't be a condition for partnership in the cabinet," he said. "We won't negotiate on the existence of Syria (in exchange for) a handful of ministries." Nasrallah urged March 14 to be more pragmatic and put its conditions aside. "We don't need your cover for our presence in Syria neither today nor in the future," he said, a day after al-Mustaqbal ... the Future Movement, political party led by Saad Hariri... movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri Second son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's assassination. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah has him bumped off, too. said the alliance will not be under any circumstance a partner in a political process that gives Hizbullah a cover to its participation in the Syrian war. In his speech, Nasrallah stressed that the disarmament of resistance groups come only after the abolition of the enemy. "The enemy facing Leb is still there. It is threatening us and spying on us ... It is also preparing for war," he told his supporters in reference to Israel. "As long as the enemy threatens us, the resistance will remain to confront this threat," he said in a challenge to the March 14 alliance which has repeatedly called for the party's disarmament. "No one whatever the circumstances should give up on the cause of Paleostine," he said. He urged all Mohammedans to stand by the Paleostinian people and extend a helping hand. Nasrallah called for dialogue, wisdom and political solutions in the Arab countries. The Hizbullah leader turned to the threat posed by Takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed... groups, saying they target both Mohammedans and Christians. "The collaboration of everyone can abolish them," he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |