Hizbullah...
Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as
The Resistanceand purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory...
gets ministerial seats or indirectly controls the new government, Nidaa al-Watan daily reported on Monday.
Informed political sources said Hale told officials he met in Beirut that the US intends to deny aid to a Lebanese government in which Hizbullah is represented, and that Washington does not intend to give a "password" for the Gulf countries to provide assistance to Leb, said the daily.
The sources said Hale has relayed a "firm" message to officials regarding the position of Leb in the region, warning that "any bias" in this area would be "strictly" unacceptable.
Haled reiterated persistence of US sanctions against Hizbullah and Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet
militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word
Iranis a cognate form of
Aryan,the abbreviation
IRGCis a cognate form of
Stürmabteilung (or SA),the term
Supreme Guideis a cognate form of either
Shahor
Führeror maybe both, and they hate
and that the Lebanese state must distance itself from the party.
During his two-day visit to Beirut last week, the US diplomat said Washington is ready to help Leb "but can do so only when Leb's leaders undertake a credible, visible and demonstrable commitment to reform."
Hale had met with the president, parliament speaker and caretaker prime minister Hariri.
He did not directly comment on the appointment of the new PM, Hassan Diab saying only that the United States "has no role in saying who should lead" a Cabinet in Leb or anywhere else.
Early in December, the Trump administration quietly released $105 million in Foreign Military Financing funds for the Lebanese Armed Force after months of unexplained delay.