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| Report: Hezbollah chief poisoned; Iranian doctors saved his life |
| 2008-10-22 |
| The Iraqi Web site Almalaf on Wednesday quoted diplomatic sources in Beirut as saying Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was poisoned last week and that his life was saved by Iranian doctors who were rushed to Lebanon to treat him. The sources reportedly told the paper that a particularly poisonous chemical substance was used against the Shi'ite militia's leader. His medical condition was apparently critical for a number of days, until the Iranian doctors arrived and managed to save his life. The site claimed that the sources believed it was highly likely that the poisoning was an Israeli assassination attempt. Hezbollah has denied the report. Lebanese parliament member Al-Hajj Hassan, a member of the group, said: "This is a lie and a fabrication. It' true that I haven't seen [Nasrallah] this past week, but he's okay." The Iranian medical team arrived on Sunday at 11:00 P.M., apparently on a special military flight. Officials considered flying Nasrallah to Iran for further treatment, according to Almalaf. In September 1997, a Mossad team tried to assassinate Hamas' political chief, Khaled Meshal, by drizzling poison in his ear. The attempt failed, and two of the agents were captured while others found refuge in the Israeli embassy in Amman. Nasrallah's second-in-command Imad Mughniyah was assassinated in February in a Damascus bomb blast. Hezbollah accused Israel of responsibility for the explosion, although Israel has denied any connection to the act. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #11 "Iranians DO serve a mean caviar." |
| Posted by: Michelle Obama 2008-10-22 18:43 |
| #10 Those wonderful, wonderful uberIslamic IRANIANS. Friends of Obama. Friends of the oppressed. Friends of any who will submit. What would we do without them . . . ? |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2008-10-22 18:20 |
| #9 Twice is coincidence. We get another datapoint, and I'm calling it a Shia mafia war. And I still say Muughniyah was an own-side hit. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2008-10-22 16:45 |
| #8 My guess... He ate some food imported from China. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-10-22 13:25 |
| #7 If the Mossad were involved, Nasrallah would be sleeping with the fishes. |
| Posted by: Woozle Unusosing8053 2008-10-22 13:16 |
| #6 So, hassan would have had diarrhea, and he would blame the jooooos? Damn those liquid poop jooooos! |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-10-22 12:18 |
| #5 Doesn't pass the smell test. Any halfway decent assassin could get his hands on poison that would do the job no matter what the doctors did. Sounds more like he took ill, and is using his own frailty as a PR weapon against Israel. That's actually a quite common play in the Muslim bag o tricks. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2008-10-22 12:13 |
| #4 The report may explain rumors 10 days ago that Nasrallah has appointed his heir in case he is assassinated. Safi al-Din, the chairman of the terrorist organization's executive council and Nasrallah's cousin, will take over the leadership of Hizbullah if "the Zionists succeed in assassinating Hassan Nasrallah," the newspaper reported. Hizbullah officials have investigated everyone who has visited Nasrallah since the reported attack and also are questioning Hizbullah officials. Israel was immediately blamed for the attack, but it also may have been carried out Hizbullah dissidents. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-10-22 12:04 |
| #3 Hey Hassan, try these blowfish falafels. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-10-22 11:55 |
| #2 The hard part was getting him to eat those kugels, but once that was done... |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-10-22 11:49 |
| #1 The site claimed that the sources believed it was highly likely that the poisoning was an Israeli assassination attempt. Looks like they're closer then you think, Naz... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-10-22 11:39 |