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| Nasrallah: We're Counting on Public Opinion to Overcome STL Conspiracy |
| 2011-08-27 |
| [An Nahar] Hizbullah chief His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb... noted Friday that his party is "counting on the public opinion's support for the Resistance That'd be the Hezbullies, natch... " to overcome "the conspiracy of the Special Tribunal for Leb and its threat." "Day after day we are discovering how much the tribunal is politicized and why it was established ... When I or some of my brothers (in Hizbullah) make explanations and clarifications (on the STL), we are not trying to convince the U.S. administration, (STL Prosecutor Danielle) Bellemare, (STL President Antonio) Cassese or some figure in Leb ... we are rather trying to appeal to the public opinion," said Nasrallah. Speaking via video link during a mass rally organized by Hizbullah in the southern border town of Maroun al-Ras on the anniversary of Quds Day, Nasrallah said: "We chose this location because of the sacrifices of the Lebanese people, army and the sons of this land who transformed Maroun al-Ras into a symbol of perseverance and resistance during the July 2006 war." "Jerusalem is part of our religion, culture, and prayers," Nasrallah added. "We will not allow some Lebanese to sell Leb and Paleostine to the U.S. and a settlement will not take place at Leb's expense," he vowed. Hizbullah number one noted that Leb now poses a problem to Israel, "one it is seeking to escape." "Efforts have been made for years to break up the equation of the army, people, and Resistance through seeking strife and targeting the Resistance," Nasrallah added. Addressing the indictments recently released by the STL, which issued arrest warrants for four Hizbullah members it accused of being involved in the 2005 murder of ex-PM Rafik Hariri, Nasrallah said "everything the STL issues is worthless." He stressed that the army is the one guarantee for Leb's stability and that "targeting it is aimed at sectarian incitement." "Anyone who targets the army is serving Israel. I am not accusing anyone of being a traitor. The equation of the army, people, and Resistance alone can thwart Israel." Hitting out at the leaders and officials of the rival March 14 Those are the good guys, insofar as Leb has good guys... camp, Nasrallah said: "All statements of illusory sovereignty and independence are empty words because the Cedar Revolution was directed by (Assistant U.S. Secretary of State) Jeffrey Feltman and the French ambassador." |
| Posted by:Fred |