The leader of the Lebanese-based Shiite fundamentalist movement Hezbollah has threatened to strike at the heart of Israel if the Jewish state acted on threats to attack Lebanon or Syria. Speaking to thousands of supporters in Beirut, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah also said the United States was the chief culprit behind attacks against Western interests across the Middle East. "It is true that the Israeli air force is powerful, but if they attack our people or our (Syrian) brothers, it is our legitimate right to strike not only the (border) regions but anywhere we can," Sheikh Nasrallah said in a speech. "The arm of resistance is long and its counter-attack will be beyond all expectations," he said.
In which case it'd also be the Israelis' legitimate right to carpet bomb your beturbanned ass... | Sheikh Nasrallah also took a swipe at Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, branding him a "frog that looks frightened", ridiculing "his generals" and their "impotent army" as "incapable" of invading any Arab country.
Though fully capable of repelling invasions from any Arab country... | He also urged Arabs and Muslims continue to donate cash to the Palestinian uprising that broke out in September 2000.
Wossa motta? Yasser starting to run short? | Turning his attention to incessant violence in Iraq and this month's bombings in Riyadh and Istanbul, Sheikh Nasrallah said: "Hatred of the United States has not stopped growing. If you consider what happened in Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iraq and elsewhere, condemnation must be levelled primarily against the United States, even before knowing who is behind" these attacks.
"I mean, it's gotta be their fault! Who else's could it be?" | "The fact that the United States propagates democracy in the region, does nothing to diminish its responsibility for instability and death in the region," he added. "The United States is a serious threat to the stability and security of the region," he said, likening the US-led occupation of Iraq with Israel's continued presence in the Palestinian territories, which would "lead to the destruction of the state of Israel," he said. |