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| Nasrallah speaks, vows surprises |
| 2006-07-20 |
| izbullah leader, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, spoke for the first Thursday since the beginning of the week, saying Hizbullah's entire infrastructure and leadership hierarchy were still intact and functional. "I can confirm without exaggerating or using psychological warfare, that we have not been harmed," he said, referring to the strike. Al-Jazeera, which aired only excerpts of the interview, said it was taped earlier Thursday. The interviewer said the interview took place amid tight security precautions but did not say where. Nasrallah has been in hiding since Israel's onslaught began July 12, though he gave a speech on Hizbullah television on Sunday. "Hizbullah has so far stood fast, absorbed the strike and has retaken the initiative and made the surprises that it had promised, and there are more surprises," he said, warning that a Hizbullah defeat would be "a defeat for the entire Islamic nation." Nasrallah added that, "All of Israel's talk about 50 percent of our infrastructure being damaged is nonsense." Nasrallah said that, "even if the entire world will demand it," the kidnapped Israeli soldiers would only be released for Lebanese and Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails through negotiations. He did not offer any information regarding the condition of the soldiers. Hizbullah operatives arrested in West Bank Several of those arrested Wednesday in the Mukata in Nablus were found to be linked to Hizbullah, it was released for publication Thursday night. Members belonging to different terrorist organizations were arrested during a joint IDF and Shin Bet operation. Suspects included Palestinians responsible for the planning and initiation of terrorist attacks, including those belonging to Hizbullah, who were involved in the murders of Israeli citizens. |
| Posted by:Sherry |
| #13 I still like my buddy's idea of showing up in Tehran (sneak in during the muzzies' Friday Prayers) and shout from the Presidential Palace "I'm the 12 Imam", and wear a T-shirt saying the same ("I'm the 12th Imam") right before Ahmadinejad comes out. |
| Posted by: BA 2006-07-20 23:05 |
| #12 Nassie dies a slow, painful death before any suggestion of a cease fire. Agreed? |
| Posted by: Mark Z 2006-07-20 21:30 |
| #11 Too funny with reserence to DR EVIL and "mini ME". |
| Posted by: newc 2006-07-20 19:46 |
| #10 Hey...maybe Nasrallah is pregnant with the 12th iman and it's Marlon Wayans from Little Man?? |
| Posted by: anymouse 2006-07-20 19:31 |
| #9 I'm surprised(TM) that he's still alive. |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-07-20 18:46 |
| #8 another reason all tv cameras and electronics should have GPS and trackers built into them at the factory. Then you could just follow Al-Jizz to the Perps or the NY Times to the leaks. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2006-07-20 18:43 |
| #7 And the father is the 12th imam (aka "shortie" ahmadinejad)! |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-07-20 18:38 |
| #6 Nasrallah vows surprises Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah Pregnant |
| Posted by: RD 2006-07-20 18:36 |
| #5 The Israelis are playing for all the marbles this time... I hope so, but I have my doubts. In any case, they'd better move faster, cause Comdi's comin. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-07-20 18:11 |
| #4 Israel needs to shatter this pathetic group of terrorists to free Lebenon. Might need to shatter Syria too for it really to work. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-07-20 17:59 |
| #3 Yes, xbalanke, I thought that was a dumb (or desperate) thing to say too. Dumb because it puts 'invincible' Islam in a position where it will be shown to be defeated, because Hizbullah is going to be toast. Desperate? - perhaps he knows he's on the ropes and is calling out to anyone who will listen, but the Soddies, Jordanians and Egyptians aren't interested, neither is that great brotherhood the Arab League interested. |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2006-07-20 17:58 |
| #2 I'm reminded of something the IRA (spit) said about Margaret Thatcher after their attempted assassination in 1984:- "We only have to get lucky once, you have to be lucky all the time". Nasrallah is going to die, probably violently, probably soon and probably via a US made bunker-buster released by an Israeli Air Force pilot (please let it be a woman! ;) but he is going to die, and I have an idea that the subsequent funeral will also be hit by ordnance as well. The Israelis are playing for all the marbles this time... |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2006-07-20 17:53 |
| #1 ...warning that a Hizbullah defeat would be "a defeat for the entire Islamic nation." I can live with that. Faster, please.™ |
| Posted by: Xbalanke 2006-07-20 17:48 |