TEHRAN, Aug 21, 2006 (AFP) - Hezbollah's representative in Iran has ruled out the disarmament of the Shiite Lebanese militia and said the group will buy new weapons if necessary, in an interview published Monday. "There will not be disarmament, the UN resolution has not demanded that either," Abdullah Safieddin told Shargh newspaper, on the eighth day of a UN-brokered ceasefire to end the month-long Israeli offensive in Lebanon aimed at crippling Hezbollah. However, UN Resolution 1701 which laid out the ceasefire calls for the disarmament of all armed groups in Lebanon and prohibits any sales or supply of arms and related materiel to Lebanon except as authorized by its government.
"God willing, we will have no problem. If anybody wants to resist they will seek to buy arms if need be," Safieddin said.
| "Pshaw, Abdullah, you know yer money's no good in this-here store!" "Well, I don't want to take advantage of ya." "Nonsense! Whaddit'll be? We got some nice Fajr missiles here!" |
| For instance, they can't defend the country against you. |
"Hezbollah will remain as it is. We even believe this war made the spirit of resistance more serious. We will do our political work but we will defend our country too."
| Ein volk, ein unmah ... |