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| Hezbollah leader vows to fight back if U.S. operations target it |
| 2007-01-29 |
| The leader of the militant Hezbollah vowed on Sunday to fight back against the United States if White House-organized operations were to target the guerrilla group in Lebanon. Hassan Nasrallah said he was reacting to a recent report in the Washington Post that said U.S. President George W. Bush's administration has authorized widening a list of approved operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon aimed at curtailing Iran's influence in the region. "The Americans know that if they want to attack us, the one who will defend us is God. But also our religious duty calls on us to defend ourselves, our dignity and our blood," Nasrallah told hundreds of Shiite Muslim supporters at a rally in Beirut's southern suburbs Sunday night. His remarks, which appeared to be his interpretation of the newspaper report, drew repeated chants of "Death to America" from the crowd. U.S. officials last week said American troops in Iraq have authority to kill or capture Iranian agents deemed to be a threat as part of measures taking a tougher stand toward Tehran and its suspected meddling in the war. The Washington Post also reported in Friday's editions that Bush authorized other measures meant to curb Iranian influence in the Mideast including a widening of a list of approved operations that can be carried out against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon. The report, which cited anonymous government and counterterrorism officials, said the administration's plan included military, intelligence, political and diplomatic strategies in the region. It did not elaborate. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 CNN this morning [Guam time] > Dubya has warned Iran that the USA will respond firmly iff Iran escalates its support for the insurgency in Iraq; plus that that Iran is trying to influence and control the region politically [proxies?] as well as economically. OTOH, CNN > curr polls > claim to indicate that Dubya is a "lame duck" POTUS as far as Amer are concerned, one whose Admin is mostly "over". POLLS < Dubya remains a POTUS whose policies are influenced by his personal = religious beliefs, NOT by "the Facts"!? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-01-29 20:15 |
| #5 Problem is, they don't beleive we have the strength of mind to actually use such things against them, Old Patriot. They read it as similar to waving AK-47s and making faces. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-01-29 19:42 |
| #4 This is the time I wish we had a couple of battleship groups to cruise up and down the coast of Lebanon - in close, so the population could see them. I'm sure the sight of three or four of the Big Boys would give Nasrallah a cold shiver or three... The capability of a weapon isn't JUST in its capacity to deliver firepower. Sometimes, just existing can change "hearts and minds". |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2007-01-29 18:38 |
| #3 A carrier group in the eastern med, two in the gulf, and lots of armor and infantry on the Iraq/Syria border should clarify their minds wonderfully... |
| Posted by: mojo 2007-01-29 13:36 |
| #2 Meh... go ahead. It give us even more reason to dust yo' ass. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-01-29 09:28 |
| #1 I think Iran is going to replace this two time loser. And soon. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-01-29 00:16 |