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Nasrallah warns against US Iran attack
2008-01-16
Hizbullah's leader said Tuesday that any US attack on his patron Iran would be "the biggest folly" in American history.
Gonna blow up another building full of sleeping Marines? Or kidnap a few Americans and hold them in a cage for a few years? Oh, wait! I've got it! They're going to rocket American cities.

Briefly.
Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah's comments came as US President George W. Bush toured the Middle East on a trip used in part to drum up Arab opposition against Iran, which Bush called "the world's leading state sponsor of terror."

Responding to Bush, Nasrallah said Iran would defend itself against any US attack. "If America launches a war against Iran, it will be the biggest folly committed by America in its history," the black-turbaned cleric said in a speech broadcast on a giant screen in front of thousands of supporters in downtown Beirut.

Nasrallah suggested that if the US attacked Iran, there would be such a backlash that American interests in the region would be destroyed. "Who said that a war on Iran will achieve America's expectations?" Nasrallah asked.

Nasrallah also warned against a worsening humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, saying Bush's visit to Israel had empowered the Jewish state to wreak havoc in Palestinian areas.
Posted by:Fred

#6  Hizbullah's leader said Tuesday that any US attack on his patron Iran would be "the biggest folly" in American history.

humm.. Like Seward's Folly Perhaps, Sheik He-Whore NA$$rallah?

Hey That turned out to be A Damn Mighty Fine Development you AIDS repository.

Posted by: RD   2008-01-16 23:20  

#5  Since when did Nasrallah become Iran's spokesperson?

Since Iran essentially acknowledged via its actions that Hesb'allah is its Foreign Legion.
Posted by: Pappy   2008-01-16 22:48  

#4  JPOST > USAF Gen. Obering > IRAN HAS ACCELERATED MISSLE DEVELOPMENT, beyond what it needs for a regional-only fight i.e. agz ISRAEL. Obering implies Euros do need USGMD as Euros face a de facto LT missle threat from Iran.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2008-01-16 21:08  

#3  Bush's visit to Israel had empowered the Jewish state to wreak havoc in Palestinian areas.
The Paleos don't need any help in that department. They be experts in havoc.
Posted by: Spot   2008-01-16 08:21  

#2  Since when did Nasrallah become Iran's spokesperson?

That really big projection of him on the wall from his studio under the bed scares me.

And I had no idea Inshallah Boat Company was in the business of building boomers.
Posted by: gorb   2008-01-16 08:05  

#1  I would surmise by now, that Nasrallah's hands should be well scorched from the hot bobbed keys he's had to use opening up all those 'Gates Of Hell'; these last couple of years! And he does so, so far underground, he could just jump the fence himself!
Posted by: smn   2008-01-16 02:37  

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