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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Nasrallah Says MBS Pushed for His Assassination, Israel Still Cautious
2020-12-28
”Pay attention to MEEEEEE!!!
[AnNahar] Hizbullah
...Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistance and purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory...
chief Sayyed His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah
...The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb...
on Sunday accused Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
...Crown Prince and modernizer of Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
as of 2016. The Turks hate him, so he must be all right, despite the occasional brutal murder of Qatar-owned journalists...
of raising the issue of assassinating him with the U.S. administration.

"According to our information, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman raised during his visit to Washington the issue of assassinating me," Nasrallah said in an interview on al-Mayadeen TV.

"The Americans agreed to the Saudi request but said that it must be carried out by Israel," he added.

"Saudi Arabia has been inciting for my liquidation since a long time, at least since the war on Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
," Nasrallah went on to say.

Noting that "the targeting of Hizbullah’s leaders is an Israeli-U.S.-Saudi common objective," Nasrallah said he had been warned of possible liquidation attempts against him prior to and after the U.S. presidential election.

"Before and after the U.S. elections, I was warned of an liquidation operation, and several sides warned us of an attempt on my life after the martyrdom of the (Iranian) commander Qasem Soleimani," Nasrallah said.

He added: "There is information that Saudi Arabia is inciting for my liquidation."

Nasrallah also reiterated his call for caution and vigilance during U.S. President Donald Trump
...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US...
’s remaining days in the White House.

As for Israel, Nasrallah noted that the Israeli "media tumult" indicates that there will not be "real actions."

He also denied Lebanese media reports about an alleged Israeli landing on the shores of the Lebanese region of Jiye.

"According to our information, this is not correct," he said.

As for the situation on the Lebanese-Israeli border, Nasrallah noted that the Israelis are still "very cautious" in their movements on the frontier.
The Times of Israel has more from the Sunday interview here.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  That's why he ran (courageously) to Iran
Posted by: Frank G   2020-12-28 07:36  

#1  ...Actually, this time I think ol' Fatso might have something, because the Saudis will do it. With a Trump Administration, they would likely give us a discreet heads up; under the Biden Administration there won't be a sound until it's all over.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2020-12-28 04:40  

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