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Khamenei defends Nasrallah, urges against all-out war
2023-11-12
[NAHARNET] Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
...the very aged actual dictator of Iran, successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini...
hosted Wednesday evening a secret meeting of the leaders of the pro-Tehran factions in Leb
...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
, Iraq, Syria, Paleostine and 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...
, during which he stressed the need to close ranks and defended the strategy avoiding engagement in an all-out war, which has been "clearly endorsed" by Tehran and Hezbollah in dealing with the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
war, a source in Khamenei’s office said.
Shhhhh.... Don’t breathe a word to anyone — it’s a SECRET!!
The source told Kuwait’s al-Jarida newspaper that Hezbollah was represented in the meeting by the head of its executive council, Sayyed Hashem Saffieddine.

"Khamenei stressed in the meeting with the leaders of the factions that the strategy is based on focusing on Gaza -- where Israel was dealt a major blow on October 7 -- and avoiding being dragged into any side battles that would deviate attention from what’s happening in the Paleostinian strip," the source said.

"Despite the cost and losses that are being incurred by the Paleostinian people, the current international circumstances are in their favor and in favor of the Paleostinian cause, after Israel lost its credibility and the international community is no longer fully on its side," the source quoted Khamenei as saying.

"Khamenei also defended the speech of Hezbollah’s secretary-general, which did not contain any declaration that the southern front against Israel will be escalated," the source added.

The supreme leader told those who criticized Nasrallah’s remarks that the speech "was coordinated with Quds Brigade chief Esmail Qaani and the relevant officials in the resistance front" and that "the main message was highlighting support for the front in Gaza without opening any other fronts that would deviate attention and waste the Paleostinian achievements."

Nasrallah calls to prolong Israel-Hamas war, says ‘pressure needs to be expanded’

Hezbollah chief His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah
...The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb...
calls to drag out the war between Israel and Hamas
...the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
for as long as possible.

"Pressure needs to be expanded," he says. "Time is necessary for the movements of the ’resistance.'"

He says the Israeli economy has suffered "tens of billions of dollars of losses" since the October 7 Hamas onslaught "in spite of the 14 billion of dollars of military aid provided by the US," referring to American military assistance for Israel that has yet to be approved.

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Posted by:Fred

#2  It is time to give Iran the Ronald Reagan treatment.
Posted by: Jerens Black9355   2023-11-12 10:45  

#1  Iran is willing to fight Zionists to the last Arab.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2023-11-12 01:30  

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