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2008-02-14 Terror Networks
Nasrallah: Mughniya's assassination an act of "open war"
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Bethlehem – Ma'an – Secretary General of Hezbollah, Sheikh Hasan Nasrallah promised to wage an open war against Israel, saying that Israel chose war when it allegedly assassinated Hezbollah's military leader, Imad Mughniya.

Mughniya was killed in a car bombing in the Syrian capital, Damascus on Wednesday. Hezbollah blamed Israel for the attack. Nasrallah was delivering a eulogy before the burial of Mughniya in the southern suburbs of Beirut, the Lebanese capital. He said that Israel committed a "great folly" when they chose to assassinate Mughniya. He pointed out that the world historians have to start chronicling this date as the beginning of the collapse of the state of Israel.

Nasrallah said that Israel lost the war against Hezbollah in the summer of 2006 considering that the war is still ongoing as no ceasefire has been announced. With regards to Hezbollah's reaction to the assassination of Mughniya, Nasrallah quoted his own word during the war in 2006 when he addressed the Israelis saying, "If you Zionists choose to fight an open war, you will have an open war." He was hinting to the fact that Hezbollah during the last war started launching missiles at Israeli cities in the north after the Israeli army shelled civilian targets in Lebanon.

This quote may imply that Hezbollah will undertake military action against Israeli targets anywhere as he said, "I remind that you killed Mughniya outside the battle field, and if you Zionists have already chosen an open war, I repeat now, let it be an open war."

Nasrallah reiterated that assassination of resistance leaders such as Mughniya does not weaken resistance. He revealed that as soon as the 2006 war ended, Hezbollah fighters led by Mughniya and others began to prepare for another possible war. He said, "This time, there will not be one Imad Mughniya awaiting you, or thousands of fighters, because Mughniya has almost completed his mission and prepared dozens of well-trained fighters who will fight you, willing to die as martyrs."
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HASAN NASRALLAHHezbollah
IMAD MUGHNIYAHezbollah
Posted by tu3031 2008-02-14 10:43|| || Front Page|| [11145 views ]  Top

#1 These bozos always brighten my day.


We Won! WE WON! WE WON!!!!!!!


pay no attention to the fact that I now live in a hole
Posted by AlanC 2008-02-14 11:36||   2008-02-14 11:36|| Front Page Top

#2 I remind that you killed Mughniya outside the battle field

Of course, Nasrallah's idea of an open battlefield is when he sets up his rocket launchers next to an apartment building, launches the rockets toward Israeli civilians and then cries foul when Hisbullah gun molls and their kids are killed by the Israeli counter battery.
Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-02-14 12:13||   2008-02-14 12:13|| Front Page Top

#3 He said, "This time, there will not be one Imad Mughniya awaiting you, or thousands of fighters, because Mughniya has almost completed his mission and prepared dozens of well-trained fighters who will fight you, willing to die as martyrs."

there will not be thousands of fighters, but dozens? something lost in translation?
Posted by liberalhawk 2008-02-14 12:31||   2008-02-14 12:31|| Front Page Top

#4 Depends on what their weapons are, LH...
Posted by Pappy 2008-02-14 12:40||   2008-02-14 12:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Somebody launder his shorts, please.
Posted by mojo">mojo  2008-02-14 12:55||   2008-02-14 12:55|| Front Page Top

#6 Sheikh Hasan Nasrallah promised to wage an open war against Israel

So then no one will object when Israel kills him.
Posted by Grailing and Tenille1838 2008-02-14 13:45||   2008-02-14 13:45|| Front Page Top

#7 Is he sure Israel did it?
Posted by 3dc 2008-02-14 13:52||   2008-02-14 13:52|| Front Page Top

#8 LH

"This time, there will not be one Imad Mughniya awaiting you, or thousands of fighters, because Mughniya has almost completed his mission and prepared dozens of well-trained fighters who will fight you, willing to die as martyrs."

regarding the problem with the word 'dozens'

the word àÆìÆó in the bible is usually translated 'thousand' but could also be translated as 'detachment or subtribe' since it comes from the same root as the first word of àÇìÌåÌó úÌÅéîÈï (Aloof Tamon)where the word 'aloof' is a chieftan (who rules over a detachment or subtribe)

I think arabic has a similar problem.
Posted by mhw">mhw  2008-02-14 14:29|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]  2008-02-14 14:29|| Front Page Top

#9 darn - that came out wrong

elef = thousand (or detachment)
aloof = chieftan (of a detachment)
Posted by mhw">mhw  2008-02-14 14:31|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]  2008-02-14 14:31|| Front Page Top

#10 This from a guy who hid himself in the deepest, darkest, hole he could find during the 2006 conflict and didn't show his ugly mug until long after it was all over (and he had a chance to wash his shorts...)
Posted by CrazyFool 2008-02-14 14:49||   2008-02-14 14:49|| Front Page Top

#11 Hey, Naz. Your hologram makes ya look fat...
Posted by tu3031 2008-02-14 14:54||   2008-02-14 14:54|| Front Page Top

#12 Sounds like some declaration from a Monty Python movie.
Posted by JohnQC 2008-02-14 16:49||   2008-02-14 16:49|| Front Page Top

#13 #5 Somebody launder his shorts, please.

CrazyFool I don't think Nasrallah did.. It's Like mojo said, "Somebody launder his shorts, please."...

Because Sheikh Hasan Nasrallah considers it to be "thrifty" and "manly" [his bio sed both] to wear the same ole, same ole shorts no matter how crusty they get for one year per pair..

/shiite!
Posted by RD">RD  2008-02-14 16:51||   2008-02-14 16:51|| Front Page Top

#14 lots of good articles covering this topic at the counter terrorism blog today
Posted by 3dc 2008-02-14 21:02||   2008-02-14 21:02|| Front Page Top

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