Two stories about Hezbollah. Hezbollah publishes new manifesto that tones down Islamist doctrine and goals, drops demand for an Islamic republic in Lebanon. Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, who read the new “political document” at a news conference, said it was time the group introduced pragmatic changes without dropping its commitment to an Islamist ideology tied to [...] a
When you see this photo, taken by Reuters stringer Sharif Karim, do you think: (a) What kind of news agency treats the rantings of a murderous thug as a valid democratic expression? (b) Did Sharif Karim go out of his way to select a woman raising her hand in order to buttress Hassan Nasrallah's claim of non-Islamic fame? (c) How bad does Hassan Nasrallah smell after hiding in a bunker for the past...
Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah group, has vowed to continue to build up its arsenal to protect the country against Israeli aggression. "The ongoing Israeli threat forces the resistance to continue to boost its capacity ... in order to fulfil its role in liberating occupied territory," he said on Monday in a rare news conference to present Hezbollah's new political manifesto....
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah vowed on Monday that his party would continue to build up its arsenal to protect Lebanon against Israeli aggression and accused Washington of exporting terrorism. "The ongoing Israeli threat forces the resistance to continue to boost its capacity ... in order to fulfill its role in liberating occupied territory," the head of the Lebanese Shiite militant group...
Beirut - Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said Monday that the role of the US in the region is diminishing and thus weakening the Jewish state. We are amid historical transformations that signal the retreat of the US role and the demise of t...
Who says the Tories can’t do ethno-politics? Throughout the Chrétien and Martin years, the Liberals had a lock on urban ethnic constituencies. Sikhs, Jews, Tamils, Somalians, Ukrainians, Arabs: The Liberal Party’s urban machines were staffed by a tightly corralled rainbow coalition recruited and programmed at mosques, temples and community centres. On election day, the Tories and...
Michael Totten on the Third Lebanon War: Hezbollah's Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah recently announced that he could hit any and every place in Israel with long-range missiles. That would mean that, unlike in 2006, Hezbollah could strike not only the...
Remember Hezbollah's Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's Ba'ada Haifa ? Which was his signal trashing of Israel - that his rockets will hit Haifa and beyond . Here : "We are entering a new phase in the confrontation with Israel and it is the phase of (firing rockets) beyond Haifa ," Nasrallah said in a televised speech on Hezbollah's al-Manar TV. Well, it very well might be that Haifa is coming right...
Lebanon's Hizbullah group said that Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah has been re-elected as its leader for a sixth term. According to the AP, the statement said Naim Kassim also has been re-elected as the group's deputy leader.2009/11/21
BEIRUT: The militant Hezbollah group has announced that Sheik Hassan Nasrallah has been re-elected unanimously the Shia Muslim group’s leader for a sixth term. A Hezbollah statement did not say when the group’s top officials ...
Israel - Hezbollah War 2006. Photo from The L.A. Times From Commentary Magazine: Hezbollah's Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah recently announced that he could hit any and every place in Israel with long-range missiles. That would mean that, unlike in 2006, Hezbollah could strike not only the northern cities of Kiryat Shmona and Haifa but also Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Ben-Gurion International Airport,...
By all accounts and measures, Hezbollah, since the 2006 war with Israel, has dramatically strengthened their position in Lebanon. On the military front, they've developed a long-range weapons capability and restocked their missile arsenal; politically, they've been able to stymie the formation of a government in Lebanon for months, despite the win of the March 14th coalition early this summer. Hezbollah...
Subject: txt gwot israel islm - Hizbullah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah on Wednesday accused President Barack Obama of absolute bias in favor of Israel and disregard for the dignity of Arabs and Muslims. Nasrallah said Obama had gone even farther in his military support for Israel than his predecessor, George W. Bush - who was reviled in much of the Arab world for his support of Israel and war on...