Nasrallah Confirms Having Fateh-110 Missiles, Says Busted Spy Had Nothing to Do with Hizbullah Military Structure
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Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has confirmed that his group has had Iranian Fateh-110 missiles that can hit the whole of Israel since 2006, noting that an Israeli spy recently busted in Hizbullah's ranks had “nothing to do with the entire military structure of the resistance.”
The Fateh-110 missiles have a minimum range of 200 kilometers that can hit entire Israel.
“We have had the Fateh-110 missile since 2006 and it has become outdated compared to what we have now,” said Nasrallah in an interview with al-Mayadeen TV that was aired on Thursday evening.
“What the resistance has in its possession qualifies it for engaging in any confrontation that the Israelis might think of,” Nasrallah added.
Warning Tel Aviv, Hizbullah's chief said Israel would be totally mistaken if it was betting that “the resistance has weakened” or that its “capabilities, readiness, assets and determination have waned” due to participation in the Syrian war.
“It will find out that counting on these calculations will lead to a foolishness rather than a major mistake,” added Nasrallah, referring to Israel.
He pointed out, however, that “the Israelis are currently incapable of achieving a decisive and clear victory in any possible war on Lebanon.”
Noting that Hizbullah does not want a war and that “it is not seeking it,” Nasrallah underlined that his group maintains its “preparedness.”
“Anything that we might be obliged to do in any future war … anything that might be needed to win the coming war, we must be ready and prepared for it. The Resistance's military fronts must be ready,” added Nasrallah.
“When the leadership of the resistance asks you to enter into the Galilee, this means the resistance must be ready to enter into the Galilee and areas beyond Galilee,” said Nasrallah, addressing his group's fighters.
“As a resistance, we are stronger than ever, and God willing we will become stronger than we are now,” he added.
He said that Hizbullah has “all sorts of arms that can come to mind.”
“The resistance in Lebanon has everything the enemy can imagine and not imagine,” he added.
Nasrallah described the Israeli air raids on several targets in Syria in recent years as “an attack against the entire axis of resistance,” noting that his group's fighters stand ready to invade the northern Israeli region of Galilee in any future confrontation.
“The recurrent strikes on various targets inside Syria are a major violation, and we consider any strike on targets in Syria as an attack against the entire axis of resistance, not only against Syria,” said Nasrallah in excerpts of an interview with al-Mayadeen TV that will be broadcast in full on Thursday evening.
Asked whether the so-called axis of resistance -- which comprises Iran, Syria and Hizbullah – might take a decision to retaliate against Israel's raids, Nasrallah said, “Yes, such a decision could be taken … This axis has the ability to respond.”
“This is something open that might happen at any given time,” he added.
Nasrallah noted that “no one has given a commitment that the attacks against Syria will remain without a response.”
“This is the right of the axis of resistance and it is not Syria's right exclusively,” he added.
“When will this right be practiced? This depends on certain criterion that will be taken into consideration,” Nasrallah explained.
In response to a question, the secretary-general underlined that Hizbullah “does not have resistance formations” at the Syrian Golan Heights that are occupied by Israel.
“We're ready to offer help and assistance, but the issue has not been raised until the moment,” he added.
As for Hizbullah's relations with anti-Israel Palestinian groups, Nasrallah said “there might come a day when all resistance movements fight together against the enemy and we want strategic relations with everyone, topped by Hamas and the Islamic Jihad.”
Turning to the Syrian conflict, Hizbullah's chief stressed that “the notion that the Syrian regime can be ousted militarily has ended.”
“The Syrian armed groups that are linked to the (opposition National) Coalition or Saudi Arabia are on the path of demise,” he noted, emphasizing that “any solution in Syria would be impossible without President (Bashar) Assad."
Separately, Nasrallah confirmed that Hizbullah has recently busted a party official accused of spying for Israel who has been identified by media reports as Mohammed Shawraba.
“We busted a Hizbullah official who was recruited by the U.S. intelligence and subsequently the Israeli intelligence, but the issue has been greatly exaggerated,” said Nasrallah, playing down the media reports.
“He was never in charge of my protection and had never come close to any Hizbullah missile unit. He had nothing to do with the entire military structure of the resistance,” Nasrallah clarified.
“Infiltrations are part of the war between us and Israel and part of the battle's losses and we must expect things of this kind,” he added.
Nasrallah said the detained collaborator “confessed about all the information that he had passed on to the Israelis and the extent of communication between him and them.”
“Individuals working for Arab intelligence agencies have tried to approach officials in the party but they were busted,” he revealed.
“We discovered during the 2006 war that some Arab security agencies had obtained information about the party and passed them on to the Israelis,” he went on to say.
Nasrallah accused a powerful regional state of backing the extremist Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq and hailed the dialogue between his party and al-Mustaqbal Movement for creating “self-restraint.”
The regional country “is involved with the IS in Syria and Iraq but is now suffering from a crisis because of its stance,” Nasrallah told al-Mayadeen during the three-hour interview.
Nasrallah said that al-Mustaqbal chief ex-PM Saad Hariri gave the green light to the dialogue between his movement's representatives and Hizbullah despite the objection of several al-Mustaqbal officials.
The two sides have held two rounds of talks. Another session is scheduled to be held on Friday to discuss the presidential deadlock.
The dialogue has so far curbed sectarian tension, Nasrallah said. Its results appeared following the suicide bombing that rocked the northern city of Tripoli over the weekend, he added.
“All parties exercised a high level of self-restraint,” Nasrallah said, adding “had it not been for the dialogue, the reaction would have been different.”
Two Sunni suicide bombers blew themselves up on Saturday at a packed cafe in Tripoli's mainly Alawite Jabal Mohsen, leaving nine people dead and at least 37 injured.
The city has previously witnessed explosions and deadly rounds of fighting between the majority Sunni neighborhood of Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen, whose residents belong to the sect of Syrian President Assad.
Nasrallah denied in the interview with al-Mayadeen TV that his party's members were “exhausted” in Syria.
Hizbullah has sent its fighters to Syria to help Assad in his battle against rebels seeking to topple him.
The party's secretary-general reiterated his support for his ally Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun, saying he should be Lebanon's next president.
Baabda Palace was left vacant after President Michel Suleiman's six-year term ended in May last year over differences between the country's rival factions on a compromise candidate.
Y.R./G.K.
15 January 2015, 08:32
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i can assure you on the tomb of my son hadi and on the integrity of zeynib and the conscience of imamu ali that we are here to protect lebanon and not the shias.
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15 January 2015, 20:17
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Hassoun, did ASSad give you a Syrian citizenship?
Your ASSad belong in the zoo.
16 January 2015, 13:06
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He knows well what will happen to lebanon... it will cease to exist and turn into a flat parking lot...
15 January 2015, 08:42
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May all your life savings and valuables be in Russian Ruble and Vietnamese Dong dear flamethrower. May you be resting in pieces and tranquility at your final destination.
15 January 2015, 23:59
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Please don't mention anything about Vietnam. My best freinds at work are originally from Vietnam. ;)
15 January 2015, 08:43
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The day this criminal is dead is the day we celebrate our independence.
15 January 2015, 09:46
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I wish one day Hassan Nasrallah comes out on TV and speaks about economic and social development, about the need to have a more robust scientific program in school or the need for a public transportation network. He can also talk about Hezbollah organizing a business trip for Lebanese businessmen to Iran in order to help them get trade and infrastructure deals that would benefit Lebanon.
I wish he would come up and discuss the need to have green spaces in Beirut or a natural park in the South of Lebanon. Or that Hezbollah has in its possession the best agricultural technology that would help Lebanese farmers to export their produce globally.
Instead all he talks about is related to violence, insecurity and religion.
15 January 2015, 09:51
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Like all extremists throughout history, whether religious or secular, Hassan Nasrallah is the prisoner of an ideology that thrives on hate and violence.
Without hate and violence, Hezbollah has no "raison-d'etre." same as Al Qaeda, ISIS and Zionism.
16 January 2015, 12:58
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Machia: Thank you for sharing our thoughts exactly. You represent the lebanese majority in a great way. It seems like Hezbollah is content with receiving some money from Iran, and the rest of the people will have to manage with whatever they got. Education, prosperity and equal rights will mean that more of their herd will open their eyes and see the ugly truth about Nasrallahs "visions".
15 January 2015, 10:00
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katter khayrak ya hassan for showing self-restraint...others have been showing self restraint for over 30 years...w awwalon el Leb Christians who die by hands of "same same, but different" suicide bombers.
15 January 2015, 10:21
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This is scandalous. Self restraint? You mean had there been no dialogue your followers would have sparked back violently. Primitive man.
15 January 2015, 11:32
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Self restraint is an insult to all other Lebanese people. The shame is really in your ISTIKBAR onto others.
15 January 2015, 12:25
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As a follower of Khomeini I will forgive & pray for those who insult my Lord, Sayyed Hassan Nassrallah.
15 January 2015, 13:27
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Well ya Sayed Hassan, it seems that now just like those Arab countries, some EU countries and Turkey, you are now obliged with no choice but clean up the mess that you partook in creating some years ago. We all hope ya Sayed that you have finally come to understand that by hook or by crook, your day of reckoning is fast approaching, no matter what you may have tried, you and Hezbollah just cannot swim against the current of the people of Lebanon. For your own sake, and for the sake of the entire Lebanese nation, let the dialog continue, for the mutual benefit of all the Lebanese. This time however try not to back-stab those who have yet again accepted to sit with you at the same table, your arm-twisting habit of old has now lost all its dividends, no matter what, your only viable future is by being honest and accept that nothing can replace the state. Your militia's days are now being counted, by the day.
15 January 2015, 15:04
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@phoenix1
I really do hope most Lebanese in general come back to their senses. It always goes back to this simple term and root problem "Lebanese can't accept other peoples opinions"
from what i have noticed from this piece of news is that: Sayed to Harriri...Good you accepted to talk to HA, if not, i would of let them retaliate against your sunnis, im in control
15 January 2015, 15:34
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Thanks @khallas_ba2a, real good analysis. Couldn't agree more with you.
15 January 2015, 14:05
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"ex-PM Saad Hariri gave the green light to the dialogue between his movement's representatives and Hizbullah despite the objection of several al-Mustaqbal officials"
lol as if they have a say .
15 January 2015, 15:21
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and hizbollaat is the model for democracy and voicing of opinions? lol maaa maaa maaa whatever nasrallaat says the sheep do.
15 January 2015, 16:07
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who claimed HA is a model for democracy etc? its you making this claim mohamad.....but I will tell you what HA is.
HA are Lebanon's resistance.... learn the basics people.
15 January 2015, 16:59
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splashy the tea server showing how tough he is on the net
shame it can't refute like a normal human being.
15 January 2015, 19:33
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god bless your iran where if i appear in pharell williams' happy video clip I get jailed for life.
15 January 2015, 14:24
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Anyone who thinks this clown represents anything other than iran is a bigger fool than him
15 January 2015, 19:28
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Israel still believes they can do what they want, next war will be beyond Israels borders. Not only on Lebanese soil, who do you guys think teached Hamas to dig those underground tunnels?
Prepare for the next heroic battle, against the zionist state.
15 January 2015, 20:09
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bless anyone person, entity, organization, brigade or country that inflicts pain and suffering, death, torture, and destruction upon the iranian sectarian terrorist militia and its members, supporters or followers wherever they may be.
15 January 2015, 20:29
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You hot heads, seems to behave exactly as Israel did in 2006.
They invaded with a tough appearence, they left with cold broken feet.
Zionists can't handle IDF casualties, pure fact.
The Resistance on the other hand, are ready to sacrifice their children and themselves for any war.
16 January 2015, 12:14
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How could zionist Naharnet remove my gift to them? I send it again to you moderators & Admins.
A gift to Naharnet -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvq1wP1xUsA
16 January 2015, 14:09
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(1). Mystic, dakhil ismak ya Allah, please start thinking straight. Your post is truly short of any responsibility, ya 3ammeh, you don't see ahead? Look, when you are facing an implacable, ruthless and merciless enemy, an enemy who has a lot lot more resources than you do, an enemy that is umbilically tied to the US and the EU, an enemy who can get all the logistical, financial and all other resources available at the push of a button, you believe that you can fight him? OK, Hezbollah has advanced weaponry, but what you still cannot see, and here I honestly don't know if you are doing it intentionally or not, but that's besides the point, if you raise the ante, would the collateral be a lot higher on us too?
16 January 2015, 14:15
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(2) Mystic. Whether we provoke Israel or not, the media is on its side, period. Look at Charlie Hebdo, despite our many protests, has it mattered an iota with the West? So when you raise Hezbollah's defensive or offensive capabilities, you are at the same time raise up sharply their response plus their excuses for using lethal and once again disproportionate force. Who will again suffer the consequences, Sayed Hassan, Hezbollah's top cadres? Hell no, as usual they are protected and pampered like pink toddlers all the way down in their bunkers and underground network. If things go from bad to worse, Sayed Hassan will be whisked away from harm's way in no time at all.
16 January 2015, 14:17
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(3). Mystic. Wou se3ita Il ta3tirr byeb2a 3al sha3b wou bass, wou mitlil 3adeh ya bou s3adeh. When Israel begins to feel that Hezbollah is hitting harder and more precise than ever, Israel too will hit but with deadly and devastating force this time. It will even obliterate you and us all in no time, the more Israelis Hezbollah kills, the better the pretexts for Israel. Ya Mystic, your Hezbollah is branded and blacklisted as a terrorist organization in many countries, once the news media begin to show Israeli citizens' corpses on the ground, the gates of hell will open up on us Lebanese. Who cares, we are after all thrown in the same black bag as yours, just a bunch of terrorists who've never made any sense anyway.
16 January 2015, 14:20
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(4). Mystic. Have you forgotten how the West used to call us before? PLO, so nothing will change. As a result, Lebanon will be devastated, the army that took so much blood, tears and sweat to rebuild will be destroyed, our people killed by the masses, our infrastructure gone with the wind and your beloved Sayed Hassan may come back to declare another idiotic celestial victory destined only for the brain dead consumption. Most likely, Israel could be tempted this time to re-enter and occupy it, taking away as much natural resources as we have, who knows? You do?!
16 January 2015, 14:27
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(5). Mystic. This is a time my dear friend when I am truly and honestly asking you to start moving away from your kindergarten level of calculations, sorry to put it this way for you, truly childish, truly bombastic almost North-Korean style of talking from you. Call me by whatever names you wish, I care less, there indeed comes the time when we need to be straight with each other. The only solution is for Hezbollah to surrender its weapons to the LAF, period. All this security triangulation that Hezbollah wishes to deceive us with are a pack of lies. Only the state can protect us, and here the state must be left top act as a state, not a militia.
16 January 2015, 14:30
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(6). Mystic. All these weapons that come to Hezbollah, are they coming into the state of Lebanon, or the state of Hezbollah? You know the answer, so you people have no excuses, hand over your weapons, disband your militia, stay as a political party and let Lebanon live in peace. We are no bigger than Egypt, or Jordan or for that matter any other Arab country, and by consequence we are no ore powerful than anyone of them either. Everyone is telling Hezbollah and Sayed Hassan to follow the normal path, yet so far Hezbollah sees otherwise. Trust me, even a child, of course that is not brainwashed will tell you, use common sense, the Israelis next time will flatten you and flatten us all maybe from day one. Now please, spare me the rants if you don't want me to see as another over-decorated North Korean civil servant. Please ya Mystic kafenah tijlit ba2a wou khassatan tisnif.
16 January 2015, 14:34
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Phoenix ya 7abibi albi. You are right about one thing, Israel will be able to do alot of damage on Lebanon, and they will when the war happens.
They will release their full airforce and destroy much, but mark my words those jets will not have any airbases to land on in return, only scorched earth wasteland.
When it comes to firepower and damage, yes Israel will do more. When it comes to endurance, on that note Israel will loose.
That's what happend in 2006, thats what happend to them in Gaza last summer, as little as 60+ dead IDF, made them go to the dialogue table.
16 January 2015, 14:42
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Phoenix, it will be no surprise when the next war happens, it is inevitable. The martyrs of 2006 and onwards has to be avenged, that is what has been prepared for since the last war.
When such a war happens my friend, you should stand by the LAF and Resistance if you have any love for Lebanon, because they will be fighting side by side.
16 January 2015, 14:44
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It is not entirely up the Resistance, a war can't be prevented Phoenix. The Zionists want it aswell, that is the result of their recent aggressions on Syria.
You must accept the fact, that Lebanon is still at war with Israel. There wil not be any peace, that land has to be freed.
16 January 2015, 15:09
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You are wrong about Sayed Hassan, he never leaves Lebanon when there is a war, he stays in the command headquarters instructing the Resistance fighters.
16 January 2015, 15:14
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Mystic, I've read your response, but I wish, wallahi I wish I could agree on any point. War is not new to me, my youngest and best years were spent in war, do you at any stage believe that Israel will hesitate to use masalan Depleted Uranium? can you imagine the devastation this would have on us and for generations to come? Did you forget that Israel has underground bunkers and strips for its planes? My only wish as a Lebanese, is for me to live in my country safely and without any more wars, and with equal parties under the name of functional democracy and all of us protected by functional constitutional institutions, starting with the LF. I wish no harm to anyone.
16 January 2015, 15:53
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Yes Phoenix, Israel might use nuclear weaponry, then there will be total armageddon, which we are all prepared for.
If Israel decides to use nukes, then they will hit themselves with the radioactive wastes aswell, so if they decides to do that, then it will not only be the end for us, but the whole Middle East.
15 January 2015, 19:37
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Nasrallah: The axis of resistance might retaliate against the Israeli raids, and this is something open that might happen at any given time.
and who are you to speak on behalf of Lebanon and the Lebanese.... So your claim you are a resistance defending Lebanon from Israeli aggression now includes Syria. In essence, you are iranian and syrian resistance based in Lebanon. Criminal and murderer that is all what you are. You destroyed what was once a beautiful country. Your arrogance will be your achilles heel.
15 January 2015, 20:36
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He can hardly keep onto Brital let alone conquer the Gallilee and beyond:))
15 January 2015, 20:04
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Mystic, the Lebanese don't want a war with Israel. The Lebanese do not want to see their country destroyed again. We do not want to see our tourism sector collapse again. We do not want to see our infrastructure reduced to rubble, we do not want to flee for our lives and abandon our homes for the sake of your fake 30-day war with Israel.
15 January 2015, 20:09
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All we want is Lebanon to be free of conflict. We do not want another 7areb Tammouz or 7 Ayyar, we do not want Lebanese factions fighting in other countries and attracting terrorists to our country. 10,452 is all we got, why can't the LAF have jurisdiction over all of it? There is no more civil war, all militias should be disbanded.
15 January 2015, 20:51
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M11, it was never about liberating Palestine lmao. The liberation of Palestine is the biggest farce in international relations. Fatah was the only group who really fought to liberate their land but that was 40 years ago. Hamas and Hezbollah are just two fanatical groups who only care about controlling the people where they reside.
16 January 2015, 09:06
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you must be a new poster and from your style and comments I can confirm this is your first post.
15 January 2015, 20:24
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just take the rug from underneath hizb feet and give our army the most sophisticated defensive weapons and were done
15 January 2015, 20:36
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How many times have we heard this? 2006 "Hezb days are numbered" 2008 "Hezb days are numbered".
Not very likely.
15 January 2015, 20:38
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so in your eyes HA and the LAF are equal as far as enforcing the law is concerned!!!
15 January 2015, 20:43
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When the west finally looses their grip on Lebanon, and M14 finally realizes they were wrong all along. Then Iran can fund the LAF, so we can have a total different army, stronger and powerful as the Resistance.
If you want a stronger LAF, then stop waiting for a false Saudi/French deal. It will never happen
15 January 2015, 20:44
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The LAF & Resistance are the edge of the same sword. Proof is the fact, that they are cooperating, and will also cooperate against Israel.
15 January 2015, 20:54
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Veritas, it is a civilised state because it has terrorised and subdued the Arabs around them. And what happened in Ghaza last year was inhumane. The entire Middle East is a disgrace. The world would be better off if the Middle East was extracted from Earth and placed on Mars.
15 January 2015, 20:57
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Humm, is entering Galilee anything like going to Syria so the terrorists don"t come here? Because that one didn't work at all, I mean at all.
15 January 2015, 21:09
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what more evidence do you need to show that neither him nor his group have anything to do with lebanon or it's people - for him like all the other islamic jihadi groups operating around the world it's all jihad, all the time and borders do not exist.
15 January 2015, 21:28
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Crap!! Not again! Not another maba3da 7ayfa! Get ready to another laou kountou a3lam, might as well blow up my own damn house myself.
Note to self: Get a contraption for the roof of the Datsun that could hold a couple of mattresses, a carpet and grandma in place for a three or four hour trip north. And an inflatable raft in case the bridges become missing again.
15 January 2015, 22:25
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Stock up on canned tuna people, freeze some bread and count the rockets that fall onto, or from, Haifa.
15 January 2015, 22:49
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Nasrallah is obviously a fan of the Chuck Norris jokes except he replaced Chuck Norris with The Resistance.
15 January 2015, 23:06
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Hassan Nasrallah has to talk the I-will-take-over-Israeli talk cause his walk in Syria is nothing to be "ashraf al nass" about.
Let him take Jroud Arsal and Qalamoun before taking Galile.
16 January 2015, 00:07
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GOD bless the vatican and the Castodian of the Two Holly Mosques and The Baba of Eygpt and the Head of the Maronite Church and all the good people of Lebanon aand above all the Heros of the Lebanese Army. :)
16 January 2015, 00:42
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All those who applaud to war must be first to go to war...and spare us their blablabla.
