Nasrallah Slams Saudi as Source of 'Takfiri Ideology', Says Yemen Dispute Must Not Affect Lebanon
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Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah launched a vehement attack against Saudi Arabia on Friday, accusing it of being the source of the “takfiri ideology” in the world, as he called for avoiding a dispute in Lebanon over the Yemeni crisis.
“Intimidation or threats will not prevent us from continuing to declare our condemnation of the aggression against Yemen,” said Nasrallah via video link, addressing a Hizbullah rally titled Solidarity with Aggrieved Yemen.
“The war's real objective is restoring the Saudi-American hegemony over Yemen, as I have already announced,” he reiterated.
“The officials in Saudi Arabia said the war's objective is to defend Yemen's Arab identity, but have the Arab people authorized them to wage a war on Yemen? This is a war against an Arab people,” Nasrallah lamented.
Tensions between Riyadh and Hizbullah increased in the wake of Saudi Arabia's Arab-backed military operation against Yemen's Shiite Huthi rebels. The air campaign, launched in late March, is aimed at defeating the rebels and restoring power to President Abderabbo Mansour Hadi.
“Yemenis do not need to prove their Arab or Islamic identity and those invading Yemen today must seek to verify their Arab identity,” said Nasrallah.
Noting that there is an "attempt to give the war a sectarian overtone," Hizbullah's chief pointed out that “no one accepts to label the events in Yemen as a Shiite-Sunni war other than those who are controlled by money.”
Commenting on remarks that the operation aims to protect the Muslim holy sites in Saudi Arabia, Nasrallah added: “Who is threatening the Two Holy Mosques? Ansarullah (Huthis)? The Yemenis? I can confirm to you that there is a threat against the Two Holy Mosques, but it is coming from Daesh, which after declaring a caliphate in Mosul announced that it will demolish the Holy Kaaba.”
“The Prophet's Mosque is facing a threat, but the threat is coming from inside Saudi Arabia and the Wahhabi ideology and culture,” said Nasrallah, in an apparent jab at the conservative kingdom's political and religious authorities.
Criticizing the late King Abdul Aziz al-Saud, the founder of the kingdom, Nasrallah added: “After the founding king seized control of Hijaz, his Wahhabi followers -- inspired by their culture -- demolished all historic artifacts that have to do with the Prophet in April 1926.”
Noting that the war's objective is not to “defend the Yemeni people,” Nasrallah lashed out at Riyadh for waging “an air and sea blockade against 42 million Yemenis, who are being left without food, water or medical aid.”
“They are saying that they are defending the Yemeni state. They are doing this through bombing the state's administrations, airports, ports and military bases. Is this how you defend the state?” added Nasrallah.
“Does anyone believe that this war's objective is to return Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi to the presidency?” he asked
“After 28 days of aerial and naval bombardment, fierce airstrikes and all forms of intelligence and logistical support that were offered by the Americans, there has been failure to return Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi to Yemen, as he is still in Riyadh,” Nasrallah underlined.
He noted that “because of this aggression,” Hadi has lost “any chance to return to the presidency.”
“Any political settlement cannot return him to the presidency,” he emphasized.
“There are popular protests despite the aerial bombardment and until the moment the Yemenis have not showed any sign of defeat,” Nasrallah said.
As for the international reaction to the Saudi-led effort, Nasrallah pointed out that “most voices in the world have demanded an end to the war and called for a political solution.”
“Those leading this war must show modesty and seek an exit,” he said.
“A ground offensive is futile and their defeat is obvious. The Yemenis should only depend on their resilience, which will defeat the aggression. They must also prepare for a political solution but the war must stop first,” he added.
And despite the sharp-toned speech, Nasrallah added that “all what we want for Saudi Arabia is security, prosperity stability.”
Commenting on the Pakistani parliament's recent rejection of any involvement by Islamabad in the Saudi-led operation, Nasrallah thanked Pakistan for its “refusal to join the war.”
“I call on Pakistan and the Egyptian leadership not to be partners in the war, the same as they along with India prevented the demolition of the Prophet's grave in 1920,” he added.
He also noted that Iran, his party's key regional supporter, “believes in dialogue with the Islamic states and with Saudi Arabia.”
“But the latter is being stubborn because it has failed in all countries -- in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon -- and it is seeking a success before going to the table of negotiations,” added Nasrallah.
“It's about time Muslims and Arabs told Saudi Arabia enough is enough,” he said.
“Where did the ideology of the groups that are destroying societies and countries come from? ... From whose culture and fatwas? Who is spreading this ideology across the world? Who is building schools all over the world to teach Muslim youths this destructive, takfiri ideology? Very clearly it is Saudi Arabia,” said Nasrallah.
He also accused Riyadh of using revenues from the Muslim Hajj pilgrimage to allegedly finance extremist groups.
“For the sake of the every Muslim country, the Islamic world must tell Saudi Arabia enough is enough,” he added.
Turning to the situation in Lebanon in light of the Yemeni crisis, Nasrallah called for sparing the country a major dispute over the issue.
“Here in Lebanon we want to live together and we don't want to import the Yemeni conflict into Lebanon,” said Nasrallah.
Addressing the rival March 14 camp, Nasrallah added: “We disagreed over Yemen, Syria and before them Lebanon, but be patient and do not make wrong calculations.”
“Avoid calculations similar to your bet that the Syrian regime would fall within two months,” he added.
“The approach of criticism is welcome, but not the approach of insults. Each of us can maintain any stance and opinion while respecting certain limits and moral restrictions,” Nasrallah noted.
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17 April 2015, 18:54
Nasrallah: I call on some parties in Lebanon not to do wrong calculations and not to prematurely declare the victory of the Firmness Storm campaign. We do not want to have a dispute over Yemen in Lebanon.
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17 April 2015, 18:44
Nasrallah: For the sake of the every Muslim country, the Islamic world must tell Saudi Arabia enough is enough.
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17 April 2015, 18:44
Nasrallah: Where did the ideology of the groups that are destroying societies and countries come from? From which school of thought and books? From whose culture and fatwas? Who is spreading this ideology across the world? Who is building schools all over the world to teach Muslim youths this destructive, takfiri ideology? Very clearly it is Saudi Arabia. It is using the pilgrimage revenues in the process.
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17 April 2015, 18:42
Nasrallah: It's about time Muslims and Arabs told Saudi Arabia enough is enough.
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17 April 2015, 18:40
Nasrallah: Iran is ready and it believes in dialogue with the Islamic states and with Saudi Arabia, but the latter is being stubborn because it has failed in all countries -- in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon -- and it is seeking a success before going to the table of negotiations.
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17 April 2015, 18:37
Nasrallah: I thank Syria today the same as I thanked it on March 8, 2005. Thank you for remaining resilient and thank you for not surrendering.
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17 April 2015, 18:33
Nasrallah: We thank the Pakistani government over its refusal to join the war ... I call on Pakistan and the Egyptian leadership not to be partners in the war, the same as they along with India prevented the demolition of the Prophet's grave in 1920.
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17 April 2015, 18:32
Nasrallah: All what we want for Saudi Arabia is security and prosperity and we want stability for its people. We call for rescuing Yemen from this tragedy.
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17 April 2015, 18:31
Nasrallah: A ground offensive is futile and their defeat is obvious. The Yemenis should only depend on their resilience, which will defeat the aggression. They must also prepare for a political solution but the war must stop first.
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17 April 2015, 18:30
Nasrallah on progress of war: Most voices in the world have demanded an end to the war and called for a political solution. Those leading this war must show modesty and seek an exit.
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17 April 2015, 18:20
Nasrallah: They have failed to turn the confrontation into a domestic confrontation between the North and the South, and the result was a national posture in the face of the aggression.
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17 April 2015, 18:19
Nasrallah: The Yemenis have resolve, enthusiasm, endurance and there is massive volunteering of fighters. There are popular protests despite the aerial bombardment and until the moment the Yemenis have not showed any sign of defeat.
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17 April 2015, 18:16
Nasrallah: Because of this aggression, Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi has lost any chance to return to the presidency, and any political settlement cannot return him to the presidency.
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17 April 2015, 18:16
Nasrallah on outcome of military operation: After 28 days of aerial and naval bombardment, fierce airstrikes and all forms of intelligence and logistical support that were offered by the Americans, there has been failure to return Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi to Yemen, as he is still in Riyadh.
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17 April 2015, 18:14
Nasrallah: Remember the July War and observe the resemblance. A fierce media campaign was waged, but we "the adventurers" emerged victorious. It is the same war, same thinking and same management and the outcome will be the same.
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17 April 2015, 18:13
Nasrallah: Does anyone believe that this war's objective is to return Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi to the presidency?
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17 April 2015, 18:13
Nasrallah: They are saying that they are defending the Yemeni state. They are doing this through bombing the state's administrations, airports, ports and military bases. Is this how you defend the state?
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17 April 2015, 18:10
Nasrallah: They said that the war's objective is to defend the Yemeni people. They are defending the Yemeni people through an air and sea blockade against 42 million Yemenis, who are being left without food, water or medical aid.
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17 April 2015, 18:06
Nasrallah: After the founding king seized control of Hijaz, his Wahhabi followers -- inspired by their culture -- demolished all historic artifacts that have to do with the Prophet in April 1926.
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17 April 2015, 18:05
Nasrallah: The Prophet's Mosque is facing a threat, but the threat is coming from inside Saudi Arabia and the Wahhabi ideology and culture.
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17 April 2015, 18:03
Nasrallah: Who is threatening the Two Holy Mosques? Ansarullah? The Yemenis? I can confirm to you that there is a threat against the Two Holy Mosques, but it is coming from Daesh, which after declaring a caliphate in Mosul announced that it will demolish the Holy Kaaba.
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17 April 2015, 18:02
Nasrallah on "attempt to give the war a sectarian overtone": No one accepts to label the events in Yemen as a Shiite-Sunni war other than those who are controlled by money.
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17 April 2015, 18:01
Nasrallah: Yemenis do not need to prove their Arab or Islamic identity and those invading Yemen today must seek to verify their Arab identity.
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17 April 2015, 17:58
Nasrallah: The officials in Saudi Arabia said the war's objective is to defend Yemen's Arab identity, but have the Arab people authorized them to wage a war on Yemen? This is a war against an Arab people.
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17 April 2015, 17:56
Nasrallah: The war's real objective is restoring the Saudi-American hegemony over Yemen, as I have already announced.
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17 April 2015, 17:55
Nasrallah: This paved the way for the 2000 victory, which transferred Arabs from the era of defeat to the era of victories.
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17 April 2015, 17:54
Nasrallah: We stand with reverence before the sacrifices of our people in Lebanon, especially in its South. The Zionist enemy waged the Grapes of Wrath aggression against Lebanon with Arab and Western blessing and our army and resistance stood in its face.
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17 April 2015, 17:52
Nasrallah: It is our human, jihadist and religious duty to take this stance and all the sons of this nation must reassess their responsibilities and take the appropriate stance. Intimidation or threats will not prevent us from continuing to declare our condemnation of the aggression against Yemen.
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17 April 2015, 17:52
Nasrallah: This major historic period is affecting the entire region, not only Yemen.
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17 April 2015, 17:51
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addressing a Hizbullah-organized 'Solidarity Rally with Yemen' in Dahieh: This rally is aimed at voicing our condemnation and rejection of the Saudi-American aggression against Yemen and its people and at expressing our support for this noble people.
17 April 2015, 17:50
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the day this evil sectarian terrorist is brutally murdered is the day we celebrate our independence.
17 April 2015, 18:50
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I regret these many hours I used to wait for his speeches. Now, all what I hear is someone who is selling the welfare of his nation for foreign interests.
17 April 2015, 19:02
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'I call on Pakistan and the Egyptian leadership not to be partners in the war, the same as they along with India prevented the demolition of the Prophet's grave in 1920'. In 1920, there was no Pakistan. India was under the rule of the British Raj and Egypt controlled by Britain. So come on say it: Thank you Britain.
17 April 2015, 19:05
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'Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi has lost any chance to return to the presidency, and any political settlement cannot return him to the presidency. ' Now he talks on behalf of Yemen!! What arrogance. We understand, the Lebanese president did not speak for Lebanese. The Yemeni president does not speak for Yemenis. Only Iranian-armed militias do!
17 April 2015, 19:08
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Unfortunately, he is talking to a captive audience and playing a game much bigger than him. He is the laughing stock of the Arab and Moslem world that he claims he is speaking on its behalf. Liberate Shabaa Farms, day dreamer! Elect a President, normalize life in Lebanon, lay down your arms, and stop being a mercenary.
17 April 2015, 19:14
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Bro this puppet couldn't boil an egg with being ordered by his masters to do so, every now and then he has put out this diatribe until the next scheduled diatribe
17 April 2015, 19:14
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1) His call for peace is totally non-sectarian. Mr. Nassrallah does not realize that his mask has fallen in 2007.
2) Iran did not destroy other cultures. THey only gave other cultures three options: Abide by our strict rules, leave the country or go to jail
3) It is not possible to have a deal with Hadi as President because of the aggression he committed against his own people. THis of course does not apply to Assad .......... wa halumma jarran
17 April 2015, 19:21
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lol Hadi committed aggression against his people:))) He was surrounded by iranian huthis tanks, put under house arrest, and forced to resign.. that is how nasrallah of iran defines aggression.
17 April 2015, 19:16
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He is now part of the yemen problem and is heading the negotiation team. He says President Hadi cannot return:) I never doubted he was not Lebanese. A traitor from inception.
17 April 2015, 19:22
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Here's hoping Naharnet wont be sanctionned by the saudi members of our government for publishing Nasrallah's speech.
17 April 2015, 19:32
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KSA is refusing negotiations with iran because iran has nothing to do in Yemen in the first place :)
17 April 2015, 19:37
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تحول نصرالله الى خبير عسكري استراتيجي متحدثا عن خارطة المعركة في الداخل اليمني وكانه يتحدث عن تفاصيل معركة بنت جبيل.
17 April 2015, 20:13
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I foresaw the wahabis would scream and they did. Yet another glorious speech by our beloved Sayed Hassan.
17 April 2015, 21:01
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did you also foresee the martyrdom of this huthi jihadi iranian terrorist family in your avatar?
17 April 2015, 21:11
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الحريري: “اخيراً، لماذا كل هذا الجنون في الكلام؟ انها عاصفة الحزم يا عزيزي!”.
18 April 2015, 06:37
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The terrorist's third appearance in less than a month. Next appearance should be in Persian language because his audience in Iran are having a difficulty understanding him.
17 April 2015, 18:14
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Lebanon has a mission in this word much bigger than your HA Persian and sectarian prism, hope and wish the true Chiite Lebansese brethren get rid of the Ebola disease, like we got rid of other similar diseases in the past...
17 April 2015, 18:14
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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.
free Bahrain
free Yemen
free Syria
free Iraq
free Egypt
free Lebanon
free Thailand
free Argentine
free Bulgaria
free Peru
free Nigeria
free Beirut
free Sanaa
free Aden
17 April 2015, 18:18
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Ansarullah are men of god like all chiaas, and they have nuclear weapons. They will take back Mecca soon.
17 April 2015, 18:29
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I beleive this man has just poked the bear and where he is hiding will no longer be safe .
17 April 2015, 18:37
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Empty speech motivated by his sectarian instincts. He is too emotional about the issue and it sounds like the yemeni problem is a lebanese matter. Stop poking your nose in other countries problems and focus on our problems if you are Lebanese.
17 April 2015, 18:46
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He is hurting and the more noise he makes it means the more pain he is feeling. He is helpless. KSA job well done. Tighten the noose further on his iranian neck.
he still says "Shoukran Souriyya", LOL.
17 April 2015, 18:59
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Your master really ? so what is Allah to you then ? Allah yahdik.
17 April 2015, 19:03
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Lol nasrallah sounds desperate again, alhamdolillah. Some patient person should document all his lies and make a video. But it has to be someone patient enough to sit thrue his finger-pointing speaches. Not sure if there are too many who can handle that other than his sheep.
17 April 2015, 19:05
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truth hurts
truth is beautiful cause it is ............. naked
god bless democracy
17 April 2015, 19:08
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Labayk Allahhumma labayk , labayk la shareek laka labayk if you worship anything other than Allah (one God ) then repent and seek truth.
17 April 2015, 19:13
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how to manipulate the masses... forgetting about the horrors in syria and their desperate situation to deflect on yemen...
making a rally for yemeni but not a single one for the syrian people...
pityful desperate man....
17 April 2015, 19:15
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Is nasrallah phoenicia? does anyone know? Shiites often claim that they are the real phoenicians so is nasrallah phoenician or not? Hahahahahahahaha
17 April 2015, 19:18
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je suis @libonase may Allah reward you. Also visit www.anti-majos.com to see just how shirk-infested the 12er shiites are. Nothing is shirk to them, not even asking the dead for help. May Allah protect us and guide us all, ameen.
17 April 2015, 19:39
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he says they don't want a dispute over Yemen in Lebanon but at the same time stages a huge rally for Yemen in Lebanon lol. does that sound contradicting?
17 April 2015, 19:40
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His next speech will say" Let's fight it out in Yemen guys". Terrorist scum
17 April 2015, 19:41
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If I read what Sayed Hassan says, only a few words come to my mind, "Sayed Hassan, these are the very words you must tell to yourself and not to others". This man is not even a head of state, he is the head of a resistance now turned mercenary, he is meddling into the affairs of states yet he has the coyness and arrogance to tell others what he ought tell himself. The word victory it seems is a word he has bought for himself and anyone else who uses is like provoking him. Well, now that he is losing the very soil on which he is standing, he ought to notice that as time goes, he and his organization will stand to lose more than they bargained for, this is what happens to lackeys and stooges when they come to feel too big to fit into their shoes.
17 April 2015, 19:46
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Brother Phoenix 1 i just don't see a light at the end of this very dark tunnel for our Lebanon we keep going from one conflict to another with this guy.
18 April 2015, 12:39
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JSL, take heart bro, we've seen one invader after the other, they came, they were one more ruthless than the other, all had their local collaborators, but then one fine day came and they all left if not vanished. True, I agree with you, we still have some way to go, but Sayed Hassan and his HA militia of mercenaries for rent are doing the termination job on themselves. Everything in life has a shelf-life, so does Hezbollah, so does Sayed Hassan, so do those who follow him. Lebanon is way bigger than them all, way bigger.
17 April 2015, 19:43
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Sayed Hassan, what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world yet loses himself. There was once a time when you and your party of God could go anywhere you wanted in Lebanon and also in the Middle East and you would be welcomed like a real hero, today however, if you dare stand on one balcony in Dahieh, you will notice that less than half a kilometer away you will dare not set foot, let alone go to other parts of Lebanon and even less so to the Middle East. Indeed, you gained yourself a luxurious underground bunker yet you lost Lebanon and a lot more.
17 April 2015, 19:55
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hassan nasrashaytan is barking and cursing so much i am starting to think he will have a nervous breakdown soon.
what happened to this guy? last 3 weeks he completely lost it.
17 April 2015, 20:12
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I look forward to the day you and your perverted lot are sent back to your persian homeland .
17 April 2015, 20:26
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The syrian people wanted democracy and you and your master killed the innocent and continue to kill and anybody that rebels against you call a takfiri why ? Because they fight against your God Assad right? Listen and understand little perverted persian good will succeed over evil always .
17 April 2015, 22:23
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The takfiris wanted a takfiri state and they got it now.
Syrian people wants to go back to their old lives, ask them around we more than a million refugees here.
18 April 2015, 01:28
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Mystic - Why do we have over a million Syrian refugees in Lebanon where most come from areas that are firmly in the hand of the regime and the Hezb!!!
18 April 2015, 15:25
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Ask them themselves, instead of writing garbage. Sometimes I understand M14's frustration, you do not have strong leaders as we have in our alliance.
Your leaders are weak, corrupted and they all gets fed by the Wahabis dollars, they can yet still control you lot, not very surprising realizing you aren't the smartest neither.
17 April 2015, 20:23
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20:18الحريري: ما سمعناه حفلة منسقة من الافتراءات التاريخية ونبش في قبور الاحقاد وانكشاف مفضوح لما في الصدور من ضغائن تجاه السعودية ومؤسسها وقيادتها.
20:18الرئيس سعد الحريري عبر "تويتر" ردا على أمين عام "حزب الله" حسن نصرالله: نصرالله على خطى السيد علي خامنئي ابداع في التلفيق وحياكة التحريف والتضليل وعروض الاستقواء والتعبئة المذهبية.
17 April 2015, 20:40
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Nasrallah is Iran's puppet. End of, anyone who denies this fact is in denial of the truth. Oh naharnet, its not firmness storm, its decisive storm :) don't mean to be cocky, but the translation is wrong.
17 April 2015, 21:29
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“They are saying that they are defending the Yemeni state. They are doing this through bombing the state's administrations, airports, ports and military bases. Is this how you defend the state?” added Nasrallah.
Change "Yemeni" to "Syria" and you get an accurate description of what the Assad Regime, with Nasrallah's assistance is doing to the Arab Syrian people of Syria.
"Before criticizing the speck in your neighbor's eye, remove the plank from your own" HYPOCRIT - Nasrallah is your name.
17 April 2015, 21:31
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The vehemence of his tirade is in direct proportion to his fear and hysteria over losing Hezbollah fighters in the Yemeni War.
17 April 2015, 22:07
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He's funny this hassan guy, when not screaming and shouting he should host a children show
17 April 2015, 23:03
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Did he say "Takfiri Ideology"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQl402Eaeco
17 April 2015, 23:31
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hariri who is a saudi national is speaking as a saudi, where he belongs.
nasrallah, the son of khomenism is speaking as a khomeini, he belongs in iraq or iran.
17 April 2015, 23:49
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Nesrallah knows how to give a speech, he is tactful, and knows how to rally the masses. What a waste of a great man, to bad he is going to be put on trial for the murder of Harriri, Gibran Tuaine, Haoui, Ghannam, Paire, and the rest.
18 April 2015, 05:06
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This guy keeps insulting our intelligence and he's the one that we should say to: "Enough is enough".
Please pack your bags and go back to your beloved Iran.
18 April 2015, 10:35
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Nasrallah: They said that the war's objective is to defend the Yemeni people. They are defending the Yemeni people through an air and sea blockade against 42 million Yemenis, who are being left without food, water or medical aid.
the population of yemen is 25 million at best, so where did he get 42 million?:)
19 April 2015, 04:16
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So, Iran interfering in Lebanon and supporting Nasrallah is OK? what a hypocrite he is. Enough is enough to Hezb.
26 April 2015, 19:25
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I always thought that Hizballah was set up to fight against Israeli occupation of parts of Lebanon.
Israel quit all of Lebanon, so Hizballah looked for new fields to spread its evil, otherwise there is no explanation as to what it is doing in Syria and Yemen, taking orders from its Iranian masters.
