Nasrallah: STL Funding to Be Put to Govt. Vote if No Consensus Reached
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Hizbullah Chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah stressed on Monday that his party is against the funding of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon probing the assassination of ex-Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
“The cabinet will resolve the issue when it’s the right time, but we refuse to fund the STL,” Nasrallah said in an interview with Hizbullah's al-Manar television.
He stated that “if the cabinet failed to reach a decision, then the matter should be submitted to vote at the parliament.”
Nasrallah called on those who want to finance the tribunal to “do it from their own pocket.”
Prime Minister Najib Miqati had received at the end of September a message from U.N. chief Ban Ki-Moon requesting Lebanon to pay its $33 million dues.
The STL had issued arrest warrants against four Hizbullah members, accusing them of being involved in Hariri’s Feb. 2005 murder.
The party has announced that it will not cooperate with the tribunal, describing it as an American-Israeli product aimed at destroying it.
Nasrallah praised the cabinet’s accomplishments, stressing that the “relations between the allies is excellent, ruling out (rumors).”
However, he said that “there are some different opinions” among the members of the cabinet.
Concerning the popular revolt in Syria, Hizbullah’s leader said that the Syrian regime is largely "out of the danger zone" despite a 7-month-old uprising against President Bashar Assad.
"Is Syria out of danger? We can say, to a very large extent, yes," Nasrallah told his interviewer.
Mass demonstrations in Syria have triggered a brutal crackdown, with security forces opening fire on protesters, killing about 3,000, according to the United Nations. International pressure on Assad to stop the killing has been increasing, but the Syrian leader says terrorists are behind the unrest -not true reform-seekers.
Nasrallah stressed that Assad has significant support in Syria.
He said the number of protesters was now "at its lowest" and predicted Syria will overcome the external pressures, adding that Syria's recalling Monday of its ambassador to Washington, in retaliation to the withdrawal of the U.S. ambassador, was "a sign of strength."
He also said any NATO-style military action against Syria was far-fetched due to worries that it would lead to a regional war that may affect Israel.
A destabilized Syria, the argument goes, could send unsettling ripples through the region.
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24 October 2011, 23:03
Nasrallah: We are against financing the STL and the issue will be put to a vote in cabinet should we fail to reach consensus.
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24 October 2011, 22:02
Nasrallah on the Arab League initiative towards Syria: We are awaiting the outcome of the meetings that will be held in Damascus, because some Arab countries are not seeking reforms but rather the ouster of the regime, and they are inciting sectarian feelings for that purpose. The attempts to isolate Syria have failed and we hope Arabs will play a role that is supportive of Syria and the implementation of reforms.
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24 October 2011, 21:56
Nasrallah: The regime in Syria is not weak to request the help of Hizbullah fighters.
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24 October 2011, 21:55
Nasrallah: The media reports are baseless, there’s nothing in most of the regions. When we call our friends they tell us that there are no demos. There are some hotbeds of unrest. Claims about sending Hizbullah fighters to Syria are mere lies and a blatant defamation. They are absolutely untrue.
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24 October 2011, 21:52
Nasrallah: We are against the toppling of a defiant regime of resistance that is willing to reform and has started to reform, because the alternative they want will be submissive to the American will. If you are with the Syrian people, don’t drag it into civil war or partition. What’s required is to leave the streets, halt all forms of conflict and confrontation and begin a dialogue.
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24 October 2011, 21:49
Nasrallah: I want to talk about what the Syrian people wants. The vast majority of the Syrian people wants reforms. Before Aleppo’s rally, several demonstrations were staged in support of (Assad’s) reforms. According to my information, and through our friendships with citizens who have nothing to do with the regime, we know that the majority backs the reforms.
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24 October 2011, 21:47
Nasrallah: The Syrian opposition’s rhetoric is devoid of any mention of Palestine because it does not want to upset the Americans, although I do not classify all the factions of the opposition in the same manner.
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24 October 2011, 21:46
Nasrallah: Syria’s support was a decisive factor in the victories achieved in the region. Since the very beginning, President Assad has announced that he believes in reform and he has acknowledged the mistakes. He has started the reform process, but the confrontation has taken a different path. It has become clear now that reform is not the objective. Toppling the regime of defiance is the objective, and should President Assad become submissive, I assure you that the domestic problem will be resolved.
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24 October 2011, 21:43
Nasrallah: It is non-debatable that the regime in Syria is defiant. Syria was among the nations that helped defeat the scheme of the New Middle East, which was not in the interest of all the Islamic nations. President Assad did not bow to Colin Powell and was not scared by him. He continued to support the resistance movements in Lebanon, Palestine and Iraq – the scene of the direct confrontation with the Americans – and he maybe was the only president to talk about the resistance in Iraq.
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24 October 2011, 21:41
Nasrallah on the Syrian situation: Our stance on the popular uprisings is based on the same unchanged criteria. The criteria is the following: the regime’s position concerning the United States. There are regimes that are submissive to the U.S., regimes that are non-submissive to the U.S., and a defiant regime that is standing in its face. Second: Is the regime’s leadership willing to implement reforms? If a regime is submissive to the U.S. dictates and unwilling to reform, we will side with the people.
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24 October 2011, 21:25
Nasrallah: The issue of the (prisoner) swap (between Israel and Hamas) is an outright achievement. Preserving the life of Gilad Shalit for 5 years is an achievement and capturing him alive is an achievement. Shalit was not handed over because of the war (on Gaza). In the end, neither through security operations nor through war did Israel manage to salvage Shalit. This is a historic achievement and deep-rooting the culture of resistance is its most important trait.
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24 October 2011, 21:20
Nasrallah: We have not expressed our solidarity with the followers of a certain sect, we have rather expressed our solidarity with the peoples that have risen up against regimes characterized by submission to the U.S. There are peoples demanding freedom, we had voiced our support for everyone, but some talk about all the Arab countries except for Bahrain, as if its people’s identity is not Arab, despite the domestic repression and the submission to the U.S. Can they tell us about the criteria through which they evaluate revolutions. The Bahraini opposition cannot find a single satellite in the entire world to use for broadcasting. We have not seen “a single stone” and the people there is overtly peaceful.
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24 October 2011, 21:15
Nasrallah: They have fabricated the issue of the Saudi ambassador and they might use it to increase tensions in the region or to toughen the sanctions, but I stress that the real motive is Iran’s rejection of establishing a (military) hotline with the U.S. I believe that the U.S. is not ready to engage in a new war due to its defeats and the domestic economic issue. There is a Republican candidate calling for halting all aid, including that designed for Israel, which highlights the size of their domestic problem. Everything they want is to pressure Iran into expediting their interests, and I urge the brothers in Saudi Arabia not to endorse this scheme.
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24 October 2011, 20:57
Nasrallah: What is happening in Iraq is a real victory for the Iraqi resistance, the steadfastness of the non-submissive forces and all of those who stood by the (Iraqi) people. We congratulate the Iraqi people and its captives, who we hope will be released soon.
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24 October 2011, 20:55
Nasrallah: Nowadays, we the Lebanese are living sentimental days, especially as the devotees of Imam Moussa Sadr. We are before decisive weeks concerning this issue and until this moment there is no reliable information. Search operations must be completed in Sebha and Sirte. The (Lebanese) government and the presidents are seriously following up the issue and there are friends who are also helping. Sayyed Moussa was the imam of the nation and this mission (unveiling the imam’s fate) is among the moral and jihadist priorities.
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24 October 2011, 20:52
Nasrallah: We are happy with the victory of the Libyan people, which today is facing the challenge of building a state and a political entity, despite the enormous devastation. It also has to rebuild spirits and seek a popular reconciliation. The most important challenge is to preserve Libya’s independence and natural resources, because the NATO alliance has started seeking benefits.
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24 October 2011, 20:50
Nasrallah: We are not advocates of an alliance of minorities and I don’t believe that the Christians in Lebanon should join an alliance of minorities.
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24 October 2011, 20:48
Nasrallah: We don’t need an alliance of minorities, but rather a national alliance in order to confront the elements of threat.
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24 October 2011, 20:45
Nasrallah: Since the occupation of Iraq, the followers of every religion have been targeted, including the Shiites and their shrines and schools and the Sunnis who have been targeted by suicide attacks, the last of which was in Ramadan when a mosque was targeted. There is a sheikh who has asserted that 90% of these attacks were carried out by al-Qaida. Thus, all types of worship places have been targeted, which means that minorities are not being targeted but rather the entire population.
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24 October 2011, 20:42
Nasrallah: The third threat is the extremist Takfiris who are targeting everyone, that’s why we don’t believe that there is a Sunni majority targeting minorities, because the Sunni majority and the minorities are both being threatened by Israel.
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24 October 2011, 20:40
Nasrallah on the issue of minorities: Before talking about any alliance, we must ask “an alliance in the face of whom.” The nature of the threat is what dictates the structure of the alliance. The first threat in the region is Israel and this is non-debatable. Its threat in Palestine against Muslims and Christians is clear. The second threat is the American scheme that has failed due to the resistance movements, but now they’re trying to revive it. And the threat lies in the attempts to fragment the region’s countries on an ethnic basis and to create warring states for the sake of Israel’s survival. These two threats are targeting everyone.
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24 October 2011, 20:37
Nasrallah: People (in the region) realize that the U.S. administration is not their friend and that until recently it had been defending those regimes and is still defending brutal dictatorships. If people in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya are active and participant, they can impose their will through political participation and unity, because the West will try to stir sedition when it realizes that the upcoming regimes will not be in its service. That’s why the leaderships of these peoples must practice awareness and realize that the achievements of the revolution must be preserved by avoiding any conflict.
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24 October 2011, 20:34
Nasrallah: The Americans want to reduce their losses as much as possible and to polish their image in the Arab and Islamic worlds, which have voiced rejection of the criminal (U.S.) administration’s policies. They also want alternative regimes in which they would be a partner. Have they succeeded? That cannot be determined now. We’ll see if the popular willpower will be respected in Tunisia and if the (new) regime will be built upon this will.
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24 October 2011, 20:32
Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in an interview on Al-Manar TV: Through our meetings and the information we gathered we managed to verify the things we have been saying since the very beginning: there is a real popular movement in every (Arab) country that is the result of a national popular will, and it wasn’t an American scheme, because it’s not reasonable to say that the U.S. would topple regimes that are under its influence. The Syrian regime is not part of those regimes because it is not submissive. Real revolutions are taking place
24 October 2011, 21:00
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the first "jewel" he laid is:"The Syrian regime is not part of those regimes because it is not submissive."
....... that is why it has not fired a shot at the Israelis in more than 30 years! This how the genius political analyst explains the Syrian regime is not submissive!
24 October 2011, 21:42
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This guy is totally and completely out of touch with reality.
The "threats" he articulates are tailor made to justify his despotism. It is the oldest trick of the Middle Eastern despots to jack up the fear of the people for the Americans and Israels so that the people do not see the misery created in their own lives by their local despotic rulers. Ghadaffi, Assad, Saddam, Arafat all of them did it and look at where they are now.
The truth is that the US is getting out of Iraq and turning the place over to Nasrallah's patron, Iran.
The truth is that but for the US, Nasrallah's logical lifeline in the Assad Regime would be history.
The truth is that the US did nothing to start the Arab Spring, it was all started by the people who have had their fill of despots like Hassan Nasrallah.
Your turn is coming, pal.
24 October 2011, 21:46
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The story of the great American plot to break up the Middle East into ethnic religious states that will war against one another so as not to make war against Israel is discredited. When Maronite Patriach Rai voiced this opinion he was roundly declared to be a lightweight repeating the oft repeated cabal that was supposedly the Kissinger Plan. Now here is Nasrallah doing it.
If there were such a plan, and there is not, its greatest instrument to accomplish that end would be none other than Hassan Nasrallah himself and his program for Lebanon. More proof that Hassan Nasrallah is a tool in the hands of the Israelis and Americans to bring about the Kissinger Plan.
24 October 2011, 22:56
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is the malki government "submissive" to the US?? how come we never hear a word of criticism about the malki,...ahh.. let me get this straight.. because he is shee3i and an ally.. soon he will also be by some twisted logic a Muwqawim and mumani3.. just listen to how wahab praises malki on dunia tv and you get the point. Ba3dain ya sayed hasan the 7aki does not have jumruk on it.. so the Syrian regime can sell fools like your followers cheap talk.. did you not read what rami makhloof said "THE SECURITY OF ISRAEL IS THE SECURITY OF SYRIA" rooo7 l3ab ghayra.. your days are coming to an end.. just like the PLO before you
24 October 2011, 23:14
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So what he's saying is...it doesn't matter what you do to your people as long as you are against the US we are with you...but then...why is he supporting the Libyan revolution? Hypocrisy much?
24 October 2011, 23:56
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so basically any question he cannot answer without looking likee a complete moron, he calims it as another country's internal affairs he does not want to interfere in.
Logic of a 5 year old
25 October 2011, 00:04
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Regarding his stance on Syria: I'm confused...which side is he on at this point?
25 October 2011, 00:06
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The Sayyed Said:
The Syrian President continued to support the resistance movements in Lebanon, Palestine....
Did he forget the Golan Heights or it is gone for ever...is it History or we keep it for the Third Generation.
25 October 2011, 00:13
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"We are against the toppling of a defiant regime of resistance that is willing to reform and has started to reform,"
how can you seriously believe him? not one shot fired from the occupied territory of golan in 30 years but it is a defiant resistant country!
he forgot to say the USA and israel have a deal with them: no problem on the golan heights and you stay in power....
defiant resistance!!
oh by the way : bashar promised reforms the day he came to power: where are they so far?
he says he authorizes opposition but shoots the people who oppose him... he only wants a docile opposition under his orders!
did turban man asked about the fate of the lebanese prisoners in syria? not their problem isn t it? only those in israel are good for his propaganda and are worth but those in syria he doesn t even care, they are not good lebanese
25 October 2011, 00:39
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Beiruti add bachir gemayel the mass murdering monster to your list, among many others.
25 October 2011, 01:32
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The STL funding is ratified by a treaty. A Hezz government vote is just trying to dodge the issue. The Hezz will destroy the economy by sanctions but they don't care because they live like beggars from Iranian money.
25 October 2011, 01:40
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Every time anyone injects the American Plot into the events taken place in Syria, he is discrediting the will and resolve of the people and basically mocking their efforts and justifying their killings at the hands of the regime. Is the question here by Nassrallah is America lost all its allies in Egypt, Tunisia, etc... Now it turning to Syria to replace that regime with an american puppet. This is puzzling to me, if America could or wanted to replace this regime and somehow is able to reach the masses, why wait till now. Why not take that approach years ago. Nassrallah thinks the public is stupid but then again, maybe a large segment of it is.
25 October 2011, 02:31
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If the US was genuinely against the Syrian regime Mr. hassan, do you really think they would have given Bashar 8 months and counting?? how long does it really take NATO to achieve regime change in Syria? the real story is that Bashar is good for israel and so are you.. both of you are good border guards.. and every once in a while if you grow nails they would come and cut them for you (like the attack on the nuclear reactor in deir zoor for instance).. YOU Mr. Nasralah is very thankful actually that israel exists, that is the truth.. its existence can keep you in power and keep bashar in power.,. you/iran/bashar/israel have more at stake in common.. and the "conflict" serves all of you combined..but guess what GAME OVER
25 October 2011, 04:47
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Nasrallah: We have not expressed our solidarity with the followers of a certain sect, we have rather expressed our solidarity with the peoples that have risen up against regimes characterized by submission to the U.S. Ouch......! So, are we to understand and conclude you and your party of thugs have supported the so called uprising in Bahrain because its people have risen against the Bahraini regime which is characterized by submission to the U.S???? I did not know the shiite bahrainis were demonstrating against the regime coz it is submissive to the U.S. nor did I know the egyptians, the tunisians, and the yemenis were rebelling against regimes submissive to the U.S.????
How evil is that to discredit the sacrifices of the arab revolutions taking place around us by having a cookie-cutter formula to classify and label them.
25 October 2011, 05:51
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Non-stop lies from the turbanator. He says it is over in Syria? He says ASSad will reform? ASSad is finished and nasrallah will be alone on an island with over 50% of the Lebanese who hate him, a newly hostile Syrian border, and the Israelis knowing he has no means of re-supply.
25 October 2011, 09:18
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So at the end of the story, you took out your guns at fellow Lebanese because u feel that M14 had submitted to the US. If you have internet, go read Wikileaks.
I asked an M8 supporter...
Me:Ok, you have have a one sided government at the moment, correct? Answer: YES.
Me: Tayeb, if in the next elections M14 wins, will you accept it to be one sided?
Answer: NO
Me: bayak mareed ou inta mareed! Allah Yishfeek
25 October 2011, 11:16
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I am puzzled how Nasrallah could accept the heines crimes of the Assad regime against his own people all in the name of quelling the revolt. Tortutring men and women and killing of children and women, seems all acceptable to Nasrallah. As a Lebanese I am now affraid of Nasrallah. It seems that he lost his just way that he started with when he was a true revolutionary before his party was implicated in the killing of Harriri and the rest of the Lebanese figures. It seems power is more important than the humble truth and justice that made him popular in the Arab world in the first place.
25 October 2011, 11:29
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Crawl back into your Sewer and Hush-up. He is getting fatter than a Tick on a Vampire, just like his Lies.
25 October 2011, 11:48
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Why was my post deleted??? always will remain a 3rd world country if thats the case. pathetic
25 October 2011, 22:36
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Do we care what he says? I wish Amel will wipe these Iranian dogs out of Lebanon
25 October 2011, 23:14
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Conclusion:
Leader of Hzb El Kzb & Erhab to the Lebanese who disagree with his ideology: If you're not accepting my BS as wisdom and logic, I remind you I a have a gun to convince you.
Same BS, different day!
