Hizbullah Denies Qassem Said Party Has 'an Army'
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As Safir newspaper has quoted Hizbullah deputy chief Sheikh Naim Qassem as saying that the party now has a trained "army", in remarks that were denied later by Hizbullah's media department.
In a statement issued Wednesday afternoon, the department said Qassem did not tell As Safir that Hizbullah “has an army now” or that the latest military parade was “a message to everyone.”
"We now have a trained army and the Resistance (Hizbullah) does not need to rely on guerilla tactics," As Safir quoted Qassem as saying.
Hizbullah's media department disputed that quote, insisting Qassem had actually said: "We have become more than a guerilla movement but less than an army."
"We are heavily armed and well-trained and have acquired well-developed expertise in order to protect Lebanon and the interest of Lebanon,” As Safir quoted Qassem as saying.
Referring to the unprecedented military parade that the party held in the Syrian border region of Qusayr, Qassem was quoted as saying that the move "does not need any explanation."
Pictures distributed on social networking websites showed hundreds of Hizbullah fighters taking part in a military parade alongside dozens of tanks, armored vehicles, howitzers and heavy-caliber machineguns in Qusayr.
Pro-Hizbullah media outlets said the parade was held on November 11 to mark “Hizbullah's Martyr Day”.
On newly elected President Michel Aoun, Qassem stressed: “President Michel Aoun is a strategic ally and he protects our national and public choices. We trust him and agree with him on several positions.”
On Hizbullah's presence in Syria, he said: “We are located in Syria, we do not need to explain or justify. We support the Syrian army and the Syrian state. Without our intervention in Syria the terrorists would have entered all Lebanese regions. The subject of our intervention in Syria is not currently the subject of debate among the Lebanese communities.
“Our coordination is high with the Syrian leadership and the military parade is part of the field practices,” he went on to say.
Qassem emphasized: “The Resistance does not want to invest its military power in the Lebanese internal conflict, and despite its power, we are engaged in the political and electoral work like the rest of the parties so we either win or lose.”
“There is no contradiction between our role as a Resistance and in Syria with our work for Lebanon. We have contributed to prevent the obstruction of the current government and helped the parliament convene. What we want today is to stipulate a just election law based on proportional representation because it is the only way to reform the Lebanese system and combat corruption,” added Qassem.
Commenting on the process of lining-up the new government, Qassem said: “We have announced that we authorized Speaker Nabih Berri to negotiate the formation and the details of participation. We are still in the discussion stage on the distribution of portfolios and hope that the negotiations end quickly and the government is formed soon.”
“We are part of the composition of the Lebanese state and are interested in everything that is suitable for it, but we alone cannot change the equation. We adhere to the Taef Accord and its full implementation. Currently we don't ask to change or modify it.”
16 November 2016, 10:20
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It is not a state, but part of the state called Lebanon.
Like it or not, you will just have to live with it like all others.
16 November 2016, 10:33
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Mystic:
You can display your arrogance and ignorance as much as you want, but one day you people will regret every single act or word that you made or said.
16 November 2016, 15:11
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Im not Lebanese but after a year living in this beautiful country I understud who are the Terrorist. The terrorist are America and Israel. Im totally agree with Mystic!
16 November 2016, 10:26
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“Hizbullah has a trained army now and the Resistance is no longer relying on guerrilla style wars. We are heavily armed and well-trained and have acquired well-developed expertise all of that in order to protect Lebanon and in the interest of Lebanon,” As Safir daily reported on Wednesday.
so the whole premise of Guerrilla warfare and the ability of the resistance to do things that traditional armies cannot do is now something of the past and is being replaced by an army parallel and sometimes superior to the national army.
Scenes of young youth pledging allegiance to Khamanei at the Lebanese University, to religious sectarian ceremonies at the airport, and finally a sectarian illegal army leave little doubt in any Lebanese's mind that Hezbollah is finally declaring its own Islamic State in Lebanon and perhaps parts of Syria.
16 November 2016, 16:51
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so the whole premise of Guerrilla warfare and the ability of the resistance to do things that traditional armies cannot do is now something of the past
haha exactly... and wasnt that the excuse why we need it the resistance at first place ? coz it can do what traditional armies cant ?
16 November 2016, 10:29
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........meanwhile back at the center house, PM designate Saad Rafik Hariri is busy forming an all inclusive government:)))
Pathetic country.
16 November 2016, 10:59
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They don't understand something very simple: they have destroyed the living together and creating more hatred.
No...they really do not understand...
16 November 2016, 11:13
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No Sir. You are wrong :"we will not have to live with it".
You will....and without us...
16 November 2016, 11:49
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Hizbullahs days are numbered. Don't fall for their propaganda. Thugs know how to put on a show of force but sooner or later they end up dead, behind bars, repented or ex-communicated by their own fellow thugs. The middle east has seen thugs come and go for the past 100 years and the end-result will not be different because the thugs consider themselves Gods special people. Thugs are thugs no matter what mask they hide behind. Even the Roman empire fell when the right force stood up to them. Arrogant hizbiz are fooling ignorant shiites and leading them to shame.
16 November 2016, 13:40
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"ma badna jeish blibnein illa jeishak ya hussain" is now a reality.
17 November 2016, 07:27
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Hey mowaten…you are one man army...in this site so many personnels against you and you never backdown you tweet them back like a birdie...I salute your shia spirit..
16 November 2016, 16:49
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I think that one of the aims of the parade is to send a strong message to aoun to not change his position towards the "resistance" now that he s a president and has made a deal with Geagea and Hariri.
16 November 2016, 18:46
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@beiruti is a very respectable poster unlike you who is a sectarian troll.
16 November 2016, 19:06
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Yep it's a well trained army - More accurately it's he army of the alleged "Fakih" where even Hassin, your boss, is nothing more than a lowly soldier. The decision making as to what to do, who and where to fight is made in Iran by the Generals of the Iranian revolutionary guards and the so called "Ayatollah". Come to think of it they are nothing more than mercenaries who die for the glory of the Islamic Republic of Iran, it's self styled supreme leader and the exportation of his Jihadi worldwide Islamic Revolution. The USSR and Communist party tried a similar scheme and failed miserably.
16 November 2016, 19:42
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Two things: First
"On newly elected President Michel Aoun, Qassem stressed: 'President Michel Aoun is a strategic ally and he protects our national and public choices. We trust him and agree with him on several positions.'"
Strategic alliances exist between nations not between a nation and a militia. Qassam obviously considers Hezbollah to be a nation. A nation within another nation.
"Qassem emphasized: 'The Resistance does not want to invest its military power in the Lebanese internal conflict, and despite its power, we are engaged in the political and electoral work like the rest of the parties so we either win or lose.'"
May 7, 2008 disproves this. A party that has an army does not take political losses without imposing military consequences. If Hezbollah wants to be just a political party, then it has to be just a political party, not an army.
16 November 2016, 20:54
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Hizbullah Denies Qassem Said Party Has 'an Army'
قال نائب الأمين العام لـ”حزب الله” الشيخ نعيم قاسم إن “العرض العسكري في القصير هو رسالة واضحة وصريحة للجميع ولا تحتاج لتوضيحات وتفسيرات لأن أي تفسير سيؤدي إلى إنهاء دلالاتها وعلى كل جهة أن تقرأها كما هي”.أضاف: نحن موجودون في سوريا ولا نحتاج لتفسير أو تبرير، ونحن الى جانب الجيش السوري والدولة السورية، ولولا تدخلنا في سوريا لدخل الإرهابيون الى كل المناطق اللبنانية، وموضوع تدخلنا في سوريا لم يعد موضوع نقاش حاليا بين الأوساط اللبنانية.
وقال قاسم إن “التنسيق بيننا وبين القيادة السورية عال جدا والإستعراض العسكري جزء من الممارسة الميدانية”، مشيراً إلى أنه “أصبح لدينا جيش مدرب ولم تعد المقاومة تعتمد على أسلوب حرب العصابات، وأصبحنا أكثر تسلحا وتدريبا وامتلكنا خبرات متطورة، وكل ذلك من أجل حماية لبنان ولمصلحة لبنان”.
17 November 2016, 04:47
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he is one of nassrallah's but practices mowaten's takiah techniques.
