Nasrallah: Elections Must Happen on Time, Proportionality is the Best Law
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Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Friday called for holding “further dialogue” over the issue of the upcoming parliamentary elections, noting that an electoral law based on proportional representation would be the best for the country.
“The electoral law is an issue that deserves our patience and time and I hope the doors will not be closed in the face of any plan or idea. We stress the importance of the parliamentary elections in Lebanon,” said Nasrallah in a televised speech marking the completion of the Waad Project for the reconstruction of buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs that were razed by Israeli attacks during the 2006 war.
“We call for further dialogue over the issue of elections and we are with holding the polls on time,” Nasrallah added.
He noted that ahead of a recent visit to Lebanon by Assistant U.S. Secretary of State Jeffrey Feltman, who met with the March 14 forces and MP Walid Jumblat, “we witnessed a campaign saying that no elections will be held in the presence of arms, but after his visit the campaign stopped.”
Nasrallah stressed that “the weapons that can affect the elections are the individual firearms and all parties have such weapons.”
“Any electoral law would preserve the size of Hizbullah's parliamentary bloc,” Nasrallah boasted.
“At the national level and if we want all segments of society to be represented in parliament and if we want to be fair and just, a law based on proportional representation would be the best because it would not eliminate anyone,” he said.
Hizbullah’s leader noted that a proportional representation system would “end unilateralism inside each sect.”
He accused former premier Saad Hariri’s Mustaqbal Movement of “insisting on unilateralism in the Sunni community.”
Hitting back at Hariri over his recent speech marking the May 7, 2008 clashes, Nasrallah said “this issue is being used by political parties in Lebanon for incitement because it has a sectarian aspect.”
“We have not responded because we are keen on calm in the country, not because we are weak. We are keen to prevent anyone from dragging the country into a sectarian atmosphere. But we have our documents which can demonstrate what was being plotted in Beirut back then,” Nasrallah went on to say.
“We know that a Shiite-Sunni strife was being plotted and we have the information to prove that,” he noted.
Nasrallah said his party and its allies “thwarted civil strife and preserved the resistance.”
“We presented martyrs. We did all that to prevent civil strife. We did not target any sect and we were very keen on closing the wounds,” he added.
Nasrallah stressed that the May 7 clashes were not between Sunnis and Shiites, “but rather between members of various factions and the Mustaqbal Movement.”
“Let us not use the (May 7) events in debates that would harm the country and let us preserve our country's safety and security,” he added.
“We have not and will not resort to weapons and we call for a political process in Lebanon that is based on real partnership,” said Nasrallah.
Turning to the issue of the Syrian crisis, Nasrallah accused the U.S., Israel and some Arab states of stoking "terrorism" in Syria.
"Who wants the destruction of Syria? America and Israel and some Arab countries," said Nasrallah.
"They want to destroy Syria because it is the main ally of the resistance in Lebanon and Palestine."
Condemning deadly twin blasts that killed dozens and injured hundreds in Damascus on Thursday, Nasrallah criticized the Syrian opposition over its accusation that President Bashar Assad's regime was behind the attacks.
The explosions, the Hizbullah chief added, were proof that Syria risks descending into an abyss similar to Iraq.
"The Syrian people are at a crossroads," Nasrallah said, adding that one path leads to "reform", and the other to "destruction."
Hizbullah has steadfastly expressed its support for Assad's regime since the outbreak of an uprising in March last year.
Recalling the 2006 war with Israel, Nasrallah said “the objective of the July War was to crush the Resistance and subjugate Lebanon as part of preparing the ground in the region for the creation of the New Middle East.”
“In the face of this devastating war, there was confrontation and resistance, military and psychological resistance, and there was ‘the war of reconstruction, survival and steadfastness,’” he added.
“The same as we celebrated the major divine victory in Dahiyeh on Sep. 22, 2006, today we are celebrating the triumph of the will to life,” Nasrallah said, addressing thousands of Hizbullah supporters who gathered for the rally in Dahiyeh.
“By insisting on the reconstruction of their homes, the owners of residential units across Lebanon, especially in Dahiyeh, had chosen to live and die in their own land,” Hizbullah’s leader said.
“I salute the souls of the martyrs of the July War. Hadn't it been for their blood, there would not have been survival and achievements,” he added.
Addressing a stark warning to Israel, Nasrallah said: “Not only we are capable of hitting the city of Tel Aviv, but also capable of hitting very specific targets in Tel Aviv and anywhere across Occupied Palestine.”
“The era in which we alone are displaced has ended. If you destroy one building in Dahiyeh, we will destroy several buildings in Tel Aviv. We are here to stay and they will vanish,” Nasrallah added.
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11 May 2012, 22:42
Nasrallah: We have not and will not resort to weapons and we call for a political process in Lebanon that is based on real partnership.
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11 May 2012, 22:42
Nasrallah: Let us not use the (May 7) events in debates that would harm the country and let us preserve our country's safety and security.
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11 May 2012, 22:38
Nasrallah: The Mustaqbal Movement is insisting on unilateralism in the Sunni community.
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11 May 2012, 22:38
Nasrallah: The May 7 clashes were not between Sunnis and Shiites, but rather between members of various factions and the Mustaqbal Movement.
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11 May 2012, 22:35
Nasrallah: We thwarted civil strife and preserved the resistance and we presented martyrs. We did all that to prevent civil strife. We did not target any sect and we were very keen on closing the wounds.
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11 May 2012, 22:33
Nasrallah: We know that a Shiite-Sunni strife was being plotted and we have the information to prove that.
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11 May 2012, 22:32
Nasrallah: We have not responded because we are keen on calm in the country, not because we are weak. We are keen to prevent anyone from dragging the country into a sectarian atmosphere. But we have our documents which can demonstrate what was being plotted in Beirut back then.
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11 May 2012, 22:29
Nasrallah on the May 7 events: This issue is being used by political parties in Lebanon for incitement because it has a sectarian aspect.
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11 May 2012, 22:28
Nasrallah: The proportional representation system would end unilateralism inside each sect, but who said that unilateralism inside sects is a good thing?
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11 May 2012, 22:27
Nasrallah: At the national level and if we want all segments of society to be represented in parliament and if we want to be fair and just, a law based on proportional representation would be the best because it would not eliminate anyone.
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11 May 2012, 22:25
Nasrallah: Any electoral law would preserve the size of Hizbullah's parliamentary bloc.
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11 May 2012, 22:24
Nasrallah: The weapons that can affect the elections are the individual firearms and all parties have such weapons.
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11 May 2012, 22:23
Nasrallah: Ahead of Feltman's visit we witnessed a campaign saying that no elections will be held in the presence of arms, but after his visit the campaign stopped.
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11 May 2012, 22:23
Nasrallah: We call for further dialogue over the issue of elections and we are with holding the polls on time.
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11 May 2012, 22:22
Nasrallah: The electoral law is an issue that deserves our patience and time and I hope the doors will not be closed in the face of any plan or idea.
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11 May 2012, 22:22
Nasrallah: We stress the importance of the parliamentary elections in Lebanon.
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11 May 2012, 22:18
Nasrallah: The Syrian people are at a crossroads: one path leads to reform and the other to destruction.
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11 May 2012, 22:17
Nasrallah: Who wants the destruction of Syria? America and Israel and some Arab countries. They want to destroy Syria because it is the main ally of the resistance in Lebanon and Palestine.
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11 May 2012, 22:16
Nasrallah: I stress that the same hands tampering with Iraq and its people and institutions are now tampering with Syria and seeking its destruction.
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11 May 2012, 22:15
Nasrallah: It is laughable when some accuse the Syrian regime of being behind the bombings in Syria.
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11 May 2012, 22:12
Nasrallah: Some are saying that Lebanon's Hizbullah is trying to inflame the situation in Bahrain. They are lying. We only support the peaceful protests which have embarrassed the al-Khalifa regime.
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11 May 2012, 22:11
Nasrallah on Bahrain: The continuous peaceful popular movement in Bahrain reflects a lot of steadfastness and perseverance.
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11 May 2012, 22:08
Nasrallah: We might disagree over Syria, Yemen and Bahrain, but we don't disagree over Palestine, and the formation of a national unity government in Israel is a development that we must observe carefully.
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11 May 2012, 22:02
Nasrallah: The era in which we alone are displaced has ended. If you destroy one building in Dahiyeh, we will destroy several buildings in Tel Aviv. We are here to stay and they will vanish.
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11 May 2012, 22:02
Nasrallah: Not only we are capable of hitting the city of Tel Aviv, but also capable of hitting very specific targets in Tel Aviv and anywhere across Occupied Palestine.
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11 May 2012, 21:51
Nasrallah: The government contributed with the first payment and some countries offered aid to the government. We thank all the Arab states that offered financial aid to the Lebanese state.
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11 May 2012, 21:50
Nasrallah: Waad Institution exerted major efforts and we thank the government, the councils and the syndical committees, and we especially thank the Higher Shiite Islamic Council and all the political forces that cooperated with us.
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11 May 2012, 21:46
Nasrallah: Iran offered generous financial support for reconstruction efforts.
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11 May 2012, 21:30
Nasrallah: I salute the souls of the martyrs of the July War. Hadn't it been for their blood, there would not have been survival and achievements.
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11 May 2012, 21:30
Nasrallah: By insisting on the reconstruction of their homes, the owners of residential units across Lebanon, especially in Dahiyeh, had chosen to live and die in their own land.
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11 May 2012, 21:28
Nasrallah: The same as we celebrated the major "divine victory" in Dahiyeh on Sep. 22, 2006, today we are celebrating the triumph of the will to life.
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11 May 2012, 21:27
Nasrallah: In the face of this devastating war, there was confrontation and resistance, military and psychological resistance, and there was "the war of reconstruction, survival and steadfastness."
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11 May 2012, 21:25
Nasrallah: The Israeli enemy's vision is based on inflicting pain and suffering on the community that supports any resistance movement.
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11 May 2012, 21:24
Nasrallah: Why doesn't the enemy settle for attacking military targets or fighting in the battlefield? Why does the enemy commit war crimes?
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11 May 2012, 21:22
Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in a speech marking the completion of the Waad Project for the reconstruction of Dahiyeh buildings destroyed by the 2006 war with Israel: The objective of the July War was to crush the Resistance and subjugate Lebanon as part of preparing the ground in the region for the creation of the New Middle East.
11 May 2012, 21:43
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To the man in the black hat...you are but a liar and a traitor. It is time to remove your black turban.
12 May 2012, 20:34
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tayeb bubba, so you are confessing that nasarlah's true enemy are the sunis, which means he supports and participates in the murder of thousands of sunis in Syria.No need to waste time with israel talk. Israel too is an enemy of the suni palestenians (who now support the syrian revolution). That makes the hizbustan and israel tacit allies.
11 May 2012, 21:57
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Please make another waad and let it be that you give your weapons to the army and help in the construction of a meaningful state..... and stop blowing up places of entertainment.
11 May 2012, 22:11
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Nasrallah: Why doesn't the enemy settle for attacking military targets or fighting in the battlefield? Why does the enemy commit war crimes?
The audacity of making such a blunt lie/statement. What a coward liar doing his usual conditioning speeches to those ill fated naive Lebanese who don't know better and follow him because of the freebies he throws their way no thanks to Iran's deep pockets! All part of the scheme!!!
12 May 2012, 20:36
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why does the regime in syria target the civilians, cities, villages precisely like the israelis do?? is the better question lol. The lebanese who follow him are not 'naieve', they have been systematicaly brainwashed to hate the sunis for 1300 years. Religion is no small matter, it is A BIG DEAL and until religion is abolished we will see the worse civil war in the region in 1000 years.
11 May 2012, 22:19
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OOOHHH Please, the same story all the time; Israel and ready to attack it and destroy it... We are sick and tired of this story... Can we really focus on how we can survive in Lebanon and live in peace, prosperity, how long you and others like you have the israeli excuse to do whatever you want... If you want to keep your weapons then everybody in lebanon should keep their weapons. And We don't want to pay any salary for any armed forces.... the lebanese no doing anything... Why should we pay for them Period....
11 May 2012, 22:35
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"Hezbollah is not a separate entity from Syria. It is under the Syrian operational control... 100 percent, no question about that. There are terrorist regimes like Syria that are generating terrorist organizations. Therefore, I propose a plan that first, to disarm the organizations; second, to democratize the regimes; and then to help them to develop their country." General Michel Aoun, interview with CBN, September 2002.
Terrorists, terrorists, terrorists, as General Aoun said it. It's a shame no one in Lebanon has the balls the say that. God rest your good sole General (the one you had before the devil took over you).
11 May 2012, 23:05
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The Dahieh would not have needed any reconstruction hadn't hezbollah dragged Lebanon into an uneven war with israel for the sake of the Iranian mullahs.
As for asking why the enemy does not limit its fight to the battlefield I ask Hassan where was the battlefield? Hezbollah gangs were launching rockets randomly from inside villages and towns and then running away leaving the inhabitants undefended towards the incoming retaliations.
Lebanon does not need this Iranian "resistance " and will never need to fight another war when its sovereignty returns.
12 May 2012, 10:12
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you are funny. very funny. Go back some few years ago when Lebanon was a "sovereign" country. More precisely, before the Lebanese civil war and during the existence of Arab Peace Keeping forces in Lebanon ( and Syrian forces was a token of it). Israel used to make tens of border "insertions" across the borders into Lebanon,destroy houses and infrastructure, humiliate south Lebanon residents, destroy their farms, slaughter their livestock, kill residents or arrest them - just for the fun of it and at will. Why Israel does not dare to do it anymore? Go figure. You are really funny
11 May 2012, 23:11
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Nasrallah - the enemy cannot hit legitimate military targets because your fighters shoot their weapons from school yards, hospitals, and residentail neighbourhoods. Your fighters store their weapons in house basements and mosques, your fighters take refuge in peoples homes and use innocent women and children as human shields.
Your fighters actions therefore makes those houses, mosques, hospitals and schools all legitimate military targets!
12 May 2012, 02:18
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I love how people talk about the Sayed, as if your leaders do anything good for Lebanon besides shake the hands of America who's bombs fell in Lebanon for years and killed so many Lebanese people, you people are a disgrace! Hezbollah was created when isreal occupied Lebanon to defend all of Lebanon and you talk about it like this? That's disgusting!... Also which leader in all the Arab world let's his son fight and get killed by isreal for the sake of there county?? The Sayed sent his son Hadi to figh for Lebanon! I know this won't change your mind about it him so I'm going say weather you like it or not Hezbollah is not going anywhere, we are here to stay.
12 May 2012, 04:59
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"We are keen on calm in the country" "We did not target any sect"
F'n LIAR!! Why did you kill Rafik Hariri, a leader of the Sunni sect?
Do you really think that the assassinations of Hariri, Gemayel, Tueni, Kassir, Hawi, Ghanem, Eid, and others will go unpunished?
It is tragic enough when a soldier dies on the battlefield, even if the war for which he died was initiated and caused by the bad decisions of his leaders. But at least the soldier voluntarily enlisted in the hostilities, knowing that he might die during battle.
A greater tragedy is when a civilian,politician/journalist is killed because of his political beliefs or opinions. Only a coward who places little value on human life, can justify killing a non-combatant to further his political and/or sectarian views.
Your day will come, fatman, and you will rot in hell for your crimes.
12 May 2012, 20:39
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newsflash: the accused are hizbustan members, where were you all this time? taking a nap lol? do you really think it is a coincidence that all those who were murdered happen to be enemies of Syria and hizbustan? 7il 3ana ya
12 May 2012, 05:06
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May the Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on him.
This guy is a character and he has no idea what he is talking about.
If you read history, you will know that Israel is the land that our God gave to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Israel). It is not Palestinian, it is Jewish.
12 May 2012, 06:29
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The majority simply cannot live with this man ideology period. He wants to fight Israel by himself and hold the entire state forever hostage under his philosophy of HOW/WHEN/WHY to be heroic and Lebanese. War in Lebanon is imminent because others will re-arm and play the same game and dance on the same song in order to stay in power as this man. If the national army is not the sole protector of the state/citizens then there is no such thing as state.
12 May 2012, 07:51
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Under the proportionality rules that Nasrallah wants and Aoun demands because the master demands this of his dog, the Parliament would still consist of 50% Muslim and 50% Christian Deputies. The only difference would be that Hezbollah gets to select which Christians will be deputies and which Sunnis will be in the Muslim 50%.
That is, the inequity visited upon the Christians under the 2000 law whereby only 14 of the Christian Deputies were actually elected by fellow Christians, rather than being reduced will be expanded with Hezbollah in total control, not just of the Council of Ministers but of the Parliament as well.
It is B.S. from the King Rat of B.S. Of course, by living in a sewer of a rat hole that's about all that he comes across these days.
12 May 2012, 09:35
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Some people say nasrallah can take lebanon in one day. Are you going to keep your mouth closed?
12 May 2012, 16:56
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no, i am not going to keep my mouth closed.
Why would nasrallah want to take lebanon in one day? huh? i thought they were resisting israel??? ... I think you are the one that should keep things closed.
12 May 2012, 09:50
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I hope we will not have to destroy the whole house to get did of this hiding sewage rat, who has the cheek of commenting on elections, after using arms against and killing fellow lebanese citizens on 7th may, after staging a smokeless ' Coup d'état ' by bullying other political parties, and after (at least) having been in the knowing, if not having executed the plan to kill Hariri, and a number of politicians . Under normal circumstances, had the country been able to enfonce the law, this filthy rat should be behind bar, if not publicly hanged , and the Hizbollah banned forever !
12 May 2012, 10:28
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First of all if his threats hold any substance he should first come out of hiding and stay with his Mujahiddine and die as a martyre if indeed he means what he preaches. I couldn't really understand how could someone be so forceful in attacking Israel and is hiding all this time since 2006. It's a pitty asking people to give their lives for someone who's having the cake and eating it all. It's hypocritical to preach what we don't mean or ask others to act on something we are unable to honor. Nassllah has become boring and lacks any sense of logic. His speeches are mainly directed towards his people which are few and even these if he's not using threats to tame them they would run a mile form him. Enough manipulating this country by the likes of assad and nassllalah. we need to live in peace. The Palastenian will know how to liberate their land. They are capable. We can't go on endlessly with this attitude of war. We need to have peace for ourselves.
12 May 2012, 10:46
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That is absolutely correct, tony. These duets of Aoun and Nasserallah need to read history to find out what benefit Lebanon. They are way off line. I don't think the majority of the people agree with their intentions for Lebanon. They ( their intentions) might resonate to some people, but only to the fool. Why they just not be quite; because if they are, that might save the region some troubles. They could be the cause of another war in the region which nobody wants... God save Lebanon.
12 May 2012, 11:09
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a promise: by the end of this summer, hizbushaitan will exist no more.
12 May 2012, 20:47
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hey idiot, what is the true masla7a for she3as to go to war against the sunis?? if they enjoy military surplus today they will not have that monopoly tomorrow, there are millions of sunis in syria who are being radicalized by the day and imagine the chaos and the weapons flow in the next two years, the regime in syria is eroding, only a fool can not see that, the days of yesterday are going away. You need to wake up FT and learn the facts. We do not need a suni-she3i war, it will burn the green and yabis, get it!!?
12 May 2012, 12:43
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All we agree that lebanease are all equall ,and love to be togather .But it can not be happened while hezbollah control lebanon because as iam chia,hezbollah are isolating us from being lebanease (but i iam not iranian iam free lebanease),and take us by force to an endless war.And prevent us to have our freedom.long live lebanon die hezbollah.
12 May 2012, 17:31
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Nasr-rallah in Arabic stands for (Victory of God).
What God is he referring to because last I checked The King of Kings, the Lord of Lords Jesus Christ has his angels protecting Israel which is the chosen land with its chosen people given his covenant with Abraham?
Nassrallah is garbage.
12 May 2012, 20:38
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The fanatic suni leaders are much worse than him, dont worry, but be careful what you wish for
13 May 2012, 09:16
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I am chia and i never lie,and i dont want to go in this stupid conversation if iam chia or not.Does it impossible to know some one he is chia not supporting hezbollah and his behaviour?HAVE I TO CHANGE MY RELIGIOUS?Or suppose to support hezbollah so i can be good chia!!!
I am not religious member,but the reason i mention iam chia not to pressurise any but to let lebaneaase know that hezbollah take us to unknown destiny?and can not be armed forever.And we have to pay for his belives'
FlameThrower i respect your answer,but if we have a good chance to change we will its not easy,coz most people are brain washed for years.READ this (some lebanease have more than weapons and war to think about ) does quality life ,future,safety ,social life in your agenda!!
13 May 2012, 12:12
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Dear fellow Lebanese. Do some soul searching and think for yourself. What have we gained from our rotten politicians on both sides of 8 and 14? Think peace, future, and children and not war, sectarianism, and blind allegiances. We believed Nasrallah about the weapons never to be used against Lebanese then came May 7. We believed Hariri about Syria then he declared that he was wrong accusing Syria. Lies, lies, lies. We are the puppets of puppets and we claim we are smart.
13 May 2012, 23:17
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"...one path leads to "reform", and the other to "destruction." " Yeah, thank you Einstein, we pretty much figured it out, and we've chosen reform: Down with the Assad regime! Syria has lived with the Assads for too long already. We want reform! We want something new! We want freedom! Down with Assad!
