Nasrallah Warns to Double Fighters in Syria in Case of New Attack: Takfiri Groups behind Dahieh Blast
Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said Friday he is ready to fight in Syria against Takfiris, calling on the state to eliminate “these terrorists for the sake of Lebanon.”
"I will go myself to Syria if it is necessary in the battle against the Takfiris, Hizbullah and I will go to Syria to fight rebels trying to oust the Damascus regime,” Nasrallah said in a speech broadcast on television in a Hizbullah celebration marking the end of the July 2006 war.
He added: “We will fight for the sake of the Syrian people and the country's cause, which is Palestine.”
“We are the ones to determine the battle's fate. Just as we won in all our wars against Israel, we will win the battle against terrorism and Takfiris.”
A day after a huge explosion rocked Hizbullah's stronghold in the southern suburb of Beirut, Nasrallah accused radical Islamists of responsibility for the bombing.
The deadly car explosion killed at least 22 people and wounded 325 others in Beirut's Dahieh neighborhood.
A previously unknown group, apparently a Syrian rebel cell, said it carried out Thursday's attack between Bir al-Abed and Rweiss, districts where Hizbullah security is normally tight.
The group said the explosion came as a “response to Hizbullah's fighting alongside President Bashar Assad's forces in the neighboring country.
“The strongest probability is that Takfiri groups are behind yesterday's blast and there is no doubt that some of them work for Israel,” Nasrallah announced.
He explained: “I tell you that the party that planted the bombs in (the Bekaa's) Hermel is known to us and we have identified the perpetrators. Who planted the bombs in (the Bekaa town of) Majdal Anjar is also known, so is the party behind the rockets launched on the Dahieh and the perpetrators behind last month's explosion in (Beirut's) Bir al-Abed neighborhood.”
“What is confirmed for now is that they are foreign-backed Takfiri groups. All indicators of yesterday's explosion lead to the same results and we were informed about specific locations where they prepare the bombs. Some of the perpetrators were arrested and among them are Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian nationals.”
He noted: “Those who believe that this threat is directed towards a specific sect are mistaken. They have a destructive project for the region.”
Nasrallah warned that if such explosions persist in the country, Lebanon would be “on the brink,” calling for “cooperation to avoid the destruction of the country.”
“You should prevent dragging Lebanon into a civil war and stop sectarian incitement. The conflict should remain politically-oriented and should not be sectarian. There should not be a political cover for these Takfiri groups,” he said addressing Lebanese political officials.
Nasrallah demanded the state to “dismantle Takfiri groups and eliminate them for the sake of Lebanon.”
The Hizbullah leader assured, however, that killings and explosions will not affect the will-power of the resistance nor will they make it fall into the “strife trap.”
He told the “murderers”: “We will get to you if the state does not.”
“We are not a substitute for the state in defense or in security but when the state does not assume its responsibility, we will,” he explained.
Nasrallah continued: “If you are punishing Hizbullah for its interference in Syria I will tell you that Takfiri groups are worst towards the Syrian people. They blow up mosques and kill children while we have entered specific regions only and avoided killing civilians.”
"We did not commit massacres, we only fought against Takfiri groups.”
The Shiite leader assured that he will respond to any new blast by “doubling the number of fighters against Takfiris in Syria.”
The Hizbullah chief had started his speech on Friday by recalling Israel's “failure, loss and weakness” after the 33 days of war in July 2006.
“The July war experience proved that the resistance is able to be a real defensive force at times when the attacked nation does not have military readiness and the adequate technology to face the enemy,” he considered.
Nasrallah reiterated his “commitment to the resistance to liberate what is left of the occupied land.”
He stated: “Lebanon's best and most precious asset is the golden army-people-resistance formula.”
“Through the Labbouneh incident we aim to stress that it is not allowed anymore for any Israeli soldier to cross into Lebanon. The time of Israeli tourism on the border with Lebanon has ended for good.”
The Lebanese army said last week that a group of Israeli soldiers crossed the border into the southern area of Labbouneh near Naqoura and were wounded in an explosion which reports have said was caused by a landmine.
Nasrallah on Wednesday claimed the attack, saying his party "will face" any further border violations by the Jewish state.
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