LEBANON: HIZBOLLAH LEADER NASSRALLAH WARNS ARABIC COUNTRIES OF NEW AMERICAN AND ISRAELI THREATS

Record ID: 208379

  • Title: LEBANON: HIZBOLLAH LEADER NASSRALLAH WARNS ARABIC COUNTRIES OF NEW AMERICAN AND ISRAELI THREATS
  • Date: 24th April 2003
  • Summary: (W7) SOUTHERN LEBANON (APRIL 22, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. SLV CONGREGATION LISTENING; SIGN WITH "ASHURA" WRITTEN ON IT; SCU PAINTING OF AL IMAM HUSSEIN 0.11 2. SLV PAN WOMEN LISTENING 0.16 3. MV HIZBOLLAH HEAD HASSAN NASSRALLAH SITTING IN GATHERING; MV HIZBOLLAH PARLIAMENT MEMBERS LISTENING (4 SHOTS) 0.28 4. MV PAN OF THOUSANDS WELCOMING NASSRALLAH AND CHANTING AND ASKING ALLAH TO KEEP NASSRALLAH SAFE; MV NASSRALLAH ON PODIUM 0.38 5. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) HASSAN NASSRALLAH SAYING "We are here to stand with all the Iraqi people and express our support and we call on them to keep the unity of their nation and guard their religious harmony and for those reports of there being a religious rift between the Sunni and Shiite Moslems I say that this is not true, because this kind of talk is what creates the rifts." 1.18 6. SLV PAN OF CONGREGATION 1.22 7. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) HASSAN NASSRALLAH SAYING "Tomorrow brothers and sisters and I am not exaggerating or telling you political rhetoric or emotional statements, this is for all who say that the American administration is now in control of Iraq and will not leave the country. You must know that Iraq has always been under American control and this has not just happened a few weeks ago. Iraq has been under American control for years but only now has America's control of Iraq become obvious and in the open. But tomorrow people must search for the truth in the eyes of those who are converging on Karbalaa, the 40 day mourning of Al Imam Hussein will mark the beginning of America's end of control in Iraq and in the entire region." 8. MV NASSRALLAH ON PODIUM 2.40 8. SLV /MV PODIUM 2.47 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 9th May 2003 13:00
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  • Location: SOUTHERN LEBANON
  • Country: Lebanon
  • Reuters ID: LVAA6ZSAOIT40KZBXSCENY3RCA5L
  • Story Text: Hizbollah leader Hassan Nassrallah has warned Arabic
    countries of what he called new American and Israeli threats.

    Nassrallah called on the Iraqi people to fight the American
    military occupation.

    On the eve of the 40-day mourning of the violent death
    of Al Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhamed, tens
    of thousands of Lebanese Shiites converged on Tuesday (April
    22, 2003) night on a meeting of the Lebanese resistance group
    Hizbollah.

    The meeting saw Hizbollah leader Hassan Nassrallah address
    the crowd in the southern suburbs of the country without
    disclosing the gathering's exact location, which was broadcast
    live by Hizbollah's Manar TV.

    Nassrallah accused the American Administration of trying
    to turn its war on Iraq into a Christian crusade against
    Islam, noting that this plan has failed.

    Nassrallah also accused what he termed as the "Zionist
    Bush administration" of using the plight of the Shiites under
    the rule of the Sunni former Iraqi President to launch this
    war.

    Nassrallah warned that Lebanon, Syria and the entire
    Middle East region would now be faced with new American and
    Israeli threats.

    The leader of Hizbollah pointed out that the people of the
    region must pay attention to Washington's actions and not its
    political rhetoric, because America's justifications are false
    and untruthful.

    Nassrallah also said that the future of Iraq, the nation's
    riches and destiny of its people are now under American
    military occupation, and called on the people of Iraq to
    resist this occupation.


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