LEBANON: HIZBOLLAH CHIEF CONDEMNS U.S. PLANS TO ATTACK IRAQ.

Record ID: 355462

  • Title: LEBANON: HIZBOLLAH CHIEF CONDEMNS U.S. PLANS TO ATTACK IRAQ.
  • Date: 4th September 2002
  • Summary: (U7) BEIRUT, LEBANON (SEPTEMBER 3, 2002) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV/MV: AUDIENCE AT A LOCAL CEREMONY HELD TO COMMEMORATE THE 40-DAY ANNIVERSARY OF LATE MP, MOUSTAPHA SAED (2 SHOTS) 0.10 2. MCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) HIZBOLLAH DEPUTY CHIEF SHEIKH NAIM QASSEM SAYING: "Let it be known that the American aggression on Iraq is terrorism and occupation w
  • Embargoed: 19th September 2002 13:00
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  • Location: BEIRUT, LEBANON
  • Country: Lebanon
  • Reuters ID: LVACCDVQMK43CA9S2YFNO957I0HK
  • Story Text: Lebanon's Hizbollah group has denounced U.S plans to
    attack Iraq and vowed to continue its own military actions on
    Israeli targets in the disputed Shebaa farms area.



    Lebanon's Hizbollah group dennouced on Tuesday
    (September 3) U.S plans to
    attack Iraq describing it as an act of terrorism that serves
    Israeli security interests and U.S aims to control oil
    resources in the region.

    Speaking at a local ceremony, Hizbollah Deputy Chief
    Sheikh Naim qassem called on Arabs to support Palestinian
    intifadeh with money and arms and not with words.

    Qassem vowed that Hizbollah guerillas, which is backed by
    Syria and Iran, will not stop its attacks on Israeli targets
    in the disputed Shebaa farms area until its "liberation".

    Hizbollah guerrillas killed one Israeli soldier and
    wounded two others in an armed attack on their position last
    week in the disputed Shebaa Farms border zone, drawing an
    Israeli air raid and artillery fire.

    Hizbollah has skirmished sporadically with Israeli troops
    in Shebaa Farms since it helped force Israel from southern
    Lebanon in 2000 after a 22-year occupation.

    Hizbollah, Lebanon and Syria say the area is Lebanese
    soil, a claim not endorsed by the United Nations, which
    certified Israel's pull-out from Lebanon as complete with a
    demarcation
    Blue Line on the borders.

    Israel holds Syria and Lebanon responsible for Hizbollah's
    actions on the border, and twice last year launched air
    strikes on Syrian military positions in Lebanon to retaliate
    for
    Hizbollah attacks in the Shebaa Farms.

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