Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah: 'The American Administration is Our Enemy... Death to America'

Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) ^ | February 22 2005

[knighthawk]

Part of the ongoing work of the MEMRI TV Project is to monitor statements by leading terrorist organizations such as Al-Qa'ida and Hizbullah. This includes the recent appearance of Ayman Al-Zawahiri on Al-Jazeera on February 20, 2005. To view this clip, visit http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=565 .

The following are excerpts from two speeches by Hizbullah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah. Al-Manar TV aired these speeches on February 18 and 19, 2005.(1) For more clips from MEMRI TV visit www.memritv.org

Speech One

Hassan Nasrallah: "Israel is our enemy. This is an aggressive, illegal, and illegitimate entity, which has no future in our land. Its destiny is manifested in our motto: 'Death to Israel.'"

Crowd: "Death to Israel"

"Death to Israel"

"Death to Israel"

"Death to Israel"

"Death to Israel"

Hassan Nasrallah: "The American administration is behind Israel. I must clarify that when I say 'America' I do not mean the American people, most of whom are distant and ignorant of what is going on in the world, and of what its government and army are doing in the world. Nevertheless, we consider the current administration an enemy of our [Islamic] nation and of the peoples of our nation, because it has always taken a position of aggression, of occupation, and of supporting Israel with weapons, airplanes, tanks, money, as well as political support, and unlimited protection.

"We consider it to be an enemy because it wants to humiliate our governments, our regimes, and our peoples. Because it is the greatest plunderer our treasures, our oil, and our resources, while millions in our nation suffer unemployment, poverty, hunger, unmarriagability, ignorance, darkness, and so on. America... This American administration is an enemy. Our motto, which we are not afraid to repeat year after year, is: 'Death to America.'"

Crowd: "Death to America"

"Death to America"

"Death to America"

"Death to America"

"Death to America"

"Death to America"

Hassan Nasrallah: "Some people may wonder and say: 'Is there no end to this hostility?' Yes, there is an an end. If the Zionists leave our lands and holy places and give them back to their owners, this conflict will come to an end. If America stops interfering in our countries' and nation's affairs, stops its aggression, stops its occupation, stops it's plundering of our resources and treasures, we will have no problem with it. We don't want to go to Washington to fight America. We are defending our countries and our existence.

"Any rift, civil strife, disintegration, or dispersion in any Arab or Islamic country, or in the entire nation, serves our Zionist enemy and its plan of hegemony, and serves the Great Satan - the American administration, whose main concern is to control our oil, our treasures, our resources, and our markets. [They want us] to become millions of slaves who eat and drink but are living dead, devoid of honor, respect, and existence."

Speech Two

Hassan Nasrallah: "How can death become joyous? How can death become happiness? When Al-Hussein asked his nephew Al-Qassem, when he had not yet reached puberty: 'How do you like the taste of death, son?' He answered that it was sweeter than honey. How can the foul taste of death become sweeter than honey? Only through conviction, ideology, and faith, through belief, and devotion.

"We do not want to live merely in order to eat, drink, and enjoy life's pleasures, and leave our homeland to Israel so it will slaughter it upon the altar of its aspirations, desires, hate, and historic vendettas. Therefore, we are not interested in our own personal security. On the contrary, each of us lives his days and nights hoping more than anything to be killed for the sake of Allah.

"The most honorable death is to be killed, as the Leader Imam Al-Khamenei said when 'Abbas [Musawi] was martyred. He said: 'Congratulations to 'Abbas, congratulations to 'Abbas.' The most honorable death is death by killing, and the most honorable killing and the most glorious martyrdom is when a man is killed for the sake of Allah, by the enemies of Allah, the murderers of the prophets [i.e. the Jews]."

Endnote: (1) Al-Manar TV (Lebanon), February 18-19, 2005. See MEMRI TV Clip No. 566, http://www.memritv.org/Search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=566

[RJL]

Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah: 'The American Administration is Our Enemy... Death to America'

Now I understand why France won't label Hezbollah a torrorist group, France is allied with them!

[Hudobna]

Shoot one of those rug-kissing terrorists for me!

[doug from upland]

Death to America. This is new? They have been working on it since Jimmy Carter.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Ping

[Calpernia]

I'm off to bed. I'm sleeping at the computer. Night.

[Light Speed]

LOL!,
Nasrallah evoked Abbas..

Is that like an American President evoking Lincoln?

Probably not....Lincoln won.

A stunning read.....about 6 Pages : )

[Cindy]

Yes I saw that.
Thanks for the ping Calpernia.

[clee1]

You said it, FRiend.

If he doesn't care to make the trip to Idaho (it IS quite a way), maybe he can stop off in NW Georgia. I'm sure me'n some of the good ole boys can arrange a similar welcome to the one you had planned.

[Squantos]

I must clarify that when I say 'America' I do not mean the American people, most of whom are distant and ignorant of what is going on in the world, and of what its government and army are doing in the world.

Our "distant and ignorant" have an up close and smart handler......bring a lunch ya'll !

[hosepipe]

(Teenage girl, hands on hips, patronizing glance)
Duuuh!, Hassan, you're so Richard Simmons...

[Outraged]

Nevertheless, we consider the current administration an enemy of our [Islamic] nation and of the peoples of our nation, because it has always taken a position of aggression, of occupation, and of supporting Israel with weapons, airplanes, tanks, money, as well as political support, and unlimited protection.

Apparently the blind cleric is tuning in to Air America/DNC.

[Former Dodger]

Hassan Nasrallah: "How can death become joyous? How can death become happiness? When Al-Hussein asked his nephew Al-Qassem, when he had not yet reached puberty: 'How do you like the taste of death, son?' He answered that it was sweeter than honey. How can the foul taste of death become sweeter than honey? Only through conviction, ideology, and faith, through belief, and devotion.

Two observations:

1) This guy and anyone who buys this bovine excrement is insane;

2) That said, if they believe this nonsense, why do they get so worked up when the Israelis whack their leaders with missiles and car bombs. What? It's NOT "Glorious" if it catches you by surprise?

[Convert from ECUSA]

:) Heeheehee! BAM!

[freedumb2003]

Because it is the greatest plunderer our treasures, our oil, and our resources, while millions in our nation suffer unemployment, poverty, hunger, unmarriagability, ignorance, darkness, and so on

Unmarriagability????

[Convert from ECUSA]

Hezbollah says - America is the enemy, Israel is the enemy, death to America, death to Israel, yada-yada-yada-yada.

YAWN! Same ole blather these heathens have polluted the air with for years. Have you noticed how boring they are?! They say the same thing over, and over, and over. These serpents are just plain b-o-r-i-n-g!

To quote a good FReeper buddy - Allah Fubar

[M Kehoe]

unmarriagability?

I wonder who writes this goat f@#%&r's speeches.

5.56mm

[8mmMauser]

How do you like the taste of death, son?' He answered that it was sweeter than honey.

And it is non-fattening, too, a great diet fad may just beginning. Great for plump mullahs.

[MadIvan]

This is a case in which Special Forces need to drag the mullah to the nearest dark corner, put him face down on the floor and put a bullet into his head.

Eat shite and die, Hezbollah.

Ivan

[seadevil]

Doooooood!!!!....I want one of them!

[joedelta]

"We do not want to live merely in order to eat, drink, and enjoy life's pleasures,...

OK, proof #1 that they are certifiable.

Therefore, we are not interested in our own personal security. On the contrary, each of us lives his days and nights hoping more than anything to be killed for the sake of Allah.

OK, let us fullfil their hopes and...

"The most honorable death is to be killed,

...give them all honorable deaths.

By the by, how honorable is the death if we coat all of our bullets, bombs, etc with bacon grease?