Girls carry Hezbollah flags and pictures of assassinated Hezbollah leaders during a rally commemorating the annual Hezbollah Martyrs' Leader Day in Beirut's southern suburbs Feb. 16, 2015. REUTERS/Aziz Taher
Posted on 03/02/2015 12:39:13 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Hezbollah is funded, trained and controlled by Iran’s Shiite government and includes both a political party represented in Lebanon's parliament and an armed wing, and considered a terrorist organization by the European Union. The U.S. has put the entire organization, which has operations in dozens of nations, on its terrorist list.
Ali Fayyad, a Hezbollah member of parliament, said his party is ready to put aside its religious stance in the interest of defending all of Lebanon’s 18 religious sects and establishing a “nonsectarian, democratic state.”
“Although [Hezbollah] is a Muslim party we believe that all those fighting against imperialism, racism, discrimination, occupation and injustice, and those who are defending freedom -- wherever they are -- are our comrades, our partners and our brothers,” said Fayyad during a visit Monday to a former Israeli-run prison in southern Lebanon. “Hence, we stand on our national territory to defend this country and all the Lebanese people without distinguishing between Muslims and Christians or between Sunni and Druze.”
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Girls carry Hezbollah flags and pictures of assassinated Hezbollah leaders during a rally commemorating the annual Hezbollah Martyrs' Leader Day in Beirut's southern suburbs Feb. 16, 2015. REUTERS/Aziz Taher
The lies in that story are somethin’ else.
Full title, “Iran-Backed Hezbollah Pushes For ‘Nonsectarian, Democratic’ Lebanon To Defend Against Israel, Jihadist Groups”.
They think they can win one election outright, then suspend democracy in favor of Sharia forever.
‘Concrete results’ in Russia-Lebanon arms talks
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Mar-02/289286-concrete-results-in-russia-lebanon-arms-talks.ashx
> Under the grant agreement, Moscow would provide the Lebanese Army with six helicopters and 77 tanks, as well as 1 million bullets and 37,000 shells of various calibers, sources had told The Daily Star.
Lebanon military chief: ‘The army has no choice but to win over terrorism’
http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Lebanon-Army-Chief-The-Army-has-no-choice-but-to-win-over-terrorism-392463
Syria’s opposition, rebels reject UN envoy’s plan for Aleppo
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2015/Mar-02/289363-syrias-opposition-rebels-reject-un-envoys-plan-for-aleppo.ashx
Bomb blast near Egypt court kills one, wounds 10
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2015/Mar-02/289339-bomb-blast-near-egypt-court-kills-one-wounds-10-govt.ashx
> Those bombs and several others that killed policemen in Cairo were claimed by the Ajnad Misr (Soldiers of Egypt) jihadist group. The deadliest attacks since Morsi’s overthrow have been launched by the Islamic State group’s affiliate in Egypt, Sinai-based Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, which has killed scores of soldiers and policemen.
Lebanon welcomes Assyrian refugees, opens border
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/lebanon.welcomes.assyrian.refugees.opens.border/49133.htm
> Beirut Assyrians demanded action from the United Nations with regards to the plight of their fellow Assyrians who are being threatened by the Islamic State in Syria, and urged the international community to “save the Christians in the Middle East.”
Ban Ki-Moon was too busy condemning Israel to comment.
They don’t think they can, that’s their problem, so, they try a PR campaign using a useful idiot media shill.
ISIS just declared Lebanon part of the Islamic State. Hezbollah are Shiites and hate ISIS. So it’s a temporary alliance until ISIS is defeated, then they take over for good.
ISIS fights everyone; al-Qaeda fights everyone; Hezbollah fights whomever their Iranian master tells them to fight.
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