Sayyed Nasrallah: Chemical Weapons Campaign Against Hezbollah Funny:
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah lauded on Monday the
deployment of security forces in the southern suburbs of Beirut
(Dahiyeh) as a positive step hoping the State would bear its
responsibilities and duties towards all Lebanese regions.
In a
televised speech broadcast at Al-Manar TV, Sayyed Nasrallah stressed
that Hezbollah had contacted the state since the explosion took place in
Dahiyeh, noting that the state said it needs time to carry out its
responsibilities and not because we have failed, and the problems that
happened were normal and anticipated when we endured responsibility for
security .
Hezbollah S.G. said Hezbollah took serious
responsibility since August 15 when Ruweis attack took place because of a
security vacuum in the country and statements were issued rejecting
autonomous security. “We also reject autonomous security and this has
never been part of our agenda and we did not practice it and when we
took security measures that was because we had to prevent the entry of
booby-trapped cars.”
“Some went on to accuse Hezbollah of
practicing autonomous security as part of our ‘statelet’, but today’s
deployment refuted their claims because Hezbollah would have rejected
this measure if their claims were true. We had asked the official bodies
to take over the reins from the outset,” His eminence said.
Sayyed
Nasrallah called on all Dahiyeh residents and passers-by to show the
highest levels of cooperation, respect, acceptance and responsiveness to
the security measures and provide all the assistance and support needed
to help the security forces perform their mission.
As he assured
that the State is solely responsible and must definitely extend its
authority in all regions, Sayyed Nasrallah hoped these security forces
and state authorities will shoulder their full responsibility and assume
all the intelligence and preventative missions as well. “Only the state
is responsible for security in all regions and we will leave any point
to which the state might send forces. Today it happened in Dahiyeh and
tomorrow it might happen in Baalbek and we welcome any efforts that
contribute to the success of the mission.”
Some People feels Delighted with Killing of People in DahiyehHis
eminence addressed some sides that condemned Hezbollah’s measures in
Dahiyeh, saying: “I feel that those people are delighted with the
killing of people in Dahiyeh, Tripoli and elsewhere, it is regrettable
that hostility reached to that level of thinking.”
Sayyed
Nasrallah thanked the Palestinian factions and especially the families
of martyr Mohammad Samrawi over their noble stance on the regrettable
incident in Burj al-Barajneh.
On the investigations after Ruweis
attack took place, Sayyed Nasrallah said: “As promised, we reached
decisive results concerning the perpetrators of Ruweis attack. It’s a
Takfiri party that is affiliated with the Syrian opposition and which is
based the Syrian territories, and the same results were reached by
local security apparatuses. All the details were passed on to the
relevant authorities, which must take the necessary measures, especially
against the perpetrators who are inside Lebanon.”
Chemical Weapons Campaign against Hezbollah “Funny”The
S.G. denied accusations that the Syrian government handed chemical
weapons to Hezbollah and said that this accusation is funny.
“The
U.S. defense secretary said after reaching an agreement with Russia
that chemical weapons should not be transferred to Hezbollah and on the
next day some Syrian Coalition officials claimed that the Syrian
government has transferred chemical arms to Hezbollah and some officials
claimed that we have received a ton of chemical agents,” his eminence
said. “It’s funny, it’s not like transporting wheat or flour.
Unfortunately, some parties in Lebanon launched a media campaign and
said they fear that the chemical weapons might be transferred to
Hezbollah,” Sayyed Nasrallah noted, saying he understands the
backgrounds of these serious accusations which have serious
repercussions on Lebanon, and stressed that “Hezbollah did not ask our
brothers in Syria to transfer such weapons and will not do in the
future.”
“Some friends advised me not to comment on these
claims as part of psychological war against enemies, but I rejected that
because Hezbollah has religious taboos with the use of such weapons and
using this as psychological warfare is not an option,” S. Nasrallah
added.
Some Invented Mock Battle in ZahleOn the
scuffle that erupted over claims Hezbollah was installing a telecom
network in Zahle, Sayyed Nasrallah denied these claims saying Hezbollah
has never sought to install such network in Zahle. “This does not exist
today and will not exist in the future. The Bekaa and Baalbek are part
of the battle with the enemy and we need to have communications with the
Baalbek-Hermel region. Years ago, we extended a cable at the outskirts
of the city of Zahle and not inside it, it’s a cable for connecting
lines. What happened few days ago was that Hezbollah young men were
doing maintenance for the cable.”
Unfortunately, the S.G. said,
some parties were launching a mock battle to what happened in Zahle and
were seeking stunts and illusionary heroism. “The head of one of March
14 parties said that Hezbollah’s wired telecom network breaches the
privacy of people. I hope that he asks any security official to explain
to him about our network which is incapable of spying on anyone.”
Let's Discuss Hezbollah Intervention in SyriaConcerning
the national dialogue, Sayyed Nasrallah said Hezbollah supported
Speaker Nabih Berri’s initiative, “but we have heard calls for
boycotting and setting conditions for dialogue. When the national
dialogue table was held the other team disrupted it and required the
resignation of Mikati in order to return to it and the government’s
resignation they did not return to dialogue.”
He pointed out that
Hezbollah will participate in the dialogue called for by the Lebanese
President, and said: “Let’s discuss the intervention in Syria, and who
did so. Isn’t it considered intervention the writing of speeches and
statements urging [US President Barack] Obama to launch a military
attack on Syria which if it had taken place would have serious
repercussions on the world and especially Lebanon? We want to discuss on
the table whichever is the most dangerous, appealing to Obama to
intervene in Syria or what our young people are doing in Syria?”
referring to former PM Fuad Saniora’s op-ed published by the Foreign
Policy magazine recently.
“Those who are obstructing dialogue in
Lebanon are well-known and we are willing to participate in the dialogue
regardless of who would take part or not.”
Gov't Representation = Parties' Political WeightOn
the issue of the delayed formation of the Lebanese government, Sayyed
Nasrallah said that the interest of the country requires that March 14
stop stalling and form a national unity government based on real
political weight of each party and urged them to stop betting on
regional developments.
“Despite Lebanese consensus on the need to
form a government, it has yet to be formed because from the first
moment Tammam Salam was designated as PM, Al-Mustaqbal Party and some of
its allies said they don't want the participation of Hezbollah in the
government,” S. Nasrallah said, noting “they said they accept the
participation of Hezbollah on two conditions: no tripartite formula, no
to the guaranteeing one-third. However, we set one condition overtly and
clearly that each political party should be represented according to
the size of its Deputies.”
“We reject the three-8s (8-8-8)
formula because it’s unrealistic. The PM-designate is part of March 14
coalition and the minister whom he will nominate would be committed to
his political decision, that means March 14 will have 10 ministers not
8.”
Betting on Military Option in Syria FutileHezbollah
leader said some Gulf states, especially Saudi Arabia, are insisting on
accusing Hezbollah of occupying Syria and building on this to say that
what is happening in Syria is not a conflict of countries, projects and
nations, but rather a conflict against an “occupation force” which the
Arab States should help to confront. And on such accusation they took
retaliatory steps against Hezbollah. “In this context, March 14’s Veto
on the participation of Hezbollah is Saudi and punishing the Lebanese in
the Gulf is under the title of punishing Hezbollah.”
“Is it
reasonable to believe that Hezbollah has the ability to occupy Syria!”
his eminence wondered, announcing that Hezbollah’s contribution with the
Syrian army is modest. “Isn’t Syria occupied by the tens of thousands
of fighters you brought from all countries? And today the Syrian
Coalition began to raise the voice against them.” [Turkish President
Abdullah] Gul was told that the Pakistani scenario will be repeated in
Turkey because of its intervention in Syria, he said.
Sayyed
Nasrallah called upon Saudi Arabia, Gulf States and Turkey to review
their positions on what is happening in Syria, saying “betting on the
military option in Syria is futile.” “The salvation of Syria and the
peoples of the region will be only with the political solution. The
continuation of fighting in Syria will not lead to the goals you are
looking for.”
Criminalizing Hezbollah in Bahrain PoliticalConcerning
the Bahraini crisis, the Secretary General said Bahrain regime’s
insistence on criminalizing communicating with Hezbollah is a political
position. “We are not surprised by the position of the Government of
Bahrain in describing Hezbollah as terrorists. We supported the peaceful
revolution in the Gulf country and then Manama expelled the Lebanese
living there!”
While insuring that the decision of the Bahraini
opposition is internal and independent, Sayyed Nasrallah said Iran does
not interfere in the course of the situation in Bahrain, urging Muslim
scholars and states to react to confront repression in Bahrain as
mosques are being destroyed and clergy men are forced in prisons.
