Nasrallah: Iran will ‘gladly’ arm Lebanon

http://www.emarrakech.info/photo/418772-513982.jpgHizbullah leader says Shiite group will make Lebanese army ‘strong’ if it wins
upcoming elections, adding that ‘option of another conflict with Israel exists, but remains far off’.
« The option of another conflict against Israel is
still far off, although it does exist, » Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah said Friday in a televised speech marking nine year’s since the IDF’s withdrawal from south
Lebanon.  « Conspiring with the enemy and treason are a sin which has no justification whatsoever. I ask, on your behalf, on the
behalf of the families of the fallen, of those who were killed and those whose homes were damaged, I demand a death sentence for all agents who delivered information which caused all this, » he
said. During another televised speech last week, Nasrallah demanded that the Lebanese legal system sentence to death the « spies » who
allegedly worked for Israel in the past few months.
« The Israelis will continue with their targeted killings policy, as they did with
(senior Hizbullah commander Imad) Mugniyah, and (attempt to undermine Hizbullah) with the help of the spy networks that are currently
being exposed and by presenting us as a terror group, » Nasrallah said in his speech.
The Hizbullah secretary-general mentioned former Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan
Shalom’s « attempt to recruit the world against us and convince countries to place us on their list of terror organizations. » Nasrallah continued to say that the Shiite group would « arm the
Lebanese army and make it strong » should it win the upcoming elections, and suggested that the Lebanese government turn to Iran for military aide, saying Iran would « gladly » supply
it.
Tens of thousands of people gathered in Beirut to hear Nasrallah’s speech and
chanted « death to Israel ».
Written by Ali Waked (Ynetnews.com)