Hezbollah

[Yedtarts]

Re: Hezbollah

I would like to add one more thing, in Lebanon Armenians and Hezbollah both have the same interests which is the good of Lebanon and Lebanese people, they don’t have hidden agendas which benefits some other countries or organizations.

[Haykakan]

Re: Hezbollah

There are actualy a few good reasons. First there are many Armenians living in Lebanan who are effected by what Isreal and Hezbolah do. It is also important to note that the zionists have tried to undermined the Armenians in every way possible. Zionists have prevented the recognition of the armenian genocide in USA, the zionists have and continue to arm our enemies (big and little turcks). These are just some of the obvious things but there is more.

[KanadaHye]

Re: Hezbollah

I've read that Émile Lahoud's mother is Armenian from Kasab. Hassan Nasrallah was born in Bourj Hammoud and supposedly speaks Armenian. Armenians in Lebanon sided with Hezbollah. When I was working in Dearborn, MI, I used to go to an Arabic diner owned by Lebanese. The daughter of the owner worked the register... she was Muslim but HOT as hell. Where was I.... lost my train of thought... oh yeah. I told them I was Armenian, they treated me and my coworkers like kings. Apparently we're well respected in Lebanon

Edit: Did some more reading and Emile Lahoud's wife is Armenian and his daughter Karine was married to Lebanon's defense minister Elias Murr (the guy who allegedly had offered advice on how Israel could defeat Hezbollah if a new war erupted on Israel's northern border that Federate posted a page back)

[Federate]

Re: Hezbollah

Well if you really are looking for a link between Hezbollah and Armenia, once upon a time when an Iranian commercial plane heading towards Yerevan crashed, Israeli sources claimed that the plane was carrying bomb material to Armenia which was then to be forwarded to Hezbollah through Turkey, Syria and then Lebanon (I swear i'm not making this up ). Of course, nothing came out of this baseless allegation (aka Israeli propaganda). Hezbollah having a link to Armenians also comes in the form of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, who speaks Armenian fluently due to having grown up in an Armenian quarter (i'm not making this up either ).

But to answer your question, subjects/topics do not always have to have a link to Armenia for people to be interested in.

[Mos]

Re: Hezbollah

Why is Hezbollah pertinent to Armenia?? Why does anybody here care about them?

[KanadaHye]

Re: Hezbollah

Hezbollah discovers Israeli spy devices



Israel has remotely detonated two of its spying devices in southern Lebanon after they were discovered by the Hezbollah resistance movement.



At least two Lebanese were injured after the espionage devises were detonated remotely in Wadi al-Qaysiyya outside of Majdal Selem near the southern coastal city of Tyre on Friday.

"Telecom technicians of the resistance (Hezbollah) managed to discover a spying device the enemy had planted in Wadi al-Qaysiyya. The enemy detonated its devices as a result of the discovery," said a statement released by the Hezbollah media relations department.

"This technical espionage by the enemy is part of the persistent Israeli violations of the national telecom network with the aim of infiltrating and controlling it, which represents a breach of sovereignty and an attempt at violating the security and safety of the Lebanese," the statement added.

No other details were immediately available.

Friday's incident came just two days after Israeli troops opened fire on Lebanon from two border posts near Shebaa Farms.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/153770.html

[KanadaHye]

Re: Hezbollah

'STL turns blind eye to murderous Israel'



Hezbollah has accused the US-backed UN tribunal, investigating the assassination of the country's former premier, of disregard for Israel's role in the murder.

On Sunday, the Lebanese resistance movement's Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah delivered a speech, accusing the Special Tribunal for Lebanon of using faulty procedures, including issuing convictions in absentia and hiding witness identities.

"In international tribunals, we never have sentences made in absentia. Indictments are made, but they never hold a trial until the accused comes [and is] present in front of the judge," he said.

Withholding the identity of the witnesses, Nasrallah said, means "those who are accused can never question the witness. They can never ask the witness "where did you see me? What are accusing me [of]? Based upon what?"

The former Lebanese leader Rafiq Hariri was killed alongside more than 20 other people in a massive car bombing in the Lebanese capital, Beirut on February 14, 2005.

Nasrallah said in July, 2010 that he had been informed by the slain leader's son and successor, Saad Hariri, that STL "will accuse some undisciplined [Hezbollah] members." Nasrallah has rejected the allegation, warning that the plot was part of "a dangerous project that is targeting the resistance."

During his speech, the resistance leader questioned the neutrality of the court, saying the United Nations Security Council is an instrument in the hands of Washington.

In an August speech, he presented evidence proving that Israel had masterminded Hariri's assassination. The televised address featured a video captured by Israeli unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as recorded confessions by Israeli fifth columnists, substantiating that Tel Aviv had been behind the killing.

On Monday, leading Lebanese newspaper As-Safir also warned of the "intensive" pressure, Washington is applying under the slogan of "no discussions before indictment is issued."

Political analysts have warned that such indictments are meant to sow discord in Lebanon.

Hezbollah would accept the indictment issued by the tribunal only if it is supported by credible evidence, Nasrallah said.

He further broached the issue of Tel Aviv's spying on Beirut.

Nasrallah confirmed the news about Israeli-waged intelligence warfare against the country, which aims to incriminate members of the resistance movement in espionage.

He recounted how Tel Aviv would "implant" phone lines in the telephone devices used by Hezbollah members.

Aided by technical experts and the Lebanese Army Intelligence, the movement carried out "a comprehensive investigation" into the matter.

"We discovered that there are two phone lines in the telephone. One, which belongs to the individual and another, which was planted by the Israelis," Nasrallah said.

"And in your telephones, they can plant numbers, which you have no idea about and they can make phone calls by these numbers. The Israelis can make phone calls to these numbers and hence they can make it look like you're a spy…."

A Friday report by the leading Lebanese daily As-Safir showed that Israeli infiltrators used duplicated numbers to contact the telephone devices.

The newspaper warned that the application of the numbers, which appeared to be coming in from Austria, marked "serious chapters" of Israel's ability to control Lebanon's telecommunications sector.

The report, however, hailed that members of Hezbollah's security service, the Army Intelligence bureau and a number of employees at the country's Telecommunications Ministry had been able to cope with Tel Aviv's techniques and advanced software.

The act of domestic defense, it added, was enabled through several tests and tryouts.

On Tuesday, Hassan Fadlallah, a parliamentarian representing the resistance said Israel had arranged for the sale of doctored phones to some Hezbollah members, enabling wiretapping of their communications and dispatch of Tel Aviv-desired texts, Lebanese portal Naharnet reported.

"After a lengthy, complex investigation ... it was revealed that three resistance members were using local mobile phones which had been deliberately sold to them after being implanted with secret Israeli lines" by a Tel Aviv-hired Lebanese, said Fadlallah, who also chairs the parliament's media and telecommunications committee.

Also on Tuesday, Lebanon's Minister of Telecommunications Charbel Nahas said Beirut had found new evidence confirming the infiltration of Israeli espionage apparatuses into the telecommunications sector.

The resistance leader similarly spoke of the infiltration, adding that Tel Aviv was using wiretapping against all Lebanese people.

Lebanon has arrested more than 100 people, including members of the country's security forces and telecommunications personnel, since April 2009 on suspicion of spying for Israel.

Beirut has also filed a complaint to the United Nations over Israel's espionage activities within the country, expressing concerns that Israeli agents have gone as far as spying on the Lebanese President Michel Sleiman and other top officials.

The letter bewailed that the spy networks "constitute an aggression on Lebanon and on its sovereignty in a clear violation of international resolutions, particularly [the United Nations Security Council] resolution 1701."

The resolution ended Tel Aviv's 2006 war on Lebanon that killed about 1,200 Lebanese, most of them civilians.

Israeli agents had been responsible for targeted killings, the letter said.

A number of the suspected Israeli operatives, captured in Lebanon, have admitted to their roles in helping Israel identify targets inside Lebanon, mostly belonging to Hezbollah.

Nasrallah further criticized some Lebanese official for remaining silent on Israeli espionage activities in Lebanon.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/153015.html

[Federate]

Re: Hezbollah

Executing traitors seems to have gone out of fashion.

Not in Lebanon. Check this post out.

I can't wait to see the response to the defence minister's treacherous actions.

[londontsi]

Re: Hezbollah

Executing traitors seems to have gone out of fashion.

[Federate]

Re: Hezbollah

LEBANON: Wikileaks reveals cable saying defense minister gave Israel invasion advice [Updated]


December 2, 2010 | 7:33 am

Lebanon-murr-epa Lebanon's Defense Minister Elias Murr told Americans the army would stay out of the way if Israel tried to wipe out Hezbollah, according to a secret March 2008 conversation revealed in a diplomatic cable revealed by WikiLeaks.

[Updated at 7:53 a.m.: The cable originated from the U.S. Embassy in Beirut and was sent to the State Department in Washington.]

"Making clear that he was not responsible for passing messages to Israel, Murr told us that Israel would do well to avoid two things when it comes for Hizbollah," the cable read.

"One, it must not touch the Blue Line or the UNSCR 1701 areas as this will keep Hizbollah out of these areas," the memo read, referring to the southern Lebanese area now patrolled by thousands of international troops.

"Two, Israel cannot bomb bridges and infrastructure in the Christian areas," Murr was cited as saying.

The exact nature of Hezbollah's relationship to the state is not entirely clear, although the group's aim of confronting Israel is enshrined in the government policy statement and enjoys support across Lebanon.

A 2006 war was fought mainly between the Israeli Defense Forces and Hezbollah forces while the Lebanese army stood back. Any assistance or cooperation between the Lebanese army and Israel would be considered treason by many Lebanese, and Murr's assessments could easily be read as tacit collaboration.

The document is especially incriminating as Murr, a member of Lebanon's Christian community, is a presidential appointee, part of a supposedly neutral third bloc in the government.

"Murr is trying to ascertain how long an offensive would be required to clean out Hizballah... The LAF will move to pre-position food, money, and water with these units so they can stay on their bases when Israel comes for Hizbollah -- discreetly, Murr added," the cable read. "For Murr, the LAF's strategic objective was to survive a three week war 'completely intact' and able to take over once Hizbollah's militia has been destroyed."

The cable was published Thursday by the Lebanese daily Al Akhbar, which was given an advance copy of the documents by WikiLeaks.

-- Meris Lutz in Beirut

Photo: Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr arrives at the National Dialogue committee meeting at the presidential palace in Baabda east Beirut on Nov. 4. Credit: Wael Hamzeh / EPA

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2010/12/hezbollah-israel-murr-lebanon-united-states-war.html