Hezbollah Blames Israel for Killings

AP via SFGate ^ | 10/5/7 | SAM F. GHATTAS, Associated Press Writer

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BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- The leader of Hezbollah accused Israel on Friday of being behind a string of killings of anti-Syria figures in Lebanon, saying the Jewish state was trying to foment strife between his Islamic militant movement and other Lebanese communities.

Supporters of Lebanon's government and others have repeatedly blamed Syria for the killings, charging Syria wants to bring down Prime Minister Fuad Saniora by killing off lawmakers who give him a slim parliamentary majority.

Hassan Nasrallah, whose anti-Israeli group leads the pro-Syria opposition to Lebanon's U.S.-backed government, made the allegation during a speech to a rally held in south Beirut to show support for the Palestinians.

"The hand that is killing is Israel's," Nasrallah told thousands of supporters who occasionally interrupted his speech with roars of approval.

He said that "Israel has a sure interest in the assassinations" because it "is the prime beneficiary of any internal strife in Lebanon" between factions opposed to Syrian influence and those who are friends of the Damascus regime like Hezbollah.

Nasrallah, who keeps his whereabouts secret for fear Israel would try to kill him as it killed his predecessor in 1992, spoke over a video linkup and did not personally attend the rally.

There were no responses to Associated Press calls for comment to Israeli government officials in Jerusalem and the Israeli Embassy in Washington because offices had closed for the Jewish sabbath.

Syria denies any link to the slayings.

[Huntress]

In other news, the sun rose in the east this morning . . .

[tpanther]

Yup....meanwhile Iran is inviting the Jews to simply move back to Europe, or get this... Alaska! LOL

Makes me wonder if people like Jimmy Carter (and virtually every other hypocrat except Joe Lieberman or Zell Miller) ever have the opportunity to actually hear what their allies sound like?

At cocktail parties, does the hollyweirdo crowd look at each other nervously and just kinda shrug and giggle it off when their allies make these kinds of comments?

Does the MSM just shuffle papers and tune this out when their allies against the ‘evil zionist Bush/Cheney/Rove vast right wing conspiracy’ blurt out such insane idiocy?