Hezbollah: ‘Death to America’ (Sounds like a declaration of war to me)

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[LocalYokel]

Hezbollah: ‘Death to America’

NewsMax.com

Friday, April 18, 2003

Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, in a speech before 150,000 supporters in a Beirut suburb said the U.S. will be made to suffer greatly as a result of its presence in Iraq, according to a report in the L.A. Times:

"In the past, when the Marines were in Beirut, we screamed, ‘Death to America!’ Today, when the region is being filled with hundreds of thousands of American soldiers, ‘Death to America!’ was, is and will stay our slogan."

Even before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq began, Nasrallah raged, "The people of the region will receive [America] with rifles, blood, arms, martyrdom and martyrdom operations."

Hezbollah, the so-called "attack dog" of its sponsors Iran and Syria, with active terrorist cells on four continents, has made good on its threats before:

In 1983, the group blew up the U.S. Embassy and the Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, killing hundreds. The Marines were there to help cover Israel’s withdrawal from the capital.

In 1996, Hezbollah bombed Khobar Towers, the U.S. military housing complex in Saudi Arabia. The blast killed 19 U.S. servicemen.

The Equal of al-Qaida

"I’ll tell you that Hezbollah, as an organization with capability and worldwide presence, is its equal, if not a far more capable, organization," CIA Director George J. Tenet testified to Congress recently – comparing the terrorist group to al-Qaida.

According to the Times report, Hezbollah’s TV station has been broadcasting music videos that call for suicide attacks against American forces in Iraq. Despite such overt activity, Hezbollah has not yet claimed any responsibility for the suicide bombings against U.S. forces in Iraq thus far. However, U.S. officials have not ruled out its involvement, noting that it has a history of using proxy groups to hide its involvement in attacks.

U.S. officials concede that the U.S. presence in Iraq could provoke a violent reaction from Hezbollah. "We take it seriously, and we’re looking at them. They’ve been lethal before and continue to be," one senior administration official told the Times.

This recent round of militant bluster by Hezbollah has provoked a resurgence of the feeling that sooner or later the U.S. will have to deal directly with the threat. Some suggest that it such action is long overdue:

Shut the Camps Down

When Sen. Bob Graham, D-Fla., was chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, he called on the administration to order Syria to shut down Hezbollah training camps in Lebanon and attack the facilities if Damascus refused.

More recently, Israeli Prime Minister Arial Sharon demanded that the U.S. take diplomatic and economic moves against Syria if it did not rid its territories of the terrorist camps.

But any decision to move aggressively against the state-sponsored terrorists is fraught with issues – not the least of which is the potential of broadening the Iraq conflict into a regional crisis.

So far, Bush administration officials have sternly warned Syrian President Bashar Assad against supporting terrorism or sheltering fleeing Saddam henchmen.

In the meantime, Hezbollah continues to receive as much as $100 million annually from Tehran, with Damascus throwing in weapons and logistical support, according to the report.

Already bristling with thousands of well-armed terrorists and thousands of missiles, Hezbollah may be outstripping al-Qaida as public enemy number one

[LocalYokel]

Does "Death to American" qualify as an official declaration of war? I mean, here we are just around the corner and all. Why not stop by on the way home?

I think these guys should be nominated for a Darwin Award.

[SwinneySwitch]

Jihad, jihad,jihad against hezzbullah!!!

[not-an-ostrich]

We need to carve the words of President Bush in stone "no distinction will be made between terrorists and the countries who harbor terrorists" and send it to countries harboring Hezbollah.

[dighton]

Welcome to FreeRepublic.

"Death to America" is downright unneighborly. Hezbollah need to be taught some manners.

[Psycho_Bunny]

[Adrastus]

Fanatic: "One who, having lost his direction, re-doubles his effort."

If observation wont serve as a teacher, then I suppose he'll just have to have a first hand look. Some people are just too stupid to live.An old friend once remarked,"I know just what'll cure that. Naplm, and plenty of it."

[Happy2BMe]

"In the past, when the Marines were in Beirut, we screamed, ‘Death to America!’ Today, when the region is being filled with hundreds of thousands of American soldiers, ‘Death to America!’ was, is and will stay our slogan."

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Rachel Corrie, 23, from Olympia, Wash., a member of the 'International Solidarity Movement,' burns a mock U.S. flag during a rally in the southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites) town of Rafah in this Feb. 15, 2003 file photo. Corrie was run over and crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer Sunday, March 16, 2003, while she was trying to stop it from tearing down a building in the Rafah refugee camp, witnesses said.

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Claim That Media Used Fake Images Proven FALSE

[John Lenin]

If they are dumb enough to attack us, so be it. They will pay with their lives.

[jwalsh07]

America: Death to Jihadists.

[Illbay]

"Death to America" == Lots of Dead Islamofascists, it appears to me.

[tomahawk]

Hezbollah (murderers of 241 Americans in 1982) needs to be destroyed.

We're up for the job.

Destroy them.

[tomahawk]

It was actually 1983.

Destroy Hezbollah

[joesnuffy]

We need to carve the words of President Bush in stone "no distinction will be made between terrorists and the countries who harbor terrorists" and send it to countries harboring Hezbollah.

But a large warehouse north of Baghdad was filled to the roof with shoulder launched Roland anti aircraft missles....If they were sold to Iraq after or during Desert Storm doesnt that make France a terrorist nation?....

[McGavin999]

Ah, now we know why the US had those MOABs shipped over there.

[Senator Goldwater]

We shouldn't wait for these clowns to make a move. We've still got unfinished business.

Imagine if Bush eliminates Ba'athist facism, al Qaeda and Hezbollah terrorism all in his first term.

Help certainly was on the way in 2000.

[goodnesswins]

Hmmmm....You're either with US or you're with the Terrorists....kind of makes it clear to me.

[Malsua]

Doesn't anyone note that the more you squeeze Damascus, the more Hezbullah squeals?

We know Syria supports these scumbags.

Turn off their oil, turn off their money, turn off their power, make this nation DEAD. Bring out Bashar's head on a pike next to the pikes with the heads of the terrorist generals. These scumbags must go.

[tomahawk]

Assad is an Alawite despot thug. Kick him and his clan out of power.

[Terpfen]

I hope they drop one on Arafat's headquarters.

Let's show Israel how you really destroy a compound...