Word: nasrallah
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...Hizballah leader Hassan Nasralllah said that the group did not seek a war in southern Lebanon but sought to swap the captured Israelis for Arab detainees held by Israel. He did not specify, but Nasrallah seemed to be referring to a handful of Lebanese as well as the hundreds of Palestinians whose release is being demanded by Hamas militants holding a captured Israeli soldier in Gaza...
...that the anti-Syrian protests may accelerate demands that Hizballah disband its military wing, in accord with U.N. Resolution 1559. A Syrian pullout would deprive Hizballah of a powerful ally on the ground and could choke off the Syrian channel for military supplies from Iran, Hizballah's main sponsor. Nasrallah is concerned that Lebanon will move into the U.S. orbit and face pressure to sign a peace treaty with Israel. While Nasrallah lauded Syria, he was careful to hold the demonstration under the colors of Lebanon's national flag. It was a sign that Hizballah will throw more...
...Nasrallah, 44, is used to being heard. Since assuming the group's leadership after Israel assassinated his predecessor, Sheik Abbas Musawi, in 1992, Nasrallah--a bearded, bespectacled Shi'ite cleric who trained in Najaf and Qum--has used Hizballah's resources to build a vast welfare network consisting of dozens of schools, 50 clinics and four hospitals as well as various businesses and farms that employ supporters...
...same time, Nasrallah has boosted Hizballah's campaign against Israel, promoting suicide bombings and other violent attacks over Hizballah's Manar satellite channel and sending Hizballah's guerrillas to smuggle arms into the West Bank. Such meddling infuriates Hizballah's critics in Washington, who have pushed the Bush Administration to disarm Hizballah, through either military strikes or U.N. sanctions. But last week Administration officials abstained from denouncing Hizballah and suggested the group should be encouraged to complete its transformation into a political party. "Let's see what the Lebanese people want to be when they grow up," says a veteran...
...Nasrallah, who is married and has four children, may find himself taking on an even bigger role. Though he rarely ventures out of Shi'ite strongholds--he usually limits his public addresses to well-guarded meetings marking religious occasions--he is respected by Lebanese politicians for ending Israel's occupation of southern Lebanon, a cause that cost him his eldest son, who died in 1997 battling Israeli forces. Some believe that Nasrallah could help bring Lebanon's bickering sides to the table. "Clear, decisive, conversational, principled and responsible," wrote Lebanese columnist Joseph Samaha on Nasrallah's call for a national...