Word: nasrallah
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Arafat basked in the ululations, flashed the V-sign and tossed white carnations into the throng. Yet even amid the euphoria, there were doubts about the future. Medical technician Ayman Nasrallah said he was glad Arafat had returned because "it symbolizes the cooling down of the Palestinians. Until recently, Arafat represented the gun; now he represents peace." But asked whether Arafat would be a good Governor, Nasrallah replied, "No. He has no qualifications to be head of state...
...Hizballah's top leaders show no signs of mellowing when they speak of their enemies. While Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, who took over as secretary- general last year after the Israelis killed his predecessor, opposes kidnapping Westerners, he scorns the U.S. "They are primarily responsible for all Israeli crimes," he says. His deputy, Sheik Naim Qassim, says last week's Israeli attacks will have no effect on Hizballah. "None of us is afraid to die," he says. "Our principles and aims are more important than our lives." Those aims include driving the Israelis from southern Lebanon and seeking...
...including civilians on both sides. Hizballah managed to fire a Katyusha rocket into northern Israel, killing a teenage boy, while Israeli air, sea and artillery attacks likewise claimed a handful of innocent lives. At week's end Israeli tanks were poised along the Lebanese border, and Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah was calling for a general mobilization of his 3,500 fighters...
...Nasrallah Sfeir, the patriarch of Lebanon's Maronites, the country's largest Christian group, pleaded in vain for the factions to stop fighting. "This is suicide," he lamented...