Hezbollah leader warns

artappraiser — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 20:42:07 +0000

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Hezbollah leader warns Lebanon's violence will reach beyond Shiites

The day after the deadliest bombing since Lebanon's civil war, Hezbollah leader Nasrallah warned that violence has the potential to touch all Lebanese.

By Nicholas Blanford, Christian Science Monitor, August 16, 2013

A Sunni group calling itself

artappraiser — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 03:17:06 +0000

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A Sunni group calling itself the Brigades of Aisha claimed responsibility for the attack and promised more operations against Hezbollah. It was not immediately possible to verify the statement, which was made in an internet video.

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The Brigades of Aisha statement said: "This is the second time that we decide the time and place of the battle ... And you will see more, God willing." It described Hezbollah and Nasrallah as Iranian agents.

"We send a message to our brothers in Lebanon, we ask you to stay away from all the Iranian colonies in Lebanon ... because your blood is precious to us," a masked spokesman, flanked by two men brandishing rifles, said in the video.

"But Hassan Nasrallah is an agent of Iran and Israel and we promise him more and more [attacks]."

But many Lebanese politicians blamed Israel. "The explosion was carefully prepared and one of the theories is that it could have been an Israeli retaliation for the Labouneh operation," interior minister Marwan Charbel said, referring to an incident last week when four Israeli soldiers were wounded in southern Lebanon.

Nasrallah said on Wednesday they were targeted by Hezbollah, which fought a month-long war with Israel in 2006 [....]

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Beirut car bomb rips through Hezbollah stronghold
Associated Press in Beirut, 15 August 2013

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Hezbollah leader warns

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