Qassem Threatens Hizbullah will Continue to Rearm, Advises U.N. to Go to Sleep
Hizbullah”s deputy leader, Sheikh Naim Qassem, has threatened that his party will continue to rearm itself and advised the United Nations to back off.
"We will buy weapons. We will be an armed resistance and we will liberate the land with arms. Let the (U.N.) Security Council take a rest and sleep," Qassem said during a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the death of Imam Ayatollah Khomeini on Wednesday.
The U.N., he added, will not dictate to Hizbullah. "We don”t want anything from it. Let them shout but their shouts will go unheard."
"Lebanon can only be defended by the canon, the rocket and mighty hearts," he stressed.
Lauding Iran”s support for Lebanon and the Arab cause, the top Hizbullah official vowed to prevent the country from becoming an American or Israeli battlefield.
"We have reached adulthood. Lebanon will not be a battlefield either for the U.S. or for Israel," Qassem told the crowd during the ceremony at UNESCO palace.
On the elections, the Hizbullah deputy chief said: "We believe the results of the elections will be in the favor of resistant Lebanon."