Hezbollah leader declares his group has 100,000 fighters

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The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah has declared for the first time that his powerful militant group has 100,000 trained fighters. The disclosure follows gunbattles last week in the streets of Beirut that killed seven people.

Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah disclosed the size of the Shiite group’s militant arm in his first speech since seven people were killed in gunbattles on the streets of Beirut on Thursday — the worst street violence the city has seen in years. The confrontation erupted over a long-running probe into last year’s massive port blast in the city.

“We have prepared with their diverse weapons to defend our territory, our oil and gas that is being robbed before the eyes of Lebanese, to protect the dignity and sovereignty of our country from any aggression terrorism and not for internal fighting,” Nasrallah said. Hezbollah and its allies have been highly critical of Judge Tarek Bitar, who is in charge of the port blast investigation, accusing him of being selective and going after some officials and not others while seeking to politicize the probe. They asked that he be removed.

Nasrallah accused Geagea of “manufacturing” Thursday’s clashes in the Tayuneh area of the city and described him as a criminal and a killer.

 

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Can’t wait for a conservative to tell me how this is Biden’s fault

Fantastic! Another religious war is brewing....Millions of deaths over unsubstantiated beliefs in the past has not taught us anything. Here we are in the 21st century, and billions still cling to extremely outdated 13th century methodology.

How many tanks? Munitions? Aircraft? Food stores? Established logistical networks? 100,000 guys with AKs is just 100,000 easy targets.

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