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Iran remarks: Nasrallah slams bush
Hezbollah leader criticised Bush for accusing Iran of supporting militant groups in the region and calling them 'terrorist,' saying he is honoured to be an enemy "of the Great Satan."
- Agencies
- Published: 01:22 January 15, 2008
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Hezbollah leader criticised Bush for accusing Iran of supporting militant groups in the region and calling them 'terrorist,' saying he is honoured to be an enemy "of the Great Satan."
Hassan Nasrallah's comments came in a speech he made on Sunday night in Beirut.
"I won't hide it. I felt honoured when Bush spoke about Hezbollah and resistance movements because when the Pharaoh and the Great Satan accuse us and consider us enemies ... it is an honour for us."
Earlier in the day, Bush said that "Iran is today the world's leading state sponsor of terror. It sends hundreds of millions of dollars to extremists around the world - while its own people face repression and economic hardship at home. It undermines Lebanese hopes for peace by arming and aiding the terrorist group Hezbollah."
Nasrallah said that since Bush could say nothing about Iran's nuclear programme and he accused the state of supporting 'terrorism' in Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq and Afghanistan.
"Wherever there is resistance, Iran is accused of supporting resistance movements, and these movements, in Bush's point of view are terrorist," he said.
"He [Bush] supports the nation of terrorism, killing and wars," Nasrallah said referring to Israel. "When a country like Iran or Syria support resistance movements that are defending their children, women, land, homes and holy places against the strongest country in the region, then this is a terrorist state that supports terrorism."
Arms sale to Saudis
The Bush administration was expected to notify Congress yesterday of its intention to sell weaponry worth $20 billion (about Dh73 billion) to Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states, a US official said.
He said formal notification of the project announced last year would coincide with the arrival of President George W. Bush in Saudi Arabia.
Bush's weeklong visit to the region is aimed at advancing the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and containing what he sees as a threat to peace posed by Iran. "It [notification] is likely to come today," said the US official.
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