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http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=22469 Nasrallah dares
Nasrallah's speech was delivered in the
wake of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's visit to Nasrallah lashed out at the U.S. administration, which he accused of seeking to disarm the
resistance in order to serve " "Let me ask Condoleezza Rice, who
praises democracy, if early elections take place, or in three years, elections
take place and a new majority is in place that doesn't support the "Let the Lebanese decide their own
affairs," added Nasrallah, addressing Rice. Nasrallah called for toning down
political rhetoric in "I am asking for calm ... and for
calming the people down," Nasrallah said. "It is imperative not to resort to the street," he added. "People
will say I am saying this because the March 14 forces are trying to oust the
president. This is not true. I am talking about maintaining national
unity." "I say to [U.S. President George
W.] Bush and the Zionists: Your schemes will fail as the nation will remain united." Nasrallah's speech was strongly welcomed
by the crowds, who chanted " Hizbullah organized the protest to
denounce a bomb attack on Wednesday that damaged to the golden dome on the
Askariya shrine in Samarra, about 95 kilometers north of Baghdad, enraging
Shiites in Iraq, where Sunni mosques were attacked in retaliation. Nasrallah listed three benefactors of
attacks in the attack: the U.S. occupation, the radical groups and Zionists in He said the U.S. administration wishes
to stir strife between Sunnis and Shiites to give the impression that Iraq's
security and politics can only be guaranteed by the occupying forces. While the radical groups publicly
announced their plans to create division between Muslims, the Zionists,
particularly the Mossad, have always existed in the North and other areas of He said Nasrallah called for peaceful
expressions of sadness and anger and urged Iraqi Shiites to refrain from
launching accusations at the Sunnis. "Division serves the interests of
the Nasrallah urged the Iraqis to be patient
and united, stressing that "strife should be contained, not allowed to
expand to our local scene." "Loyalty should remain to the
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