- The United States and Israel had the most to gain from
the killing of a top Shia cleric in Iraq last week, said Hizb Allah Secretary
General Sayyid Hasan Nasr Allah.
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- Muhammad Baqir al-Hakim was killed in a car bomb last
Friday in Najaf. At least 80 other people also died in the blast
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- Speaking to about 3,000 Shias who gathered to mourn al-Hakim
in the Beirut's southern suburbs, Nasr Allah said: "The Americans
do not want a state in Iraq, they want a splintered Iraq and the Israelis
want to crush Iraq."
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- "For more than one reason it is in Israel's interests
and part of its plan to kill the leaders that present or even might present
a danger to Israel," Nasr Allah said.
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- But the cleric stopped short of blaming either the US
or Israel for al-Hakim's killing.
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- Nasr Allah, whose Iranian-backed group helped drive Israel
out of southern Lebanon in 2000 after a 22-year occupation, said attacks
such as al-Hakim's killing or Israeli assassinations of Palestinian leaders
would strengthen their resolve.
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- "In Palestine today, Israel has taken the decision
to cross out the leaders of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, the leaders of the
uprising in Palestine," Nasr Allah said.
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- "But this (Arab) nation, in its cultural, emotional
and mental make-up...when it is threatened with death is provoked and when
it is killed it awakens and resurges," he said.
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- Nasr Allah said such an awakening was taking place as
a result of the killing of al-Hakim.
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- "Oh Americans and Zionists, no matter how much of
our leaders' blood you spill you cannot impose on us your tyranny or your
projects," he said.
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