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-- Note: Lebanese protesters may do many small actions, but they are weak.
They have no impact on any political party or the system.
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-- The scene is similar in Tripoli's main square too.

-- In the video you can see the stage members saluting the man that jumped and attacked ISF last week.
🇱🇧🇮🇱 -- IDF IAF jets are reported over the Lebanese coast.
-- Mohamad Kdouh is an exceptional Lebanese football player.

-- After posting a picture of General Qassem Soleimani, intelligence services in Bangladesh besieged his house, forced him to terminate his contract, and leave the country.
-- Lieutenant general Qassem Solaimani somewhere in South Lebanon.
-- S.Narallah's speech just started.

We'll translate soon.
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-- S.Narallah's speech just started. We'll translate soon.
1) Nasrallah: I want to give my condolences to the families of all those who died in this ugly American crime, particularly to the family of Qassem Soleimani.

2) Nasrallah: I want to first talk about the two martyrs, particularly Qassem Soleimani, and his connection to Lebanon and the resistance in Lebanon, since I didn't have a chance to do so last Sunday.

3) Nasrallah: So we can thank them, because it is a Divine command to thank human beings who have done us good, like we thank God.

4) Nasrallah: Soleimani did not represent himself, but Iran and its wise regime - and in that capacity he gave so much to the countries of our region. Each country can talk about their own, I will talk about Lebanon.

5) Nasrallah: We also want to give an idea of the kind of commander produced by this ideology, and by the Revolution of Imam Khomeini - the true Muslim commander.
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1) Nasrallah: I want to give my condolences to the families of all those who died in this ugly American crime, particularly to the family of Qassem Soleimani. 2) Nasrallah: I want to first talk about the two martyrs, particularly Qassem Soleimani, and his…
6) Nasrallah: When he took over the Quds Force, he came to Lebanon to meet us. He didn't wait for us to go to Iran.

7) Nasrallah:He quickly established an excellent relationship w/leadership of Hezbollah, particularly the jihadist commanders.

8) Nasrallah: He quickly learned Arabic. From the first hours, we didn't feel any sense of formality. At all. He was one of us, like one of our ordinary brothers.

9) Nasrallah: His relationship w/our brothers in the Resistance reached the lover of brotherhood. They would miss him and yearn for him. He would be happy for our joys, and sad for our pain. Instead of us going to him, he would always come to us.

10) Nasrallah: Instead of us sending people to Iran to ask for help, he would periodically come here to Lebanon, and ensure that all our needs were met by Iran.
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6) Nasrallah: When he took over the Quds Force, he came to Lebanon to meet us. He didn't wait for us to go to Iran. 7) Nasrallah:He quickly established an excellent relationship w/leadership of Hezbollah, particularly the jihadist commanders. 8) Nasrallah:…
11) 13-Nasrallah: It all started in 1998. if you go back to 1998-1999, the apex of Hezbollah's activities in south Lebanon [against Israel.] One of main reasons was Soleimani's assistance, and he was a chief partner in the May 2000 liberation. We've never talked about this before.

12) Nasrallah: After Israel withdrew, some could think the battle was done. But Soleimani agreed w/us this was just the beginning, that Lebanon was still under Israeli threat, and Israeli desire for revenge.

13) Nasrallah: So need became one to transform Resistance from force carrying out war of attrition against Israel in south Lebanon, to improving its capabilities to give it deterrence capabilities against Israel. This is where the rocket capabilities come in.

14) Nasrallah: Soleimani followed up with this on an almost daily basis.

15) Nasrallah: Qassem Soleimani was tireless, even when we would tire.

16) Nasrallah: When the 2006 war started, he was in Iran. He came to Damascus, and called us telling us he wanted to come to Beirut. We warned him against it, but he wouldn't relent. He came to Dahiyeh, and stayed w/us the entire war.

17) Nasrallah: He stayed w/us under the bombs. He could have helped us from Damascus, but he insisted on being w/us in the operations HQ. He said, "either I will live with you, or die with you."
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11) 13-Nasrallah: It all started in 1998. if you go back to 1998-1999, the apex of Hezbollah's activities in south Lebanon [against Israel.] One of main reasons was Soleimani's assistance, and he was a chief partner in the May 2000 liberation. We've never…
18) Nasrallah: Until August 14, when it became clear the war would end. He asked us what we wanted when he returned to Tehran. We said our first priority is the dispossessed persons, and we need large sums of money to help them find shelter, rebuild homes.

19) Nasrallah: After 2006, he kept up his efforts tirelessly, until the winds of war took over the region and Syria. I'm still only talking about Lebanon, not about Palestine or elsewhere.

20) Nasrallah: He shared our reading of what was going on in Syria. Some were minimizing what was going on in Syria, the level of jihadist threat from ISIS. Had ISIS not been defeated in Palmyra, Homs, etc. could we have expelled them from Arsal? This was one battle.
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18) Nasrallah: Until August 14, when it became clear the war would end. He asked us what we wanted when he returned to Tehran. We said our first priority is the dispossessed persons, and we need large sums of money to help them find shelter, rebuild homes.…
21) Nasrallah: It was single war from Arsal all the way to the eastern Syrian desert.

22) Nasrallah: After battle of ISIS, Hezbollah's current deterrent capabilities, even according to Israeli estimations - which I won't say I agree with - became an existential threat to Israel, in light of precision missiles.

23) Nasrallah: Israel not only sees Hezbollah as capable of defending Lebanon and its natural resources, but as threatening its very existence. We never thought this would happen. And they're not exaggerating, it's a form of truth. This is thanks to Iran, embodied in Soleimani.

24) Nasrallah: Not once did Soleimani demand thanks or act like we owed him anything. Not once, not in a single expression. He considered this as a duty, to please God, and would grant him reward on Day of Judgment. He would even call himself our servant.

25) Nasrallah: These 22 yrs, Soleimani never ordered us anything or asked us anything. Neither did Iran. Yes, he asked advisers from Hezbollah to help Iraqis - but not for Iran.
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21) Nasrallah: It was single war from Arsal all the way to the eastern Syrian desert. 22) Nasrallah: After battle of ISIS, Hezbollah's current deterrent capabilities, even according to Israeli estimations - which I won't say I agree with - became an existential…
26) Nasrallah: Iran sees itself as having responsibilities - religious, moral, humanitarian - toward these countries of the region, who are under threat and whose lands are occupied, and they would ask for nothing in return. The Americans can't understand this.

27) Nasrallah: They call our groups Iran's tools/proxies. These are not tools of Iran. They are its friends and lovers. Iran refuses to see them as its tools.

28) Nasrallah: Iran never asked of anything from the Palestinians. Yes, it would ask them to resist and fight for their land, but this is for their own benefit, it's their interest and cause. But they never asked for anything for Iran.

29) Nasrallah: This is [true] political Islam, whose reputation groups like ISIS harmed.

30) Nasrallah: I think it was the divine will for Soleimani and al-Muhandis, two dear friends, to be martyred together, and for this martyrdom to have a great regional impact.

31) Nasrallah: Al Muhandis called Qassem, when he was with us, and told him the situation in Baghdad isn't safe don't come. But Qassem insisted to come.
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26) Nasrallah: Iran sees itself as having responsibilities - religious, moral, humanitarian - toward these countries of the region, who are under threat and whose lands are occupied, and they would ask for nothing in return. The Americans can't understand…
32) Nasrallah: When threat of ISIS arose in Iraq, Soleimani was on the ground in Iraq from day one.

33) Nasrallah: Qassem could have stayed in Tehran and sent his officers, but no. He not only opened the borders, but he insisted on being on the frontline.

34) Nasrallah: ISIS was at the time an American creation, and was backed by regional countries, and if you look at Gulf media, they were talking about the glorious revolution being started by ISIS.

35) Nasrallah: Soleimani arrived in Baghdad, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis was one of the central commanders in this great war against ISIS.

36) Nasrallah: When al-Muhandis was martyred, he was engaged in operations to clean up Iraq from ISIS, because ISIS was trying to take advantage of recent events in Iraq to have a resurgence.

37) Nasrallah: Had ISIS not been defeated in Iraq, then Syria would have been lost. Jordan would have been in danger. Gulf states, which backed ISIS, would have been in danger, so would Turkey.
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32) Nasrallah: When threat of ISIS arose in Iraq, Soleimani was on the ground in Iraq from day one. 33) Nasrallah: Qassem could have stayed in Tehran and sent his officers, but no. He not only opened the borders, but he insisted on being on the frontline.…
38) Nasrallah: Every country and people in the region must thank Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis for defeating ISIS, because in their battle they protected the entire region's peoples. Lebanon and other countries.

39) Nasrallah: ISIS still has remnants, all the way to Nigeria. What do we hear of ISIS expect murder and death, against the Mosques of Muslims and Churches of Christians? These are parts of the lies @realDonaldTrump keeps saying.

40) Nasrallah: Now, some of the repercussions of the great martyrdom of Soleimani and Muhandis.

41) Nasrallah: A)It reunited Iraqis to confront what is being prepared against them. B) The million-person funeral processions for Soleimani in Iran, in addition for the protests.

42) Nasrallah: We always used to say Khomeini's funeral was unique in the history of humanity, since God created Adam.

43) Nasrallah: This was both in numbers and grief and emotion. Now, Soleimani's funeral brought out 5 million? 7 million? It is unprecedented since Khomeini's funeral.
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38) Nasrallah: Every country and people in the region must thank Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis for defeating ISIS, because in their battle they protected the entire region's peoples. Lebanon and other countries. 39) Nasrallah: ISIS still has remnants…
44) Nasrallah: This funeral has been unprecedented in history, just as the Iranian people are incomparable on earth. Show me another people that would go through so much effort to mourn their leader?

45) Nasrallah: This was entirely willing. You might be able to bring people out to the streets, but how can you make them show grief? How can you force them to cry?

46) Nasrallah: I read high-ranking American officials saying that Soleimani's funeral terrified @realDonaldTrump and his administration.

47) Nasrallah: The great crowds in Khuzestan also sent a very important message, particularly to the Gulf States and their American masters.

48) Nasrallah: Soleimani's funeral constituted a second Islamic revolution in Iran, and I think it put the Americans and others who are betting on internal Iranian dissent in great despair.