NASRALLAH EMERGES FROM HIS HIDING HOLE

Hizballah Leader Rants, Boasts (LGF)
At the pathetic “victory” celebrations in Beirut, Hizballah strongman Hassan Nasrallah crawled out of his hiding place to boast that they still have 20,000 rockets.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hizbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday his Lebanese guerrillas still had more than 20,000 rockets after their month-long war with Israel and no army in the world could disarm them.

Speaking to a sea of followers at a “divine victory” rally in south Beirut, Nasrallah said the Shi’ite Muslim group had emerged stronger from the conflict and also called for a new government in Lebanon.

“The resistance today, pay attention...has more than 20,000 rockets,” he told hundreds of thousands of cheering supporters in his first public appearance since the war broke out in July. “(It) has recovered all its organizational and military capabilities ... it is stronger than it was before July 12,” Nasrallah told the crowd in the Shi’ite Muslim suburbs which were heavily bombed in the 34-day war.

“There is no army in the world that can (force us) to drop our weapons from our hands, from our grip,” he declared.

WHERE, YOU MAY ASK, WERE THE ISRAELI SNIPERS WHEN THIS SNAKE EMERGED FROM HIS HOLE?

"Deputy-General Guy of the Givati Brigades currently patrolling southern Lebanon said Friday morning that even if Hizbullah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah attends the Hizbullah victory rally later that day, the IDF will not attempt to assassinate him," the Jerusalem Post reports.

"I don't think it is the correct thing to do, certainly not to the masses of people attending the rally who, although support Hizbullah, do not deserve to die," he said, adding that the IDF was unmoved by the victory march.

Hizballah Demonstrators Throw Stones Over Border Fence - Hanan Greenberg
Dozens of Hizballah members demonstrated Thursday near the electronic fence on Israel's northern border, carrying flags and throwing rocks at the Israeli side of the border. UN troops were mobilized to the area, but the demonstrators left before they arrived. A senior IDF source said "clauses in the UN decision are supposed to prevent any movement of Hizballah members near the border." (Ynet News)

Cotler: Many Hizballah War Issues Unresolved - Jenny Hazan
Speaking at the Institute for Counter-Terrorism at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, former Canadian justice minister Irwin Cotler said several important aspects of UN Security Council Resolution 1701 have yet to be implemented. Hizballah has not yet been disarmed; the terrorists are returning to southern Lebanon, which is supposed to be a demilitarized zone; the Lebanese government has not yet extended its control over all parts of Lebanon, and is still not imposing an interdiction on weapons from Iran and Syria. But most importantly, the kidnapped Israeli soldiers Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev have yet to be returned. (Canadian Jewish News)

People of Southern Lebanon Bound to Hizballah - Hannah Allam
Sahar Bajouk, 17, was surprised to learn how many men in her village of Aita el Shaab belonged to Hizballah. Her brothers stayed to fight the Israelis. So did her high school boy friend. Her history teacher died in battle, along with an administrator from her school and several of her neighbors: an architect, a restaurateur, a college student, and a shopkeeper. "See that house over there?," she said. "That's where Hizballah kept the collaborators, the spies. They don't kill them straightaway. First, they're questioned so that they can catch the whole web." A Shiite Muslim scout group in blue uniforms adorned with photos of Iranian ayatollahs distributed bottles of water. A crisply dressed band played martial music with lyrics that said martyrdom was "as beautiful as the moon." (McClatchy News)