If Cornered, Iran Would Sic Hezbollah on U.S,, Intel Officials Say
and then this:
The Lebanese-based Hezbollah organization, which is supported by Iran, will not rush to Tehran's defense if the U.S. launched a strike against its nuclear program, but would step in if the conflict spread to Lebanon, its deputy chief said Monday.
Sheikh Naim Kassem told Reuters that the group, which was established by Iran in the early 1980s but has since grown into a political party with 14 seats in the Lebanese parliament, had no plans to get involved in regional battles.
"Hezbollah is not a tool of Iran, it is a Lebanese project that implements the demands of Lebanese," Kassem said in an interview in the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburb of Beirut.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/718623.html
.. discuss.
and then this:
The Lebanese-based Hezbollah organization, which is supported by Iran, will not rush to Tehran's defense if the U.S. launched a strike against its nuclear program, but would step in if the conflict spread to Lebanon, its deputy chief said Monday.
Sheikh Naim Kassem told Reuters that the group, which was established by Iran in the early 1980s but has since grown into a political party with 14 seats in the Lebanese parliament, had no plans to get involved in regional battles.
"Hezbollah is not a tool of Iran, it is a Lebanese project that implements the demands of Lebanese," Kassem said in an interview in the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburb of Beirut.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/718623.html
.. discuss.
