THE GLOBAL ELITE

43: Hassan Nasrallah

He's the most influential radical Shiite leader in an unsettled Arab world.

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Like a turbaned Big Brother from "1984," Lebanese Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah makes speeches on a giant video screen while his corporeal location remains a closely guarded secret. No surprise. The man who launched a war against Israel in 2006 and lived to tell the tale—a big victory by Arab standards—has been at the top of the Tel Aviv hit list ever since. The longer he stays alive, the bigger his stature grows: with the decline of Iraq's Moqtada al-Sadr, Nasrallah is now unquestionably the most influential radical Shiite leader in the Arab world. The long-oppressed minority sees a prouder future in him, even if not in the flesh.

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  • Posted By: Abul Ghadab @ 01/05/2009 6:55:08 AM

    Terrorist? You call these free men terrorists?
    After occupying their land for 50 years, bulldozing their homes. tearing the roots of their trees, these "terrorists" have accepted peace only to be ruled out of it later on when the israelis got more hungry for land. They accepted cease fire only to be shot later on. They demanded peace as their cities were being burnt to the ground. And now and after another 6 months of siege and starvation, these poor fathers stood up for their imprisoned fathers, their kidnapped daughters, their tortured brothers, and their dead sons and decided to say "NO!"

    If after all the what the world has been through, you still cant diffrintiate freedom from terrorism, then you will never diffrentiate peace from slavery.

  • Posted By: Abul Ghadab @ 01/05/2009 6:53:04 AM

    Terrorist? You call these free men terrorists?
    After occupying their land for 50 years, bulldozing their homes. tearing the roots of their trees, these "terrorists" have accepted peace only to be ruled out of it later on when the israelis got more hungry for land. They accepted cease fire only to be shot later on. They demanded peace as their cities were being burnt to the ground. And now and after another 6 months of siege and starvation, these poor fathers stood up for their imprisoned fathers, their kidnapped daughters, their tortured brothers, and their dead sons and decided to say "NO!"

    If after all the what the world has been through, you still cant diffrintiate freedom from terrorism, then you will never diffrentiate peace from slavery.

  • Posted By: AfzaalKR @ 01/05/2009 5:19:54 AM

    The comment posted by Mr DanielIM is deplorabel. The person who is not accepting the hegmony of Israil in middle east and who is fighting for the right of his people Shia,sunni,daroz,christians without discrimination is terrorist in your eyes. Shame on you and your leaders who are responsible for more than a million deaths in Iraq and million throughout the world.

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