Resistance dismisses 'rumors' of high-level shakeup
Daily Star staff http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1 <http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id= 87477> &categ_id=2&article_id=87477 Friday, December 14, 2007 BEIRUT: Hizbullah issued a statement on Thursday dismissing reports circulated in the media about new appointments in the group's high command. The London- based Ash-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper reported Thursday that Iran's spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had stripped Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah <http://amazon.com/gp/product/1844671534?ie=UTF8&tag=thedailystar-20&link_co de=em1&camp=212341&creative=384049&creativeASIN=1844671534&adid=905b36ea-931 6-49ce-9089-57fda4cf090a> of his military authorities and appointed his deputy, Sheikh Naim Qassem, commander of the party's military branch. "The report published in Ash-Sharq al-Awsat is totally unfounded and lacks objectivity," said a statement issued by Hizbullah Thursday. The group said the article "only aims to weaken the popularity Hizbullah and its secretary general, Hassan Nasrallah, have gained everywhere in the Arab world after defeating Israel in the summer 2006 war." "A similar article was published in the Israeli newspaper Maariv not too long ago ... which helps us know more about the groups responsible of spreading such rumors," Hizbullah added. The Saudi-owned daily said that the alleged decision was taken in light of a report presented by a team from the intelligence apparatus of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards that had visited Lebanon to assess the status of Hizbullah's military and its capabilities. The newspaper quoted what it said was a Revolutionary Guards officer in the Bekaa Valley <http://amazon.com/gp/product/0517566036?ie=UTF8&tag=thedailystar-20&link_co de=em1&camp=212341&creative=384049&creativeASIN=0517566036&adid=d0a53cd0-67c d-4b03-9006-cf58bb40ce6b> as saying that Nasrallah and Qassem were "at odds" about a number of "crucial issues related to the party's military wing ... which led Khamenei's office to interfere in order to reorganize Hizbullah's command structure." The unidentified source said Hizbullah's annual budget of $400 million was raised to over $1 billion in the past 18 months to compensate for losses during the 2006 war. According to the Saudi daily, Khamenei assigned a team comprising major officers <http://amazon.com/gp/product/B0008E2P1K?ie=UTF8&tag=thedailystar-20&link_co de=em1&camp=212341&creative=384049&creativeASIN=B0008E2P1K&adid=c5c1a944-929 d-4791-b58c-908479351af9> of the Revolutionary Guards to restructure the party's military branch in light of the team's recommendations. "Sayyed Nasrallah is the leader of Hizbullah and he is the guardian of the resistance against occupation and Hizbullah is as united as ever," the Hizbullah statement concluded. - The Daily Star <http://amazon.com/gp/product/B00006KB36?ie=UTF8&tag=thedailystar-20&link_co de=em1&camp=212341&creative=384049&creativeASIN=B00006KB36&adid=2c966cd1-38f 9-45f3-bcdc-82ca823d48d9> (F)AIR USE NOTICE: All original content and/or articles and graphics in this message are copyrighted, unless specifically noted otherwise. All rights to these copyrighted items are reserved. 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