Nasrallah Agrees to Dialogue 'without Preconditions': For Putting All Arms under Army-People-Resistance Equation
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربيةHizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Friday said the proliferation of illegal arms in the country “requires incorporating all weapons within the equation of the army, people, and Resistance,” urging all parties to heed President Michel Suleiman’s call for national dialogue “without preconditions.”
“We will take part in national dialogue without preconditions. If the March 14 camp is truly concerned about the country, then it should head to dialogue without conditions,” Nasrallah said, in a televised address on the occasion of Resistance and Liberation Day.
“I call on all sides to comply with President Suleiman's call for dialogue. Those setting conditions do not want dialogue, but they simply want power,” he added.
Suleiman on Thursday announced that he will call for a national dialogue conference to be held in the second week of June, urging the March 14 forces to heed his call without linking it to the issue of forming a new government.
“In the next few days, I will send everyone a written letter calling for dialogue to be held in the second week of June, and those who have certain conditions must announce them during the first session of dialogue,” the president added.
Earlier on Thursday, the March 14 forces called for forming a “neutral, salvation government,” revealing that they will “very soon submit an initiative” to Suleiman that is “aimed at confronting the attempt to ruin Lebanon.”
In a statement issued after an emergency meeting in the wake of the latest unrest in the country, the March 14 forces noted that “confronting the conspiracy of ruining Lebanon and the collapse of its state requires the resignation of the government and the formation of a government of civil peace, a neutral salvation government that would help the president relaunch dialogue over arms -- all arms -- implement the national dialogue table's resolutions and oversee free elections.”
But Nasrallah said “it is wrong to link the Resistance’s arms to other weapons present in Lebanon, whether in the possession of the March 8 or March 14 camps.”
“What have the arms in Lebanon, besides those of the resistance, done for the country?” he added.
“They are saying that since there is chaos of arms in Lebanon, then we should tackle the Resistance’s arms. They should instead incorporate all the arms within the equation of the army, people, and resistance,” Hizbullah’s leader suggested.
He noted that “the equation of the people, army, and resistance can protect the country, but only the government and army are responsible for Lebanon’s internal security.”
“Our arms are not aimed at protecting one group or sect, but we demand that the state protect the country and people. Our arms are only pointed at Israel,” Nasrallah reassured.
He stressed that the army has the most important role in protecting civil peace.
“Let us defend the military institution,” Nasrallah said, warning that “no side would be victorious should civil war and sectarian divisions return.”
Addressing the latest deadly unrest in the country, Nasrallah said the Akkar incident that resulted in the death of two Sunni clerics, Sheikh Ahmed Abdul Wahed and Sheikh Mohammed Merheb, is “regrettable, saddening and condemned, but it remains an accident.”
“The army should be protected for the sake of all sheikhs and the Lebanese people,” added Nasrallah, saying the judiciary must look into the incident and the state must shoulder its responsibilities.
“We must be careful not to be dragged into any fighting, because some sides are trying to stir seditions,” Nasrallah warned.
On the controversial arrest of Salafist activist Shadi al-Mawlawi that stirred deadly unrest in the northern city of Tripoli, Nasrallah said: “Why should clashes erupt in Tripoli after a wanted individual is arrested?”
He warned that “sectarian incitement will make the situation on the ground uncontrollable,” urging political leaders and media outlets to “stop the incitement.”
“Where was the government when the clashes erupted in Tariq al-Jedideh? The army and security forces should be granted all that they need in order to avert future clashes,” said Nasrallah.
Nasrallah voiced his support for speeding up the trials of Islamist detainees in Lebanese prisons, stressing that the innocent must be released and noting that the state’s security agencies must not be accused of sectarianism for arresting certain individuals.
“Hizbullah and AMAL Movement have long supported that the detained Islamists held in Roumieh jail be put on trial,” he said.
Commenting on the release on Friday of 11 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims who were abducted Tuesday in Syria’s Aleppo, Nasrallah said: “Our moral duty obligates us to thank all who helped liberate them.”
"If this abduction was aimed at putting pressure on our position (of support for Syria)," it failed, said Nasrallah, addressing the abductors.
“We condemn your action and the kidnapping of the innocent harms your cause,” he added.
A private plane owned by former prime minister Saad Hariri was preparing to fly the pilgrims home from Turkey.
In his speech, Nasrallah thanked Hariri for having "made special efforts towards the liberation" of the pilgrims.
Nasrallah also thanked President Michel Suleiman, Speaker Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Najib Miqati and the Turkish government and authorities.
Syrian state media said the kidnapping took place near the town of Aazaz, which sits along the border with Turkey. It said the men were part of a group of 53 pilgrims on board two buses.
The women were allowed to go free and returned to Beirut by plane early Wednesday. In his speech on Friday, Nasrallah thanked Syrian authorities and President Bashar Assad for providing the plane swiftly.
Commenting on street protests that erupted Tuesday and Wednesday over the abduction, Nasrallah said “there is no point in taking to the street, burning tires, or violating public and private property.”
He also condemned attacks against Syrian workers in Lebanon that took place in the wake of the abduction.
Addressing the organizers of pilgrimage campaigns, Nasrallah said: “There is no need to carry out religious pilgrimages by land because the recent developments could have led to strife.”
Separately, Nasrallah stressed that “Israel does not dare attack our country thanks to the equation of the army, people, and Resistance.”
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25 May 2012, 19:19
Nasrallah: Those setting conditions do not want dialogue, but they simply want power.
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25 May 2012, 19:19
Nasrallah: I call on all sides to comply with President Suleiman's call for dialogue.
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25 May 2012, 19:18
Nasrallah: Will take part in the national dialogue without preconditions. If the March 14 camp is truly concerned about the country, then it should head to dialogue without conditions.
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25 May 2012, 19:13
Nasrallah: Hizbullah and AMAL have long supported that the detained Islamists held in Roumieh jail be put on trial.
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25 May 2012, 19:12
Nasrallah: Before we hold the army and security forces responsible for the current situation, we must demand the political leaderships and media to halt their incitement.
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25 May 2012, 19:10
Nasrallah: Where was the government when the clashes erupted in Tariq al-Jedideh? The army and security forces should be granted all that they need in order to avert future clashes.
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25 May 2012, 19:09
Nasrallah: Why should clashes erupt in Tripoli after a wanted individual is arrested?
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25 May 2012, 19:08
Nasrallah: The Akkar incident that resulted in Abdul Wahed’s death is an accident. The army should be protected for the sake of all martyrs and the Lebanese people.
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25 May 2012, 19:05
Nasrallah: Let us defend the military institution.
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25 May 2012, 19:04
Nasrallah: No side would be victorious in the return of civil war and sectarian divisions.
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25 May 2012, 19:04
Nasrallah: The army is the most important player in protecting the civil peace.
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25 May 2012, 19:02
Nasrallah: Our arms are not aimed at protecting one side or sect, but we demand that the state protect the country and people. Our arms are only directed towards Israel.
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25 May 2012, 19:01
Nasrallah: We are not responsible for the security of the state and judiciary.
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25 May 2012, 19:00
Nasrallah: The equation of the people, army, and resistance can protect the country, but only the government and army are responsible for Lebanon’s internal security.
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25 May 2012, 18:59
Nasrallah: They are saying that since there is chaos of arms in Lebanon, then we should tackle the resistance’s arms. They should instead incorporate the arms within the equation of the army, people, and resistance.
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25 May 2012, 18:57
Nasrallah: What have the arms in Lebanon, besides those of the resistance, done for the country?
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25 May 2012, 18:56
Nasrallah: It is wrong to link the resistance’s arms to other weapons distributed in Lebanon, whether among the March 8 or 14 camps.
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25 May 2012, 18:55
Nasrallah: There has never been national unity over the resistance.
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25 May 2012, 18:47
Nasrallah: Israel’s construction of the border wall near Kfar Kila and its withdrawal from the South in 2000 is the beginning of the end of its project to establish Greater Israel.
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25 May 2012, 18:45
Nasrallah: Israel does not dare attack our country thanks to the equation of the army, people, and resistance.
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25 May 2012, 18:44
Nasrallah: Ever since May 25, 2000, Israel does not dare assault Lebanon.
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25 May 2012, 18:42
Nasrallah on protecting Lebanon against Israeli aggression: Hasn’t the equation of the army, people, and resistance accomplished anything?
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25 May 2012, 18:41
Nasrallah: Those who fled Lebanon to the Palestinian territories and have not collaborated with Israel are free to return to Lebanon.
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25 May 2012, 18:37
Nasrallah: Israel failed in igniting strife in 2000.
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25 May 2012, 18:35
Nasrallah: The Lebanese government makes any decision linked to the army’s deployment in the South and any part of the country.
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25 May 2012, 18:24
Nasrallah: Through its efforts, this resistance eventually forced the Israeli withdrawal in 2000.
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25 May 2012, 18:24
Nasrallah: This led to the emergence of the popular resistance at first.
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25 May 2012, 18:23
Nasrallah: Under Israeli occupation, the Lebanese people, especially the residents of the South, were forced to resort to arms in light of the Lebanese authority’s complete absence in protecting them.
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25 May 2012, 18:21
Nasrallah: The Lebanese government in the past did not adopt a defense strategy to protect the people of the South. It used to follow the motto of Lebanon’s strength lies in its weakness.
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25 May 2012, 18:14
Nasrallah to abductors: You will not succeed in pressuring us to alter our political position. We support dialogue, reform, and unity in Syria.
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25 May 2012, 18:14
Nasrallah to abductors: We condemn your action and the kidnapping of the innocent harms your cause.
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25 May 2012, 18:12
Nasrallah: There is no need to carry out religious pilgrimages by land because the recent developments could have led to strife.
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25 May 2012, 18:10
Nasrallah: It has become a habit since 2005 for attacks to take place against Syrian workers in Lebanon, which we condemn.
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25 May 2012, 18:09
Nasrallah on street protests over the kidnapping: There is no point in taking to the street, burning tires, or violating public and private property.
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25 May 2012, 18:08
Nasrallah on attack against Lebanese pilgrims in Iraq: We thank the Iraqi government and PM Nouri al-Maliki, who will ensure the wounded pilgrims’ return to Lebanon on board a private jet.
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25 May 2012, 18:07
Nasrallah: We thank those who kept their emotions in check.
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25 May 2012, 18:06
Nasrallah: We thank the Turkish government and all who had a role to ensure their release.
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25 May 2012, 18:05
Nasrallah: We may have differences in political practice, but we have to give credit to where it is due.
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25 May 2012, 18:05
Nasrallah: I thank President Michel Suleiman, Speaker Nabih Berri, PM Najib Miqati, and former PM Saad Hariri, whom we have found out exerted great efforts to ensure their release.
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25 May 2012, 18:03
Nasrallah: Our moral duty obligates us to thank all who helped liberate them.
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25 May 2012, 18:01
Nasrallah: We have witnessed a happy ending to a painful development in that we have received word of the release of the 11 pilgrims.
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25 May 2012, 18:00
Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Resistance and Liberation day: I congratulate all Lebanese and our Arab and Islamic Ummah on this occasion.
Shhhh everyone, the liar in chief is giving us a sermon on telling the truth. @Leader of the Party of Terror and Murder, please provide a single document in the Constitution or the Taef Accord that gives you the authority to side step the legitimate authorities, or the authority to provoke, start, liberate or resist anything other than the flies which live in your beard! You took an oath in public and in front of God that you will never ever no matter what use your illegal weapons against other Lebanese and you did it anyways. SHAME ON YOU!
Michel Aoun 09 April 2002 MTV: "In Lebanon there was a UN Resolution 452, meanwhile the Hezbollah has prolonged the time of occupation. There was a proposal from Israel in 1994. Would the Lebanese government tell us why at that time it withdrew from the negotiations when the Israeli proposal for withdrawal from South Lebanon was submitted".
Aoun MTV - full
http://www.generalaoun.org/apr0209-18.html
http://www.generalaoun.org/aoun-mtv090402.pdf
I listened through all his speech and unfortunately I have to agree with you bandoul. we are far from averting civil war.
@geha, this puppet will not rest until he pays his debt to IRAN and if he suddenly develops a consciences and he decides to tell Iran to go to hell they will blow him up with a bigger bomb than the one they did for Harriri. These idiots don't realize that the outside regional pressures and struggles are bigger and badder than the whole of Lebanon and its people and they will torch Lebanon to the ground to get what they want, regardless if it is ISRAEL, USA, IRAN or SYRIA!
Fortunately, although I'm not very fond of him or his party, he's shown responsibility in this speech and will not allow for any civil war plus besides, the only heavyweights in Lebanon (Nasrallah, Aoun, and even Hariri) will not allow for any problems to actually happen. So to the Christian right- including the moderator who will probably delete this before it gets published, good luck allying with the Wahabis, you're bankrupt and you're a disgrace to Pierre Gemayel, Camilly Chamoun, and even Bachir RIP. Sell-outs. And to the admin, just know between you and yourself that we are a group of jouranlists from a major newspaper in Lebanon that are basically going to expose this website's moderators. I'm taking a screen shot of this comment and many others and we'll show readers exactly how you delete these comments :) So by all means, feel free to delete this, we have tons of others that you've already deleted. This is an amateur website for a low-life ideology.
anybody cannot dialogue with nasrallah becose he follow orders from iran, i am not against dialoguing with iran directly,hassoun will simply follow
Noussralla, why do you keep speaking in riddles...the vast majority of Lebanese don't what armed militias in Lebanon whatever your excuses are...Israel, Shibaa farms, Hajjar Village, Sky violations, Oil Exploration, protection craters on the moon etc...you will keep in finding excuses to keep your illegal arms forever...No f$cking way...
Some parts of the speech were good while some others were a little bit frightening ( for us who want to avoid a civil strife).
The part when he said: "You are telling us that we want to discuss the weopons, and ALL the weopns....Haide mosh shatara, tell us what the other weopons achieved"
That part was like saying: we are going to keep on having weopons forever or until Lebanon burns down.
On the other hand, he said some true things. Specially about the "other" parties trying to fuel division amongst the Lebanese. Good thing that he wants the "akkar" incident to be solved legally.
Another good thing he mentioned is the islamists not getting any prosecution for several years. On some issued, he has lost credibility but in this one, I feel he is right.
Ah eh, And I forgot the latest thing that is being used now: Lets use all the (illegal) weapons of the Lebanese for one purpose.
Feels a little bit risky having 15 militias beside the army walking around in the country. Ticking bomb or...?
@ulpianus, you can't trust anything that comes out of that thugs mouth. That you even consider some of his speech is good frightens the living daylights out of me because your generation is the future of Lebanon and you are giving a murderer the benefit of the doubt.
Bandoul. I understand your concern but lets differ between his character as a whole (and his history) and the particular speech in the situation of the current "momentum".
Commenting his speech I was considering what in it may help Lebanon avoid civil strife and what in it may add to the tension..
Nasrallah: Ever since May 25, 2000, Israel does not dare assault Lebanon. ????????????
Sure he was not in lebanon in 2006 .
Still no word on whether or not he is telling his followers to pay for their electricity....
Guys On my Facebook I read this:
Future TV is in Dahye and they are throwing "rezz" on them...
el ne2ib kabbani is on al manar TV speaking...
I also read this post by af riend;
3ammar 7oure 3al manar
hussein l 7aj 7assan 3al future
shabeb mnel da7ye 3am teshkor l sheikh sa3ed
shabeb men tari2 jdide 3am t7ayye el sayyid 7asan
Is it true?
We may be avoiding a civil war after all...
funny how now he supports the army after denying them the right to enter south lebanon for years!
oh! and "Ever since May 25, 2000, Israel does not dare assault Lebanon."
funny where did those bombs thrown in 2006 come from? i thought israel dared assault lebanon in 2006. i must have been dreaming then!
nothing new under hezbi lies....
guys, I know nasrallah is the bad guy in all this, but what he is essentially saying is a huge concession, this is a hint towards disarming hesbollah. Give him a chance, for once in his life he truly cares about lebanon.
so constitutionally the army is answerable to the people but who is resistance answerable to? by who's orders does it abide?
Its incredible how this '%$^%&#^%$!@!' speaks out while in hiding like a dirty rat as if he is the ruler/owner of the country. The audacity and for all of Lebanon having no say about it given that the only reason he stands there is because of the arms he hides behind! Where are those Navy seals that took out Bin Laden? We sure can use them here!
I didn't read nor watch the crap show. I don't want to give him too much importance, at least not more than he deserves. From the comments I read here, he apparently wants to keep his filthy weapons. My question is: why doesn't he want to give his arsenal to the army? If anyone could enlighten me....
Nasrallah is admitting Persian/Nezz political defeat in the region. If the gov't controls the arms, then the shia pay for electricity.
This is a form of political capitulation by Nassy.
a7la chi when he said about mawlawi that he was 'wanted and got arrested', what about the FOUR suspects in the murder of rafic hariri who are WANTED in the terrorist act of the century but did not get arrested and live under your protection. OH.. i forgot..they are first class citizens who are allowed to get away with murder. As for his comments for the 'abductors', at least the syrians tel3u better than you and released the prisoners ulike your thugs around the country who are abducting syrians and sending them back to their death in the regime chamber. There will come a time and you shall pay for your sins.
Did you apologize for wanting to shoot us in the head and dissolve us in acid? No? Then STFU.
you are right they should be tried in Iran , Damasucs or North korea where people get killed in the street without trials (why waste the tax payers money lol ?) you are such a brainwashed kid F.t, sorry to say that.. Why do you speak english anyway? why use the enlightened western civilization way of communication? you have such inner conflicts man. Would you rather be arrested in Damascus, Tehran or New York City? look in the mirror and ask yourself that question.
the equation of the army-people-resistance has achieved the embassy-visa-immigration from the country lol.
This is not normal situation and lebanon will never get arest and no end of the stress that all lebanese suffer.What nexxt we tired from war wallah,we tired from civil war and by cuting lebanon to many different areas.we tired from do iran and other country agenda.
I want to ask what is hezibollah stratigic vision for lebanon?
to convert the country to welayet faqih and those who refuse to be persecuted just like what happens to them in Iran. Eventualy a fundamentalist mini suni state would emerge to counter that vision and lebanon will be f'd to ashes in the process. The sad thing is that many brainwashed people can not see this coming their way.
well well well..
So just to post this, responding to this dude talking down to hezbollah!!
I wish to tell him/you that no matter how much you try to ignore that the resistence helped lebanon, then think a hundred times before even making a comment..
In fact Nasrallah he´s the only person in lebanon along, berry.
that are following the truthness and rightious of the lebanese nation.
Long live nasrallah!! iben salha w bintjbeil!!
Nasrallah and hezbollah ( the only real lebanese) .
Little dog if any one had schizoprenia then its you, and i guess you got it through your moms ´gens...
When he includes resistance it automatically means an armed resistance.
This means he is willing to talk about nothing
im sure you have relatives who work in saudi so why the hypocrisy lol? people badha t3eesh man, take your racism elsewhere.
The way I see it.....Is that Hizbollah is that guy you hate and don't want him to be here but at the same time you need him to keep Israel at bay.
And of the majority of the people hate him then there is revolution springing up in Lebanon? Why Lebanese only nag and complain on Naharnet and do nothing? If someone can answer my questions I will stay quiet O:-)
حضرة السيد حسن نصرالله، مع كل احترامي بدي اسألكم كم سؤال و أبدي كم ملاحظة لو سمحتم :١- شو يعني "تنظيم كل السلاح ضمن معادلة جيش وشعب ومقاومة" ؟ يعني إنو كل الناس لازم تتخلى عن السلاح ما عدة حزب الله؟ وهيك ما حدة بيرجع يرفع راسو ؟ أنا رأيي إنو ما حدة غير الدولة يضل مع سلاح وندعم الجيش بكل الوسائل ليقاوم العدو الاسرائيلي ويكون له ولاء وطني١٠٠ ٪ وليس طائفي.٢- شو قصد حضرتكن ب: "وجوب أن يعطى الجيش والقوى الامنية كل المقدرات والهوامش ليمنع أي صدامات من هذا النوع على مستوى الداخل اللبناني"؟ هل يعني إنو بيصير في يدخل على الضاحية من دون أي موانع؟ أنا بفتخر بيهيك كلام.٣- سؤالكم أين كانت الدولة والجيش والقوى الامنية في الطريق الجديدة؟: هل ينطبق على حل الخلافات بالضاحيه وحتى لو كنت عائلية وليس امنيه ؟ واللا ناس بيسمنه وناس بزيت؟٤-" الخلط بين السلاح الذي رأيناه وسلاح المقاومة هو مغالطة"؟لما إتذكر ٧ ايار ٢٠٠٨ بتساءل إذا هل كلام ينطبق فعلاً.أخيراً وليس أخراً,أتمن على كل الزعماء إنو يفكروا بالشعب وبالوطن وينسوا ولاؤهم للقوة الخارجيه، من امريكان، سعوديين، ايرانيين، سوريي
walla بدنا بس بلد نعيش في محترمين وحاش مطيشرين بلعالم كله .
مع جزيل الشكر .
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