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'Nasrallah wants to turn Egypt into Lebanon'
By Haaretz Service and News Agencies
Tags: Hezbollah, Iran, Egypt 

Hezbollah agents have infiltrated Egypt in an attempt to stir unrest and turn the country into a base from which to advance Iranian interests, an Egyptian source told the pan-Arab newspaper Asharq al-Awsat on Saturday.

The source said Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah is seeking to foment instability in Egypt on Tehran's behalf so as to divert international attention away from Iran's nuclear program.

"He wants to turn Egypt into a playground like Lebanon," the source told the newspaper.
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On Friday Nasrallah said Egypt was holding a member of the Lebanese Shi'ite militia who was in Egypt "working to help the resistance of Palestine."

Nasrallah said the Lebanese man, identified as Sami Shehab, was arrested Nov. 19 along with other Egyptian and Palestinian citizens on charges of smuggling arms and equipment to Gaza through the Egyptian border.

This is the first time the militant group has acknowledged Shehab was a member, although media reports in November linked him to the group.

"What he [Shehab] really did was a kind of logistic work to help Palestinian brothers in transporting men and equipment for the resistance inside Palestine," Nasrallah said.

During a live television address, Nasrallah denied accusations that Hezbollah is trying to harm Egyptian security or is planning attacks on Egyptian targets, saying such claims "are meant to sully the image of Hezbollah among the Egyptian people."

"I fully reject and deny all charges that Hezbollah was intending to launch an act of aggression in Egypt or at any part of the world," Nasrallah said on al-Manar Television.

"The Egyptian regime should be charged and condemned for besieging Gaza," Nasrallah charged. "The regime works day and night on destroying Gaza tunnels,"

Nasrallah stressed that Hezbollah has no branches outside Lebanon and was not seeking to target Arab countries.

Nasrallah portrayed Hezbollah's actions as meant solely to aid the Palestinian people, saying "if helping our occupied, battered and hungry Palestinian brothers is a crime, than I confess to this crime."

The Hezbollah leader also referred to Israel's new government, saying that the Likud-led coalition "presents a new threat to all the nations of the region."

Nasrallah's statements came after Egyptian security officials this week announced that 49 alleged Hezbollah members had been arrested. An Egyptian court on Thursday extended the suspects' remand for 15 days.

The men detained on charges of plotting attacks in Egypt on behalf of Hezbollah alleged they were tortured in custody, their lawyer said Friday.

Abdel-Moneim Abdel-Maqsud, who said he was representing some of the 49 men whom Egypt's public prosecutor on Wednesday accused of plotting attacks on behalf of Hezbollah, said one of the men had been tortured so badly that he was sent to hospital "half-paralyzed."

Abdel-Maqsud, the director of the Cairo's Sawasya Centre for Human Rights, said the man had told him that State Security interrogators had thrown cold water over the detainees and left them naked in hyper-air-conditioned rooms for more than 24 hours.

Legal sources in Egypt said the group had received their orders to operate during another televised address by Nasrallah.

The Egyptian daily Al-Ahram, considered the mouthpiece of the regime, reported that among the arrested were two employees of an Iranian television station that has offices in Cairo.

According to the report, the first attacks were to be carried out following a "code" that Nasrallah would issue on a day in December, which happened to coincide with Operation Cast Lead.

Also on Friday, an Egyptian newspaper editor-in-chief dubbed Nasrallah an "Iranian agent, funeral profiteer and even Dracula," Army Radio reported.

In an editorial published in the Egyptian daily El Gomhoria on Friday, Ali Ibrahim wrote that "Nasrallah is worse than Israel since he is trying to hurt the livelihood of the same Egyptians who supported him during the Second Lebanon War."

"The Zionists want to annihilate us because we threaten their survival, while you aim to kill us in the name of Islam, God's curse on you," Ibrahim wrote.

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      1.   Nassrallah is the greatest danger to Egypt and NOT the Zionists 13:18  |  Alan SA 10/04/09
      2.   Is Post-Post-Post-Zionism good for kids? 13:26  |  Jack R 10/04/09
      3.   A Dracula Noch! 13:34  |  Nocha Yachot 10/04/09
      4.   Who believes what Mubarak says? Nobody 13:38  |  John 10/04/09
      5.   Well, here is somebody who reads the messages 13:39  |  Israeli citizen 10/04/09
      6.   Nasrallah is more popular than Mubarak in Egypt. Why? 13:44  |  John 10/04/09
      7.   Quote: something real. 13:48  |  Israeli citizen 10/04/09
      8.   Nasrallah is Dracula? No wonder he avoids daylight! 13:50  |  Natallie Durson 10/04/09
      9.   John like any one cares ho hum. 14:20  |  petra 10/04/09
      10.   Nasrallah. 14:34  |  David Nigel Braham 10/04/09
      11.   Egypt, cares not for the Palestinians..! 14:43  |  Stephen. 10/04/09
      12.   The cracks are starting to show ? 14:56  |  Akram Zekaria 10/04/09
      13.   John-Whats your evidence? 14:56  |  Alan SA 10/04/09
      14.   #6 Nasrallah is not as popular as you think he is 15:04  |  Conroy 10/04/09
      15.   #6 Nasrallah is not as popular as you think he is Part II 15:08  |  Conroy 10/04/09
      16.   Dracula 15:08  |  Observer 10/04/09
      17.   Natalie Durson and public toilets in Egypt 15:15  |  Avram 10/04/09
      18.   Egyptian regime is a tool in Israel`s hands!! 15:19  |  Jetset 10/04/09
      19.   #3 Noch Yachot. #6 John 15:29  |  H 10/04/09
      20.   For once Egypt`s hysterical media is right 15:37  |  Linichka 10/04/09
      21.   # 4 16:03  |  udi 10/04/09
      22.   Nassralla credibility is high 16:10  |  Paul 10/04/09
      23.   Oh, That`s Very Good, Ali Ibrahim 16:11  |  Jeff Northridge 10/04/09
      24.   to jetset 16:18  |  udi 10/04/09
      25.   dracula 16:23  |  udi 10/04/09
      26.   Gomhuria is mouth piece of the egyptian regime 17:07  |  FalluJah 10/04/09
      27.   Gumhuria is a mouth piece of Mubarak (2nd try) 17:08  |  FalluJah 10/04/09
      28.   The egyptian elite is disqualifying it-self, by believing 17:22  |  Kris Lazar 10/04/09
      29.   #20 Linichka 17:25  |  Lou Medel 10/04/09
      30.   Dracula was a hero when compare it to an divil like Narsralah 19:46  |  JP 10/04/09
      31.   Egypt made well 19:47  |  JP 10/04/09
      32.   As usual, no proofs just empty name callings! 20:08  |  Jetset 10/04/09
      33.   Nasharalla is Arch Terrorist that does not care about Islam 21:02  |  Baruch Gold 10/04/09
      34.   Sheikh Nasrallah was brilliant , wow 21:19  |  Gisele 10/04/09
      35.   Hungry so Hezbullah sends them guns: terroristic logic 22:23  |  x-ray 10/04/09
      36.   The Oppressor of Lebanon 22:25  |  Joshua 10/04/09
      37.   Egypt is trying to stop the infection 22:27  |  Lola 10/04/09
      38.   Helping the Palestinians in Gaza is as moral as helping Jews ... 22:45  |  Pluto 10/04/09
      39.   Zionist agent Mubarak the dictator is desperate. 22:46  |  Maureen Ann 10/04/09
      40.   Three why`s! 22:47  |  Osama 10/04/09
      41.   Three why`s! 22:47  |  Osama 10/04/09
      42.   Nasrallah The Blood-Sucker 23:09  |  The Teacher/Instruct 10/04/09
      43.   egyptians are useless mass 23:13  |  joey 10/04/09
      44.   #36 Pluto;Not Exactly. Europeans did not help Jews 23:13  |  Israeli Observer 10/04/09
      45.   Nasrallah Admits To Gun Running In Egypt 23:19  |  Jeff Northridge 10/04/09
      46.   BUT MAUREEN ANN (37) IS EVEN MORE DESPARATE.. 23:19  |  Brant 10/04/09
      47.   Weapons or butter? 23:39  |  Jordi 10/04/09
      48.   Nasrallah Sacrifices Gazans, With Pleasure 00:35  |  Brad 11/04/09
      49.   Jeff Northridge 00:52  |  Elia 11/04/09
      50.   Livni, Olmert gave Hezbollah UN protection under resolution 1701 00:55  |  Mike 11/04/09
      51.   Hezbollah is sending long range ball bearing rockets to gaza 00:59  |  Dan 11/04/09
      52.   #46 Brant 01:20  |  Chris Linthwaite 11/04/09
      53.   Moron Ann - 39 - well yes 03:24  |  ChanahS 11/04/09
      54.   This brave barking dog... 06:45  |  utagawa 11/04/09
      55.   Notice how responses to Maureen are devoid... 07:11  |  BBSNews 11/04/09
      56.   Barking dog is Israel... 07:15  |  BBSNews 11/04/09
      57.   nasrallah 07:41  |  zoe 11/04/09
      58.   Understanding the Nasrallah syndrome.... 07:53  |  Palestinian Brit 11/04/09
      59.   Hezbollah is an international terror group 08:46  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 11/04/09
      60.   lightweight is now the defender of Hezbullah 08:50  |  x-ray 11/04/09
      61.   Gisele 08:50  |  Daniela 11/04/09
      62.   #2 08:58  |  Dan 11/04/09
      63.   Chris Linthwaite 09:02  |  Daniela 11/04/09
      64.   Maureen Ann 09:19  |  Daniela 11/04/09
      65.   If Nasrallah really cared abuot the Palestinians 09:32  |  Tzfonit 11/04/09
      66.   Interesting who loves Nasrallah and hates Mubarak: 10:20  |  S 11/04/09
      67.   Israel was born smuggling weapons 10:37  |  Natallie Durson 11/04/09
      68.   Conveying the real picture to Israelis 11:35  |  Sam 11/04/09
      69.   No worries Nasrallah & a recommendation for Mubarak 12:00  |  Palestinian 11/04/09
      70.   #53 Hello ChanahS . Still resorting to name calling, poor child. 12:01  |  Maureen Ann 11/04/09
      71.   MAUREEN Moslem brotherhood terrorists murder in Egypt as well 13:05  |  PETER SM 11/04/09
      72.   At least Nasrallah is on the right side of the law today.. 13:07  |  Dutch 11/04/09
      73.   #61 Daniela 13:41  |  Chris Linthwaite 11/04/09
      74.   PALBRIT the Nasrallah syndrome is the same as the Hamas syndrome 14:06  |  PETER SM 11/04/09
      75.   to dutch 14:09  |  udi 11/04/09
      76.   "tzfonit" on loving the Palestinians 14:38  |  just observing 11/04/09
      77.   Significant 14:49  |  Just an observer 11/04/09
      78.   Dracula`s bite.... less potent then imagined 14:52  |  allang 11/04/09
      79.   The Spread of Ayatollahism 15:23  |  Brod 11/04/09
      80.   Dutch: So, Nice To See You So Forthright 16:04  |  Brad 11/04/09
      81.   Hezbollah is a resistance miltia Cippy... 17:37  |  BBSNews 11/04/09
      82.   Brad, Israel is an illegal occupier... 17:43  |  BBSNews 11/04/09
      83.   MUBARAK IS A DESPOT, LEBANON IS A DEMOCRACY 18:17  |  indrajaya 11/04/09
      84.   Chris Linthwaite 18:24  |  Daniela 11/04/09
      85.   bbsnews 18:29  |  udi 11/04/09
      86.   Maureen Ann is still scathing 18:31  |  Arie 11/04/09
      87.   BBSnews:"Israel covets the Litani" 18:44  |  Christopher 11/04/09
      88.   Christopher, are you pulling my leg? 19:41  |  BBSNews 11/04/09
      89.   BBSNews without Hezbollah,Lebanon would be a free country today 20:04  |  Meo 11/04/09
      90.   BBSNews 20:12  |  TonyL 11/04/09
      91.   We have to send Nasrallah to BBS and Durson, they love him 20:40  |  Israeli citizen 11/04/09
      92.   BBS : "Lust for the Litani". Man, when did you see your shrink? 20:42  |  Israeli citizen 11/04/09
      93.   pluto`s equation between victims and terrorist shows 20:43  |  x-ray 11/04/09
      94.   BBS: do you want a job here with the Russian mafia? 20:43  |  Israeli citizen 11/04/09
      95.   Osama I think the Egyptians know more about Hezbullah than you do 20:43  |  x-ray 11/04/09
      96.   You mean he wants to turn it into a democracy? Great! 21:22  |  peacelover 11/04/09
      97.   BS news: Israel is not an illegal occupier 21:40  |  Michael 11/04/09
      98.   BBS re Litani:"Volumes" 21:56  |  Christopher 11/04/09
      99.   # 91 - Israeli citizen - - "We have to send..." 23:20  |  Natallie Durson 11/04/09
      100.   dutch would the "american fallout" be the "teaparty" that you and 23:48  |  how pathetic 11/04/09
      101.   Tzfonit ? 02:00  |  goyim 12/04/09
      102.   Moron Ann 70 - what are you on about? 02:07  |  ChanahS 12/04/09
      103.   #70 02:11  |  Rab Burns 12/04/09
      104.   BBS Why didn`t Israel divert the Litani over 60 years 02:41  |  PETER SM 12/04/09
      105.   his true ambition 13:39  |  a wandering Jew 12/04/09
      106.   God bless each one of us :-Hebrew+Arab 04:20  |  Zaina Kayed Shehab 14/04/09
      107.   enemy of state 16:50  |  gie joe 15/04/09
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