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Hezbollah's Nasrallah: I thank Winograd for his honest report
By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Hezbollah, Winograd Report 

Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah on Wednesday commented for the first time on Israel's Winograd report on the Second Lebanon War, saying he is grateful for the report's honesty.

"I thank Winograd for his honesty," Nasrallah told the television channel OTV. He said that he assigns greater importance to the report's classified sections, but that even the parts that have been released "do justice" to his organization, since they clearly stated that Israel had been preparing for war.

Israel planned to strike in September 2006, he said. "We thank Allah it happened in July and not in October, when Israel had plans to eliminate us in three days," he said.
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Nasrallah was asked about his previous statements, according to which Hezbollah missiles could strike anywhere in Israel in case another round of fighting ensues.

"I was not boasting, just trying to prevent war," he said. "Israel should realize that there isn't a single safe place in occupied Palestine."

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      1.   Naserak Allah Ya Hassan Naser Allah DAYMIN 10:25  |  Khalil Ishabib 07/02/08
      2.   Nasrallah should be IDF`s first target. 10:59  |  Nechama 07/02/08
      3.   I don`t speak Arab lingo, but I know a jerk when I see one! 10:59  |  US Citizen 07/02/08
      4.   A nice little aside from Hassan Nasrallah 11:11  |  Johnboy 07/02/08
      5.   #1 Khalil Ishabib 11:17  |  Dave 07/02/08
      6.   #1 Yalla ya Nsarallah, nach zir otha le`allah im kol ha`Hizbollah 11:37  |  IL supporter 07/02/08
      7.   And we thank Hezbollah for their dishonesty 11:38  |  Jo 07/02/08
      8.   Hezbollah is always at war and uses Israel as a pretext 11:43  |  Josh 07/02/08
      9.   Nasrallah 11:51  |  JonathanInTelAviv 07/02/08
      10.   hezbollah/Hamas 12:00  |  Bruce 07/02/08
      11.   Rat-lallah 12:02  |  Uzi 07/02/08
      12.   If Nasrallah was a politician, he would be the worlds best 12:02  |  Natallie Durson 07/02/08
      13.   Johnboy 12:07  |  Walid 07/02/08
      14.   wth nasrallah are u another jew puppet now 12:13  |  /\/\/\/\/\ 07/02/08
      15.   Israel Won the war because: 12:14  |  Swiss citizen 07/02/08
      16.   #4, "a sharp one, this one" 12:21  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 07/02/08
      17.   Nathalie Durson is absolutely right 12:22  |  Minda 07/02/08
      18.   to the US citizen 12:30  |  Muhy 07/02/08
      19.   The Next War 12:43  |  Walid 07/02/08
      20.   Nasralla coward and hypocrite 12:45  |  DC 07/02/08
      21.   The Hizbullah. 12:59  |  Harold Lane 07/02/08
      22.   Proves Winograd Report`s illegitamacy 12:59  |  Dror 07/02/08
      23.   no nasralla you didnt win! you umilieted lebanon 13:00  |  miras 07/02/08
      24.   JOHNBOY Winograd is Israeli commisioned.When can we expect 13:18  |  PETER SM 07/02/08
      25.   Nasrallah in favor of honesty 13:28  |  A mother 07/02/08
      26.   to Walid 13:28  |  Michaele 07/02/08
      27.   Walid, get a life 13:31  |  Mike 07/02/08
      28.   17&18Michale&Mike,you two zionists who have forgotten your 14:53  |  lakshmi 07/02/08
      29.   To # 3 15:07  |  Faris Zaidan 07/02/08
      30.   How did Israel win the war? 15:23  |  Faris Zaidan 07/02/08
      31.   Definetly now i know that you are an idiot 18:33  |  Jack 07/02/08
      32.   17. dear h.lane. u could offer some 20:15  |  bozhidar balkas 07/02/08
      33.   Chicago Jack 22:28  |  minky mankovitz 07/02/08
      34.   #16 A dull one, this one..... 04:00  |  Johnboy 08/02/08
      35.   #13 No Walid, you read me wrong 04:08  |  Johnboy 08/02/08
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