Following are excerpts from an Al-Manar TV report about a tour of Hizbullah outposts in South Lebanon by students of the American University of Beirut. The report aired on May 23, 2010.
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Reporter: "After hundreds of students from the Jesuit University visited the centers of the resistance in South Lebanon a few days ago, hundreds of students from the American University of Beirut were guests of the resistance fighters in one of their South Lebanon posts, in order to congratulate them on 'Resistance and Liberation Day' – a liberation which they generated with their sacrifices.
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"This part of the field tour, which was given the name 'Sortie of Glory,' was organized by Hizbullah’s educational mobilization department to mark May 25. The tour began in the town of Rum Anan and continued to the city of Jezin, from where it continued to one of the posts of the resistance. There, they were met by several mujahideen, who displayed some military vehicles and explained to the visiting students – representing most Lebanese sects and the various Islamic and Christian parties – the ways of confronting the enemy and the response to any aggression."
Hizbullah officer: "The brothers were here, far from their families, brothers, wives, children, and friends. They are the brothers who made this victory possible."
AUB student: "Obviously, we were all aware beforehand of the difficulties facing the resistance, but here we could get a sense of their difficulties. Now we have a better understanding of what they do."
AUB student: "I could sense what heroes the resistance fighters are, how much pain they had to suffer, and how they come to these places late at night to defend them. Allah be praised, this is truly a miracle from Allah."
Reporter: "Later, the AUB students visited the Mleeta Museum for Jihad Tourism, and had lunch in the town of Farah, near Nabatiya. From there, the students went to the Shiite seminary in Sujud, where Jihad Imad Mughniya presented, on behalf of the students, a shield of honor to the representatives of the educational mobilization department at the university."
