Following are excerpts from an interview with Nabil Qaouq, top Hizbullah official in South Lebanon, and from a public address. The interview aired on Al-Alam TV on July 26, 2010, and the address aired on Future News TV on July 28, 2010.
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Al-Alam TV, July 26, 2010
"The Resistance is Using This Period to Prepare... The Enemy... Thought That the Missiles of the Resistance Would Turn to Rust"
Nabil Qaouq: "In the next war, if there will be one, everyone will see that the resistance was right to do what it did. We did not allow our capabilities to suffer attrition in daily marginal tactics. Rather, we are preparing for the great confrontation, which will result in a conclusive victory."
Interviewer: "Isn't this a phase of an undeclared truce between you and the Israeli occupation army?"
Nabil Qaouq: "The resistance is using this period to prepare, to train, to strengthen its capabilities, and the enemy itself can attest to this. They thought that the missiles of the resistance would turn to rust. They developed their theory of 'let the missiles turn to rust.' Today, they have realized that this equation was a mistake, because they know that the resistance has improved its capabilities, and is fully prepared to face any scenario."
"Today, Four Years After [Israel's] Aggression, We Can Say That the July 2006 War Drove Hizbullah 20 Years Into the Future, In Terms Of Its Capabilities"
"The resistance is in a better position than before, whereas the enemy finds itself worse off. During the July [2006] war, Israel said it would send Hizbullah 20 years back. Today, four years after the aggression, we can say that the July 2006 war drove Hizbullah 20 years into the future, in terms of its capabilities, its training, and its ability to prevail in any future war.
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"If not for the resistance, no one in the world would ever mention Rajar or Shab'a Farms. The resistance gets the credit for keeping this cause alive. In addition, the resistance gives diplomacy and the international community a chance to uphold its commitment to expel Israel from the occupied Rajar and Shab'a Farms. It is definitely a priority of the resistance to secure the return of every inch of occupied Lebanese land. Obviously, the resistance cannot wait forever." [...]
Future News TV, July 28, 2010
"The Resistance Considers Any Indictment Of Its Leaders Or Cadres [In The Al-Hariri Assassination Case] To Be a Form of Aggression Against the Resistance"
"The resistance considers any indictment of its leaders or cadres [in the Al-Hariri assassination case] to be a form of aggression against the resistance, which is worse than the decisions that led to the May 5, [2008 clashes]. Hizbullah is acting accordingly." [...]
