In a speech broadcast on a giant screen in front of thousands of his supporters, the leader of the Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah pointed to Friday Muslim extremist groups, which he says are responsible for the & rsquo , deadly attack that devastated one of the strongholds of his party Thursday, August 15 in Beirut. "Concerning the attack yesterday (Thursday), it is very likely that all the clues lead to the well known takfiri groups," he said, saying that they "are the pay of Israel and its allies. " "These guys are not Sunnis, they are murderers," he stressed, however, as tensions between Sunnis and Shiites are at their peak in Lebanon divided on the Syrian conflict. "These groups want to lead Lebanon to destruction, to civil war," he added. During his speech, delivered on the occasion of the seventh anniversary of the end of the war with Israel in 2006, he also described the events of the day before " terrorist killing. " The attack occurred in a suburb of Beirut, killed 22 people and injured more than 300. "I myself will fight in Syria if necessary" Steadfast ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the Shiite leader also said he was ready to go personally fight these Muslim extremists. "If in the battle against these terrorists takfiri it necessary, I will go myself in Syria Hezbollah and myself we go to Syria." And hammering: "If killing our children, women and innocent, destroying our neighborhoods, you think we're going to reverse (on support plan), you are mistaken. " with despatches
LEBANON: Attack Beirut: Hezbollah ready to fight "terrorists" in Syria
In a speech broadcast on a giant screen in front of thousands of his supporters, the leader of the Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah pointed to Friday Muslim extremist groups, which he says are responsible for the & rsquo , deadly attack that devastated one of the strongholds of his party Thursday, August 15 in Beirut. "Concerning the attack yesterday (Thursday), it is very likely that all the clues lead to the well known takfiri groups," he said, saying that they "are the pay of Israel and its allies. " "These guys are not Sunnis, they are murderers," he stressed, however, as tensions between Sunnis and Shiites are at their peak in Lebanon divided on the Syrian conflict. "These groups want to lead Lebanon to destruction, to civil war," he added. During his speech, delivered on the occasion of the seventh anniversary of the end of the war with Israel in 2006, he also described the events of the day before " terrorist killing. " The attack occurred in a suburb of Beirut, killed 22 people and injured more than 300. "I myself will fight in Syria if necessary" Steadfast ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the Shiite leader also said he was ready to go personally fight these Muslim extremists. "If in the battle against these terrorists takfiri it necessary, I will go myself in Syria Hezbollah and myself we go to Syria." And hammering: "If killing our children, women and innocent, destroying our neighborhoods, you think we're going to reverse (on support plan), you are mistaken. " with despatches