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I wonder how the death was confirmed.\u00a0 Regardless, the secretary-general of Hezbollah, the Shia Islamist militant group and political party in Lebanon, and which is legally declared a terror organization by most Western nations, is eliminated by Israel.\u00a0 Hezbollah’s reach is so much greater than Hamas, with terror attacks and presence in scores of countries and on every continent (except Antarctica!).\u00a0 We will see how Nasrallah’s death hampers Iran, and will watch to see if this persuades the Supreme Leader of Iran to change his behavior.\u00a0 See \u201cHezbollah confirms its leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike,\u201d<\/a> AP, 9-28-84.\u00a0\u00a0Also, \u201cIran announced Saturday that a prominent general in its paramilitary Revolutionary Guard sanctioned by the U.S. died in the same airstrike. Abbas Nilforushan, 58, who the U.S. identified as the deputy commander for operations in the Guard, was killed Friday, Iran\u2019s state-run IRNA news agency reported.\u201d\u00a0 At a minimum, Hezbollah leaders are no longer using pagers and cell phones, and now they won’t be meeting together.\u00a0 BTW, the killing of Nasrallah will interrupt international drug flows.\u00a0 His death by Israel is the biggest blow to Iran and the IRGC and the Quds Force and international terrorism since the killing of Gen Qasem Soleimani in 2020 by Pres. Trump.<\/p>\n

A weak statement.\u00a0 \u201cIran’s Khamenei: ‘Zionist criminals too weak to succeed again the Resistance’,\u201d<\/a> I24, 9-28-24.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe Supreme leader’s first statement since Nasrallah’s assassination by Israel delivers little besides familiar diatribes. \u201cThe killing of defenseless civilians in Lebanon has once again revealed the savage nature of the rabid Zionists to everyone. On the other hand, it has proven how shortsighted and insane the policies of the leaders of the occupying regime are.\u201d \u2026 \u201cThe Zionist criminals need to know that they are far too weak to be able to inflict any significant damage on the solid structure of Lebanon\u2019s Hezbollah. All the Resistance forces in the region stand with and support Hezbollah. The Resistance forces will determine the fate of this region with the honorable Hezbollah leading the way.\u201d\u00a0 So, Khamenei\u2019s \u201cimportant statement\u201d says nothing about Nasrallah.\u00a0 I suspect he doesn\u2019t know what to say.\u00a0 This does raise the chances, in his mind most likely, that striking back is the only option.<\/p>\n

I allow other voices here also, including one\u2019s that allow violence to not be countered, or countered fully.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cNeither Iran nor Israel will win in this fight,\u201d<\/a> Chatham House, 9-28-24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I wonder how the death was confirmed.\u00a0 Regardless, the secretary-general of Hezbollah, the Shia Islamist militant group and political party in Lebanon, and which is legally declared a terror organization by most Western nations, is eliminated by Israel.\u00a0 Hezbollah’s reach is so much greater than Hamas, with terror attacks and presence in scores of countries … <\/p>\n

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