Hizbullah reexamining its way: Hizbullah
Deputy Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem said that his organization was facing a transitory stage and was examining its operation method after the Lebanese army's deployment in the south.
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"This is a stage which entails studying the method which the resistance will operate in. Therefore, it is still unclear what our stance will be if Israel fails to withdraw from the Shebaa Farms. We are in a situation of learning after all the developments. The situation has changed and there is no other option but to learn," Qassem added, admitting that his organization was in fact facing a new situation.
During the interview, however, he stressed that his organization would continue to adhere to "resistance activities," as well as to the concept of "withstanding the Israeli danger."
He added that Hizbullah would not halt its efforts to increase its military power, in spite of the steps taken to prevent the group from doing so, and in a bid to supervise Lebanon's
activities.
Qassem added that his organization possessed more than 8,000 rockets, some of which it fired at Israel
during the war.
"We can stand strong for many months. What we fired at Israel is comparable to 10 percent of our arsenal. We are in no need of accelerating our military capabilities. Each side thinks about boosting its weapons arsenal, but I do not believe that weapons are our problems," he said.
During the interview, Qassem admitted that his organization has no plan to attack and fight against the United States, and stressed that his organization's has been limiting its military activity in order to fight Israel, "only on Lebanese soil and not anywhere else in the world."
As for his conclusion following the war that he believes his organization won, he was asked: If this is a victory, why are so many in Lebanon condemning it?
"In Lebanon everything has to do with the political dispute between two groups. There is a group that believes Lebanon's power is the power of resistance, and there is another group that evaluates Lebanon's power according to its international diplomatic ties," he said.
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