Sunni-ruled Bahrain has been rocked by political turmoil since
majority Shi'ite Muslims took to the streets in 2011 to push for reforms
and more say in the government. Bahrain's rulers blame regional Shi'ite
power Iran, Hezbollah's main backer, of fomenting the unrest
"Minister
of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed al-Khalifa, said that
Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah is a terrorist and is
declaring war on his own nation," the Bahrian News Agency reported,
quoting the minister's twitter account.
"Stopping (Nasrallah) and saving Lebanon from him is a national and religious duty," he added, according to BNA.
Nasrallah
said in a speech on Saturday marking the 13th anniversary of Israel's
withdrawal from southern Lebanon that Syria and Lebanon faced a threat
from radical Sunni Islamists.
This was a plot devised by the United States and its allies to serve Israel's interests, he said.
Nasrallah
became a hero in the Arab world after his forces helped push Israel to
withdraw from southern Lebanon in 2000 and confronted the Jewish state
in a short war in 2006.
But Hezbollah's increasing involvement in
the civil war in Syria, pitting Assad's minority Alawite sect, an
offshoot of Shi'ite Islam, against the majority Sunnis, has turned many
against his group.
Unrest broke out in Bahrain in 2011 when
thousands of people, mainly Shi'ites, took to the streets. The
government Bahrain has since crushed the protests with help from
Sunni-led Gulf Arab states but regular protests erupt regularly.
Last
November, Bahrain said it arrested four suspects in an attack that
killed two people in Manama. Authorities said five home-made bombs bore
the hallmarks of Hezbollah.
http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Bahrain-FM-Hezbollah-head-Nasrallah-is-a-terrorist-314414
Sunday 26 May 2013
zionist Bahrain FM: Hezbollah head Nasrallah is a terrorist
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