Hassan Nasrallah: I say again, in front of you, that no one, either in Lebanon or outside it, will be able to punish the resistance for its accomplishments. Whoever wants to forcefully disarm the resistance - and I have said this more than once - we will chop off his hand, behead him, and get rid of his soul. We are that determined. We are that determined.

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The real option that can bring an end to the American occupation in Iraq is the option of armed resistance. We, as resistance fighters, and from a cultural-ideological perspective, and from a practical perspective, believe in this. Therefore, we declare - and this is not the first time I am being so candid... We publicly declare our support of the Iraqi resistance.