'March 14 should not play into US hands'

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:47:29

Hezbollah vows to defend Lebanon and the Lebanese at any moment, warning the March 14 faction not to play in Washington's hands.

"We have heard from some sources that America cannot tolerate Lebanon's situation any longer," Sheikh Mohammed Yazbek, a member of Hezbollah's Central Council, said Sunday.

Yazbek stressed that Lebanon's stability depended on 'its unity not fighting its people.'

He added the assassination of ex-Premier Rafik al-Hariri 'does not just concern the Sunnis or the government's loyalists, but all the Lebanese.'

Yazbek urged Lebanese forces to take all necessary measures to prevent the issue of Hariri's murder from being used to achieve political gains or to pursue US policies.

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