Hezbollah chief makes rare public appearance

The Associated Press reports from BEIRUT:

The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah group made a rare public appearance at a Beirut rally on Tuesday to mark the Muslim holy day of Ashoura.

Sheik Hassan Nasrallah has rarely been seen in public since his Shiite Muslim group battled Israel in a monthlong war in 2006, fearing Israeli assassination. Since then, he has communicated with his followers and gives news conference mostly via satellite link.

But on Tuesday, the black-turbaned Nasrallah was seen walking through a throng of people in a southern Shiite stronghold in Beirut and then greeted crowds from the podium.

"I wanted to be with you for few minutes ... to renew our pledge and for the world to hear us," Nasrallah said. His public appearance, he said, was a message to those who believe they can "threaten us," he added. Continue reading.

Source: http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/06/9243228-hezbollah-chief-makes-rare-public-appearance

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