Hezbollah Refuses to Confirm Acquiring of Anti-aircraft Weapons

2010-03-15 01:30:59 Xinhua Web Editor: Hu Weiwei

Hussein Moussawi, a member of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc, refused on Sunday to neither confirm nor deny Hezbollah's acquiring of sophisticated anti- aircraft weapons.

The state-run National News Agency (NNA) quoted Moussawi as saying that "we should let the enemy feel at a loss for not knowing what we have."

Hezbollah "should not confirm or deny acquiring of sophisticated anti-aircraft weapons," he added.

Moussawi also ruled out an imminent outbreak of war with Israel.

However, he indicated that his party's battle with Israel "remains open" and that Hezbollah "recognizes no truce with Israel because truce means suicide."

Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite group which owns thousands of rockets, fought a devastating 34-day war with Israel in 2006. The group's chief Hassan Nasrallah vowed lately to "change the face of the region" in case of confrontation with Israel.

Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon warned in January that Hezbollah fighters are being trained in Syria to use sophisticated anti-aircraft weapons.

Israel accuses Hezbollah of rearming and deploying more than 40, 000 rockets in south Lebanon, but Hezbollah has constantly denied the charge.

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