Fadlallah: Hizbullah weapons for self-defense

Source: The Daily Star, 18-03-2008
BKIRKI: Senior Shiite cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah said on Monday that Hizbullah "gathers its weapons for self-defense."
"If attacks against us stop, with the presence of firm guarantees, then there will be no need for weapons," Fadlallah said before a delegation of American businessmen and religious figures. "Why doesn't 'Israel' drop its weapons which have killed our people?"
"We encourage all people to get rid of weapons and have arms of love instead," he added. "But when our enemies try to kill us, what will we do?"
According to the Shiite cleric, the Arabs have a problem with the US administration and not its people.
"We urge the American people to change this administration and bring to power more balanced people who respect international law," he said.