Following are excerpts from an interview with Naim Qassem, deputy secretary-general of Hizbullah, which aired on Al-Manar TV on December 10, 2006.

Naim Qassem: I say to those who languish in their palaces: Open your eyes! Hear the cries of the male and female mujahideen, and of the honorable people in this homeland. Stop adhering to the international support. By Allah, it will not help you – not the support of the America, not the support of the Western countries, nor the support of some Arab countries. This people wants its homeland. Leav it, you homeland robbers!

They tried to scare you, and said: “Beware not take to the streets.” They tried to scare you, and said: “Beware not take to the streets.” They began to spread rumors. Yet you did take to the streets. Does Bush want [to hear] the popular voice in Lebanon? Do the West and the Arabs want to hear the voice of the people in Lebanon? Say to them: Death to America!

Crowd: Death to America!

Death to America!

Death to America!

Death to America!

Naim Qassem: Say to them: Death to Israel!

Crowd: Death to Israel!

Death to Israel!

Death to Israel!

Naim Qassem: Say to them: Glory to a free Lebanon.

Crowd: Glory to a free Lebanon!

Glory to a free Lebanon!

Naim Qassem: Oh you, who hole yourself up in your palaces: You can no longer control and influence. You tried to send your militias to harm the demonstrators, but you were put to shame in front of the whole world.