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During a Lebanese TV interview, former Lebanese minister Wiam Wahhab defended airstrikes by the Syrian forces on civilian-populated areas, saying: "The [Syrian] army wants to defend its land and to strike the militants. It attacks places where there are families. But we are not talking about a soldier going to Nice, running over 80 people with a truck, killing them, and cutting off the arms and legs of another 40 people." Wahhab further said: "Now the Americans are attacking with 2,000-ton missiles. Is this less of a weapon than the barrels of [Syrian airforce intelligence chief] Jamil Hassan?" The interview aired on Al-Jadeed/New TV on July 17.
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Wiam Wahhab: The [Syrian] army wants to defend its land and to strike the militants. It attacks places where there are families. But we are not talking about a soldier going to Nice, and running over 80 people with a truck, killing them, and cutting off the arms and legs of another 40 people. May a 100 barrel bombs be dropped on people who think like this [terrorist]. What's the difference between...
Interviewer: Hold on a second.
Wiam Wahhab: Now the Americans are attacking with 2,000-ton missiles. Is this less of a weapon than the barrels of [Syrian airforce intelligence chief] Jamil Hassan? These are the poor armies' barrels... These are the poor armies' missiles.
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When that hypocrite, Omar Al-Bashir, opened the route... For those who don't know, Gaza used to be provided for through Sudan. For your information, there were weapons plants in Sudan. Missiles were produced in these weapons plants in Sudan, and were transferred to Gaza via Egypt. They were transferred by Sami Shihab and others like him, I salute them for carrying these weapons thousands of kilometers in the desert. That is what resistance was like in Gaza, and that is how the balance of terror came about in Palestine - by means of these missiles, which Iran financed in Sudan. They pressured Omar Al-Bashir with the threat of the ICC. There is an international arrest warrant against him, so can somebody tell me why he has not been detained? He travels wherever he likes.
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