Hassan Nasrallah: The War in Yemen Announces
the End of the House of Saud
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In this excerpt, Sayed Hassan Nasrallah discusses the US-Saudi operation in
Yemen, which to date has been a real military disaster. According to him, Saudi
Arabia has embarked on a foolish enterprise, and now its very territorial
integrity is threatened. He confidently predicts a resounding victory for the
Houthis, and major repercussions for the Saudi ruling dynasty and the entire
region, which will be in the best interests of the peoples.
Interview with Hezbollah Secretary General, Sayed Hassan Nasrallah - Syrian
information channel, Monday, April 6, 2015
Posted April 11, 2015
Transcript:
Reporter:
I would like again to welcome our guest,
His Eminence Sayed Hassan Nasrallah.
Welcome to you, your Eminence the Sayed.
We discussed, just before the break and
the last part of our interview,
questions of paramount importance to our
region. You said that if Pakistan is to
intervene alongside Saudi Arabia, it
will do so on the pretext of there being
an internal threat to Saudi security
[and only to defend Saudi Arabia, not
invade Yemen], and you said that this is
not just a remote possibility, but that
it could happen in the near future. The
coming days will show whether such
development occurs in Yemen, if the
Houthis can enter into Saudi Arabia.
What do you mean by this?
Sayed Hassan Nasrallah:
Listen, at the end of the day, I do not
have specific (exclusive) information,
but it could happen, in the sense that
what has been happening in Yemen so far…
– let us make an analysis of the
situation.
Well,
(Saudi Arabia) started with bombing, and
they set various objectives. So far they
have not realised any of these goals,
not a single one of them. And this is
the experience of the July war (2006) in
Lebanon, the experience of wars in Gaza
in Palestine – and by the way, the war
against Yemen, whether in
its Media aspect, the psychological
warfare, the military leadership or
tactics, is exactly like the war against
Lebanon, and the war against Gaza,
and this reveals to us those who lurk
behind the scenes and make the
decisions. Well, they set a number of
goals, and they have so far
fulfilled none of these objectives.
Aside from the fact of killing people,
of course, but they had not announced
that as an objective. They said
that ... and this proves that – today we
enter the 17th day of the war – it is a
failure. It is a humiliating defeat for
the Saudi-American aggression against
Yemen.
(The
Saudis) said (as objectives) that,
first, they wanted to reinstall the
President who they consider legitimate:
but he is still in Riyadh with his
supporters.
Second, they wanted to force Ansarallah,
their allies and their supporters to
surrender: but they did not surrender.
(Third, they wanted) the country's
leadership to withdraw, and
surrender their heavy and medium
weapons. It may be that many of us in
this region, are unaware of a lot of
what happens in Yemen, but the Saudis
are very familiar with Yemen, and I
laughed myself, because from what I know
about Yemen, medium and heavy weapons
are personal weapons (held even by
civilians), that is to say, the (Saudis)
claim to remove even personal weapons:
in Yemen, all tribes have heavy weapons
and medium weapons, and then (the
Saudis) declare to groups that after
they have imposed a war on them, they
should deliver their heavy and medium
weapons? In my opinion, this is manifest
stupidity.
Well,
third, or fourth, they said that the aim
was to prevent the Iranian occupation of
Yemen, which is a foregone conclusion,
since (the Iranian occupation project)
is imaginary, so they cannot say they
have prevented the occupation of Yemen
by Iran.
Fifth,
on the ground, they said they wanted
to restrain the Yemeni army and people's
committees in some provinces and at
Aden. But (the Houthis) reached Aden,
the airport is in their hands – I am
using the information from the [Saudi]
channel Al Arabiya –, the port is in
their hands, most of the city is in
their hands, as well as most of the
southern provinces... What have you then
accomplished (you Saudis)?
Until
this moment, I can speak, from my own
knowledge – and we also have the
experience of the July War (2006) in
Lebanon, the Israeli wars against Gaza,
so we understand these things in one way
or another – and my assessment of the
situation is therefore that what has
happened so far is a humiliating failure
of Saudi-American aggression against
Yemen.
If we
believe the official (Saudi)
spokesperson, who every day makes a
speech about the evolution of the battle
– that poor guy is in trouble, he
seeks for the smallest success (to harp
on about). He then said there was an
such-and-such force that was heading to
Aden, and that we striked it. This is
not an accomplishment! This is a detail.
You're fighting a war, in any case. In
war, there are martyrs, vehicles are
destroyed, you kill, you are
killed, that's war, it's normal! So tell
me about the military achievements that
have any significant political or
military implication ! But they have not
accomplished anything like this up to
now.
Instead, I will reveal what the Saudi
aggression has really accomplished
against Yemen so far.
The
first achievement, is that they have
made the vast majority of the Yemeni
people radically opposed to Saudi
Arabia. When have we seen before in
Yemen hundreds of thousands, if not
millions, manifest by proclaiming “Death
to the House of Saud!” Incidentally, the
Saudis do not tolerate anyone talking
about them. They pay fortunes, and the
whole world gets insulted, no problem,
but if a TV station, newspaper, speaker,
politician or writer says a (negative)
word about Saud, they tear it to pieces.
Well, millions of people manifest in
Yemen proclaiming “Death to the House of
Saud!” This is a huge strategic loss for
the Saudis in Yemen.
Second, there is a huge uplift and
mobilisation of the Yemeni people, seen
through the TV channels, although they
try to prevent this from appearing:
tribes, cities, provinces, the people as
a whole and this mobilization and this
uprising will grow because of the crimes
committed in this aggression against the
Yemeni people. So this is a second
achievement, and a result of the
aggression.
Another achievement of the aggression,
is that there is now a demand on the
Yemeni leaders of the battle, who have
not taken the decision to close (the
strategic Strait) of Bab al-Mandeb,
which they could do at any time: it is
only 20 kilometres-large, they are quite
capable of it. And they could also
hit with missiles targets inside Saudi
Arabia, or even enter the interior of
Saudi Arabia, but this Yemeni
leadership, this people of Yemen leading
this battle have not yet taken such
action, so far. But they may take such
measures in the future, I do not know.
This is related to the development of
the war and the battle. The most
important thing here is that there are
very strong popular demands to respond
to, whether to launch missiles or make
an incursion into Saudi Arabia. And
there is currently a strong and
widely adopted discourse about Yemeni
provinces, which belonged to Yemen in
the beginning, but which the Saudis have
annexed to their kingdom. And the Saudi
military leadership – I heard this
information, but I do not know if it's
true: nearly 90 border villages have
been evacuated, their homes even
destroyed for fear that Yemenis would
take them. There is currently a Yemeni
popular demand: ”Let us go to Saudi
Arabia.” Leadership thus far has not
taken such a decision. I wanted to
indicate this.
Amongst other major accomplishments of
the aggression, let us evoke support for
Daesh (the Islamic State) and Al-Qaeda,
while they know that al Qaeda and Daesh
are truly a danger to Saudi Arabia and
all Gulf countries, and we have seen
what happened in Iraq. But these people,
when they become blind, it's for good,
and they do not even see what there is
in front of them.
In
front of you, you have , Yemen, Daesh
and Al Qaeda, and you have the Yemeni
army, you have Ansarallah, and you have
other friends and allies, political
forces in Saudi Arabia, but the ones you
fight were ready to negotiate, to
dialogue, to come to a settlementwith
you, before you launched the war against
them. And they are always ready to move
toward a Yemeni-Yemeni dialogue in a
neutral country. But Al Qaeda and Daesh
are a danger to Yemen and all the Gulf
countries, governments, Kings, Emirs,
peoples... But where has their blindness
taken them to? In order to hit
Ansarallah and the Yemeni army, they
protect Al Qaeda and Daesh in Yemen, and
more, they drop them weapons by air.
Well, is this an achievement? This goes
against the interests of Saudi Arabia.
Therefore my assessment of the situation
is this: there are two aspects, a
humanitarian aspect, and this aspect is
very painful, and we need to highlight
and address this, this is the
responsibility of every individual: the
massacres, bombings, assault, demolition
of infrastructure and the Yemeni army– I
forgot to remind of this in the
objectives. These people, I mean the
Americans and Israel, all allies and
armies of which being known, do not want
for there to remain in this region any
strong army that could one day pose a
threat to Israel or to US domination of
the region. And that's why the Yemeni
army is now a target, one of their goals
is to destroy the Yemeni army.
Anyway, to conclude, I repeat that what
is happening in Yemen is very painful
and sad but from another aspect, I said
from the beginning that I foresee…. –
not like the astrologers, but by
political analysis, experience, data,
what we know of the situation in Yemen
and Saudi Arabia and equations of
current struggles in the region. I stand
by the opinion I expressed a few days
ago at the beginning of events (about
the future outcome of this war): the
Saudi defeat for me is the clearest
evidence, as the Yemeni victory is
absolute certainty, and this will impact
on all events in the region and will be
a door of salvation for many peoples and
governments of the region.
Reporter:
These are major expectations that you
predict for the entire region, your
Eminence, on the basis of your political
analysis.
[…]
Sayed Hassan Nasrallah:
Yes, on this aspect, and I do not make
myself worry about the outcome of the
battle, and that's why I said there is
no risk. I consider that there is a very
painful humanitarian aspect, but I am
absolutely certain that Saudi Arabia
will undergo a major defeat. And its
defeat will impact on its internal
situation, the royal family, on all
those who believed they could perform
feats and historic victories, and there
will also be an impact on the entire
region. It is my conviction. And we can
take notes and wait to see what will
happen. Those days are close now.
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