Iraqi Hezbollah Leader Says ’23,000 Fully-Trained’ Martyrs Will Blow Up U.S. Interests if U.S. Strikes Syria
The leader of the Iraqi Hezbollah warned Sunday that he has 23,000 trained and armed men ready to attack U.S. interests in the Persian Gulf if the U.S. goes forward with military action against Syria.
In a statement to the Iranian news agency Fars Al-Battat, Watheq Al-Battat, leader of the Iraqi Hezbollah and founder of the Jaish Al-Mukhtar milita, said his group has “23,000 fully-trained and equipped martyrdom-seeking forces who can blow the U.S. interests in Iraq and the Persian Gulf at any time if the U.S. commits such a stupid act.”
He added that “the United States and the Zionist regime will definitely be defeated” if the U.S initiates a strike on Syria, according to a translation provided to TheBlaze by the Middle East Media Research Institute, a nonprofit group that monitors Middle East media and provides translations of foreign news.
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