Word: hajj
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...July 2003 interview, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, the current Hizballah leader, told me that the U.S. accusations against Mughniyah were "just accusations." "Can they provide evidence to condemn Mughniyah?" he asked. But he added "Hajj Imad is among the best freedom fighters in the Lebanese arena. He had a very important role during the occupation [of southern Lebanon by Israel]. But as for his relationship with Hizballah, we maintain the tradition of not discussing names...
Pilgrims to Mecca stand in vigil during the hajj...
...Hajj was considered a leading candidate to take over as army commander from Suleiman if he is elected President. The killing of a senior officer in the widely revered Lebanese army has stunned a country that has grown bitterly accustomed to assassinations and bombings over the past four years. He is the ninth prominent Lebanese to have been killed since February 2005, when Rafik Hariri, a former Prime Minister, died in a truck bomb explosion. A United Nations investigation into the Hariri murder suggested that Syrian officials were involved...
...Lebanese army earned nationwide praise for its role in the three-month battle this summer with Fatah al-Islam, an Al-Qaeda-inspired faction that was based in the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon. As head of military operations, Hajj played a prominent role in the confrontation as well as organizing the deployment of Lebanese troops along the border with Syria through which militants and weapons are alleged to have been smuggled into Lebanon. "General Hajj played a big role in anti-terror operations and his murder could be revenge by the terrorists," a senior Lebanese...
...Syria denounced the assassination with the official SANA news agency quoting an unidentified official as saying that Israel and "its tools in Lebanon" were responsible for Hajj's murder...