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BEIRUT,Lebanon-Hezbollah's leader said Saturday that the militant Islamic group's war last summer with Israel has left the U.S.vision of a "new Middle East"in shambles and claimed the guerrilla group was ready to strike Israel again at any time.During the 34-day war in southern Lebanon,Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called for a new era of democracy and peace in the region,"a new Middle East."But Hezbollah, backed by Syria and Iran,said the U.S. vision aimed at reinforcing Israel."There is no new Middle East,"Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah told a mass rally in the southern town of Bint Jbeil,one of the towns hardest hit by the war."It's gone with the wind."Nasrallah did not personally attend the rally to mark the first anniversary of the war which Hezbollah calls"a divine victory.His speech was relayed to the crowd on a giant screen set up in the main square of Bint Jbeil.Nasrallah said the guerrilla group would never be at peace with Israel."We will not wait for anyone to defend us.We will defend ourselves and our country,"he said."We possess and we will continue to possess rockets that can hit any area in occupied Palestine if Israel attacks Lebanon,"he added."It is impossible to live with a back-stabbing enemy on our border,who has been assaulting us ever since it was born."Hezbollah triggered the war by crossing the Israeli border and capturing two soldiers who have not been seen or heard from since.Nasrallah taunted Israel,saying Hezbollah had thwarted the Jewish state from achieving any of its declared objectives in the war,including freeing the captive soldiers."The enemy has even failed to return the two prisoners," he said.Nasrallah did not explicitly confirm that the two were still alive.But he said the only way to secure their freedom was through "indirect negotiations and a prisoner exchange" for Lebanese citizens held by Israel.Nasrallah charged that the war was the result of "a U.S. decision" and the United States provided Israel with "political and material support..."
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