Bahrain FM: Hizbullah Trained Shiite Protestors
Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Hamad al-Khalifa accused Hizbullah of training Bahraini opposition activists that have launched a campaign to topple the kingdom’s regime.
In remarks to pan-Arab daily al-Hayat published Wednesday, Sheikh Khaled said that Shiite Bahrainis who have participated in the protests against the government “were trained in Lebanon.”
“We have a lot of proof on that and we would (officially) make our accusations at the appropriate time,” he said.
The foreign minister also defended his country’s branding of Hizbullah as a terrorist organization.
“We woke up one day to hear on TV that the party’s secretary general is attacking Bahrain, accusing it of injustice and cursing its leaders and vowing to interfere” in our internal affairs, Sheikh Hamad told al-Hayat.
Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has called for continued uprisings in Libya and also in Bahrain and Yemen, suggesting the party could "come to their aid."
On Tuesday, Bahrain’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rashed bin Abdullah al-Khalifa also accused the predominantly Shiite protesters of being linked to Hizbullah, as proven by the demonstrators' methods as well as statements of support from the Shiite group and Tehran.
"All this reveals a link and the training style of Hizbullah," he said.
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