Hizbullah on Friday slammed the deployment of U.S. warships off Lebanon, calling it a threat to the country that will not affect the Shiite movement. "We are facing an American threat against Lebanon," Hizbullah legislator Hassan Fadlallah said. "It is clear this threat and intimidation will not affect us."
According to the AP, officials in Washington said Thursday that the U.S. Navy was sending at least three ships, including at least one amphibious assault ship, to the eastern Mediterranean Sea in a show of strength. On Thursday, White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe said: "The president is concerned about the situation in Lebanon and discusses the issue regularly with his national security team."
