Lebanese TV shows Nasrallah exiting bunker to plant tree
Hizbullah chief urges all Lebanese to plant a tree outside their homes as part of a Hizbullah campaign to plant one million trees in Lebanon.
By ASSOCIATED PRESSNasrallah planting tree 311 AP(photo credit: AP)
BEIRUT — A television station run by Lebanon's Hezbollah has aired a rare spot showing the group's reclusive leader emerging from hiding to plant a tree.Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah has rarely been seen in public since his Shiite Muslim group battled Israel in a month-long 2006 war, fearing assassination. He gives news conferences via satellite link.RELATED:US expresses concern to Beirut over Ahmadinejad visit 'Jerusalem cannot be the capital of state called Israel'Editor's Notes: Underestimating our enemiesBut on Friday, the black-turbaned Hizbullah chief was shown on al-Manar TV, shovel in hand, planting and watering a small tree in the southern suburbs of Beirut outside his home that was bombed by Israel in the 2006 war.Nasrallah then urged all Lebanese to plant a tree outside their homes as part of a Hizbullah campaign to plant one million trees in Lebanon.Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was scheduled to visit what he has reportedly called "Iran's border with Israel" during a trip to Lebanon later this month, referring to Lebanon's southern border with Israel.Hizbullah operatives will reportedly be providing security for the Iranian president on his trip to Lebanon.
