IRIB: "Nasrallah set deadline for unity gov't"

According to the story, Nasrallah is only threatening "protests, strikes and sit-ins," but "zero hour" sounds more ominous than that. IRIB is obviously biased, but they are making Nasrallah sound like the true leader of Lebanon. Perhaps he is.

The Lebanese Islamic Resistance Movement, Hezbollah Secretary General Sayed Hassan Nasrallah on Tuesday gave Lebanon's Siniora's controversial cabinet until mid-November to agree to the formation of a national unity government or face protests demanding new elections.

"If the consultations, dialogue and political efforts did not lead to a national unity government and these forces are forced to take to the streets then... the goal of the protests, strikes and sit-ins... should be calling for early elections," Nasrallah told al-Menar television station.

He said Hezbollah and its allies should have at least a third of the cabinet.

"If the week (of meetings) ends without positive results... then the zero hour (for the protests) would come," Nasrallah said.

Nasrallah said the coalition would still lead any new government if they agreed to a deal next week, saying was not opposed to Siniora retaining his post.

Tags: Lebanon, Hizbullah, Nasrallah, Iran, Siniora