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 PRESS
Nasrallah planting tree 311 AP (photo credit: AP)
Nasrallah 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.
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But 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.


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