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| 19/06/2008 Hezbollah said on Thursday that Lebanon would still need its armed presence even if Israel finally quit the occupied Shebaa Farms district in the south.
"Any Zionist retreat from the Shebaa Farms would be a big achievement for the 'resistance' for this would be the result of its role and its pressure," member of the Loyalty to the Resistance bloc MP Hassan Fadlallah was quoted as saying by the state-run National News Agency. But any retreat "will not change the fact that Lebanon needs the resistance," he said.
MP Fadlallah also accused the international community, particularly the United States, of involving itself recently in the Shebaa Farms "for aims linked to the resistance" - a reference to demands for Hezbollah to disarm.
"Those who think that putting the Shebaa Farms under international supervision could put pressure on the resistance delude themselves."
During a surprise visit to Lebanon on Monday, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she believed it was time to resolve the Shebaa Farms dispute in conformity with "Resolution 1701."
The resolution was based on a plan that stipulated putting the disputed Shebaa Farms under United Nations supervision pending a resolution between Lebanon, Syria and Israel on its legitimate ownership. | 
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