(13 Oct 2010) SHOTLIST
PLEASE NOTE: AL MANAR IS HEZBOLLAH'S TV CHANNEL
AP TELEVISION
South of Beirut - 13 October 2010
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Various of crowd waving Iranian and Lebanese flags
2. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on podium, saluting the crowd
3. Wide of audience cheering, waving
4. Wide of audience with image of Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah Secretary General, on screen in background
AL MANAR TV
Exact Date and Location Unknown
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah Secretary General:
"Its (Iran's) project in Lebanon is a project for the Lebanese. It's project in Palestine is one for the Palestinians and its project in the Arab region is for the interest of the Arabs."
AP TELEVISION
South of Beirut - 13 October 2010
++NIGHT SHOTS++
6. Mid of Iran and Lebanon flags being waved
7. Wide of Ahmadinejad on podium
8. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran:
"I would like to advise that the best exit for the occupiers of Afghanistan and Iraq is to leave the region and to apologise to the nations and compensate them for their losses"
9. Wide of crowd
10. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran:
"I am proudly announcing here that the Zionist regime is collapsing and falling down and there is no power that could stop its falling."
11. Wide of crowd
STORYLINE
Thousands of Hezbollah supporters gathered at stadium in one Beirut's southern suburbs to welcome the Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on his two-day visit to Lebanon.
Ahmadinejad was welcomed to the stage by Hezbollah Secretary General leader Hassan Nasrallah, who appeared on a giant television screen for security reasons.
In the broadcast, cheered on by the Hezbollah supporters, Nasrallah denied any ulterior motive for Iran's interest in Lebanon.
Ahmadinejad then addressed the crowd vowing that US and Israeli power in the Middle East will soon be eclipsed.
"I am proudly announcing here that the Zionist regime is collapsing and falling down and there is no power that could stop its falling," he said.
Earlier Ahmadinejad was welcomed by thousands of Shiite supporters throwing rose petals.
Ahmadinejad's first state visit is widely seen as a bold demonstration by Shiite-dominated Iran that it is undeterred by US attempts to isolate it and restrain Tehran's influence around the Middle East.
His dramatic arrival has caused fears among some Lebanese, particularly Sunni Muslims and Christians, that Iran and Hezbollah are seeking to impose their will on the country and possibly pull Lebanon into a conflict with Israel.
Standing alongside Lebanese President Michel Suleiman at a news conference, the Iranian leader sought to depict his country as an ally of the entire nation, not just the Shiite Hezbollah movement.
The US and Israel expressed concern over Ahmadinejad's two-day visit, saying support for Hezbollah undermines Lebanese sovereignty.
Hezbollah boasts widespread support among Shiites, virtually runs a state-within-a-state in Shiite areas and its fighters are Lebanon's strongest armed force.
Iran, whose ties to the group date back nearly 30 years, reportedly funds Hezbollah to the tune of (m) millions of dollars a year and is believed by some to supply much of its arsenal.
Iran also helped rebuild homes in southern Lebanon's Shiite heartland after the widespread destruction caused in Hezbollah's 2006 war with Israel.
On Thursday Ahmadinejad travels to Bint Jbeil, a border village bombed during the Israeli-Hezbollah war, barely two and a half miles (four kilometres) from the Israeli border.
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