Secretary General of Hezbollah, Sayed Hassan Nasrallah

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"We are ready for a settlement internally," said Nasrallah.

Reiterating a call for a national unity government to help resolve Lebanon's months-long political deadlock, Nasrallah said "Lebanon can only overcome its crisis with cooperation and unity."

"Lebanon cannot be divided, both practically and objectively. And we do not seek to control the government, or control the state," he said in a speech broadcast on huge screens before thousands of people in the eastern city of Baalbek.

"We are looking for a united and unified country which will protect Lebanon at a time ... the American administration is seeking to plant discords."

"The American policy in Lebanon is pushing a Lebanese party to monopolize powers...and what is the result? More crises," he said.

Nasrallah said "Our campaign is peaceful, civilian and civilized."

"Weapons destroy the country and burn everybody. We have the power but using force inside the country is not in Lebanon's interest. These arms are for the defense of Lebanon, and not to destroy Lebanon."

Nasrallah noted that the arms of the Resistance were not militia weapons to be used against other Lebanese factions.

Concerning America's arms sales to Arab countries and Zionist reigme, Nasrallah said "America is bringing billions of dollars worth of arms to ignite wars in this region."

"The American administration is working on instigating sectarian strife and civil wars in Palestine, Iraq, the (Persian) Gulf and _ between the countries of this region."

Nasrallah also noted that the Zionist regime failed in the operational and intelligence aspects during the Second Lebanon War.

"During the July war, Baalbek turned into a front due to the landing of troops by the Zionist regime's army. There were places in which large forces landed, and we do not deny this, but those landings failed. "They (the Zionists) thought that those actio ns would stop Hezbollah's secretary-general and the organization's senior officials," Nasrallah added.