BEIRUT - The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah, whose backers Syria and Iran are at the centre of heightened regional tension, made a rare public appearance on Tuesday marking the Shi'ite Muslim festival of Ashura and said his group was building up its arsenal.
The recruiting tools of Velayat-e Faqih include addictive songs (known in Arabic as nadbiyahs), which are used as ear candy to attract new fans and recruits into the pack.
Biddam-mil-Husseini With Husseini blood we sacrifice for the path of al-Khomeini,
We give allegiance to Hezbollah with soul and hands!
The Arabic-language Hezbollah song in the above video (posted on YouTube) is known as ''Biddam-mil-Husseini''; in it the terrorist singer softly misguides the listeners by associating the path of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a fallibale man, with the blood and story of Imam Hussein, Peace be upon him, an Infallible Imam.