Lies of the Times: who translates for Anne Barnard

"He warned of “very serious repercussions” if rebels destroyed or damaged the shrine of Sayida Zeinab, a site near Damascus that is a revered pilgrimage site for many Muslims, especially Shiites."  This is a total distortion of the section of the speech.  He did not say that in that context at all. In fact, he said that if the shrine is destroyed, that could trigger a sectarian conflict in Lebanon just as had happened in Iraq when the two mosques were bombed.  Personally, I think that this is a totally unconvincing argument by Nasrallah: the sectarian conflict is raging and the attention to the shrine does not hold water.  Why should the defense of the shrine be more important than a defense of civilians in Syria?  And why would not Hizbullah (which did not acknowledge the defense of the Shrine) defend a village of civilians along (if not instead) with the defense of the shrine if the motive is to prevent intensification of sectarian warfare.