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For at least since the early 1980s, Hezbollah had also raised some cash through the sale of diamonds from Sierra Leone, intelligence sources said. Bah, they said, was long suspected of brokering diamond deals through buyers connected to Hezbollah, assisted by sympathetic Lebanese businessmen across the region.

For at least since the early 1980s, Hezbollah had also raised some cash through the sale of diamonds from Sierra Leone, intelligence sources said. Bah, they said, was long suspected of brokering diamond deals through buyers connected to Hezbollah, assisted by sympathetic Lebanese businessmen across the region.

<ref>D. Farah, ''Digging Up Congo's Dirty Gems; Officials Say Diamond Trade Funds Radical Islamic Groups'', Washington Post, 30 December 2001 [http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A40026-2001Dec29&notFound=true ][http://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/182/33794.html ] [http://www.kongo-kinshasa.de/dokumente/divers/wp12-01.pdf ]

<ref>D. Farah, ''Digging Up Congo's Dirty Gems; Officials Say Diamond Trade Funds Radical Islamic Groups'', Washington Post, 30 December 2001 [https://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A40026-2001Dec29&notFound=true ][http://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/182/33794.html ] [http://www.kongo-kinshasa.de/dokumente/divers/wp12-01.pdf ]

qdt in:[http://books.google.com/books?id=luPNuThpx6QC&pg=PA86 ]</ref>

qdt in:[http://books.google.com/books?id=luPNuThpx6QC&pg=PA86 ]</ref>

[[Venezuela]]'s [[Hugo Chavez]] (Called a dictator <ref>http://www.securityaffairs.org/issues/2006/11/fleischman.php</ref>  

[[Venezuela]]'s [[Hugo Chavez]] (Called a dictator <ref>http://www.securityaffairs.org/issues/2006/11/fleischman.php</ref>  

<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/americas/3341771.stm</ref><ref>http://www.davidbruceallen.com/strategyoped/2007/05/hugo_chavezs_fi.html</ref> & his regime a dictatorship,<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/04/AR2006080401768.html</ref> and has close ties with the Mullahcracy theocracy dictatorship of the Islamic Republic of Iran <ref>http://www.doublex.com/blog/xxfactor/adios-democracy</ref><ref>https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/03/08/sean-penn-wants-reporters-jailed-calling-chavez-dictator/</ref>) has publicly supported a Hezbollah candidate for the Lebanese government, he was a supporter of Hezbollah during the 2006 war in Lebanon; afterward, the group placed signs in Lebanon proclaiming "Gracias, Chavez!" He openly invited Hezbollah members to live in Venezuela. Venezuela's embassies in the Middle East have been used to launder Hezbollah's dirty money, per investigation by the U.S. Treasury Dept

<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/americas/3341771.stm</ref><ref>http://www.davidbruceallen.com/strategyoped/2007/05/hugo_chavezs_fi.html</ref> & his regime a dictatorship,<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/04/AR2006080401768.html</ref> and has close ties with the Mullahcracy theocracy dictatorship of the Islamic Republic of Iran <ref>http://www.doublex.com/blog/xxfactor/adios-democracy</ref><ref>https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/03/08/sean-penn-wants-reporters-jailed-calling-chavez-dictator/</ref>) has publicly supported a Hezbollah candidate for the Lebanese government, he was a supporter of Hezbollah during the 2006 war in Lebanon; afterward, the group placed signs in Lebanon proclaiming "Gracias, Chavez!" He openly invited Hezbollah members to live in Venezuela. Venezuela's embassies in the Middle East have been used to launder Hezbollah's dirty money, per investigation by the U.S. Treasury Dept

In January 2010, Israeli intelligence released information that Chavez shipped heavy arms to Hezbollah the year before; the ship originated in Venezuela, stopped in Iran and docked in Lebanon.  

In January 2010, Israeli intelligence released information that Chavez shipped heavy arms to Hezbollah the year before; the ship originated in Venezuela, stopped in Iran and docked in Lebanon.  

<ref>http://www.israeltoday.co.il/default.aspx?tabid=178&nid=20408</ref>

<ref>http://www.israeltoday.co.il/default.aspx?tabid=178&nid=20408</ref>