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Line 818: − At the Maduro-Hezbollah Nexus: Iran-backed Networks Prop up the Venezuelan Regime. The minted oil minister, Tareck El Aissami, and the regime’s special envoy to Iran, Lebanese-Colombian businessman Alex Saab, seemingly worked out a gold-for-gas deal with Tehran.+ − + + − + − + + − + + Line 852:
Line 855: − − − [[File:Hezbollah-Support-Clans.jpg|thumb|Maduro-Hezbollah Nexus: How Iran-backed Networks Prop up the Venezuelan Regime]] − − "Maduro-Hezbollah Nexus: How Iran-backed Networks Prop up the Venezuelan Regime." Explained: <ref>Joseph M. Humire, [https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/issue-brief/the-maduro-hezbollah-nexus-how-iran-backed-networks-prop-up-the-venezuelan-regime/ The Maduro-Hezbollah Nexus: How Iran-backed Networks Prop up the Venezuelan Regime]. '"Atlantic Council'', Oct 7, 2020.</ref> − Key Points: − <blockquote> − * Too often, Hezbollah in Venezuela is characterized as only a potential terrorist threat. In reality, the Lebanese terrorist group has helped to turn Venezuela into a hub for the convergence of transnational organized crime and international terrorism. − − * Hezbollah's crime-terror network in Venezuela has facilitated Iran's cooperation with the Maduro regime. − − * The United States, allies, and international institutions must ramp up regional counterterrorism collaboration, crack down on illicit financial networks, and build stronger ties with Lebanese and other Arab communities in Latin America. − </blockquote>
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Alex “[Saab] was a key figure in the pillaging of the national reserves, profiting off the suffering of the people and increasingly criminalizing and providing those international networks for the Maduro regime.”<ref>[https://www.csis.org/analysis/corruption-venezuela-alex-saab-case Corruption in Venezuela: The Alex Saab Case], CSIS, June 24, 2020</ref>
Alex “[Saab] was a key figure in the pillaging of the national reserves, profiting off the suffering of the people and increasingly criminalizing and providing those international networks for the Maduro regime.”<ref>[https://www.csis.org/analysis/corruption-venezuela-alex-saab-case Corruption in Venezuela: The Alex Saab Case], CSIS, June 24, 2020</ref>
[[File:Hezbollah-Support-Clans.jpg|thumb|Maduro-Hezbollah Nexus: How Iran-backed Networks Prop up the Venezuelan Regime]]
<ref>Joseph M. Humire, [https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/issue-brief/the-maduro-hezbollah-nexus-how-iran-backed-networks-prop-up-the-venezuelan-regime/ The Maduro-Hezbollah Nexus: How Iran-backed Networks Prop up the Venezuelan Regime], Atlantic Council, October 7, 2020.
"Maduro-Hezbollah Nexus: How Iran-backed Networks Prop up the Venezuelan Regime." Explained: <ref>Joseph M. Humire, [https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/issue-brief/the-maduro-hezbollah-nexus-how-iran-backed-networks-prop-up-the-venezuelan-regime/ The Maduro-Hezbollah Nexus: How Iran-backed Networks Prop up the Venezuelan Regime]. '"Atlantic Council'', Oct 7, 2020.</ref>
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*Too often, Hezbollah in Venezuela is characterized as only a potential terrorist threat. In reality, the Lebanese terrorist group has helped to turn Venezuela into a hub for the convergence of transnational organized crime and international terrorism.
* Too often, Hezbollah in Venezuela is characterized as only a potential terrorist threat. In reality, the Lebanese terrorist group has helped to turn Venezuela into a hub for the convergence of transnational organized crime and international terrorism.
*Hezbollah's crime-terror network in Venezuela has facilitated Iran's cooperation with the Maduro regime.
* Hezbollah's crime-terror network in Venezuela has facilitated Iran's cooperation with the Maduro regime.
*The United States, allies, and international institutions must ramp up regional counterterrorism collaboration, crack down on illicit financial networks, and build stronger ties with Lebanese and other Arab communities in Latin America.</blockquote></ref>
* The United States, allies, and international institutions must ramp up regional counterterrorism collaboration, crack down on illicit financial networks, and build stronger ties with Lebanese and other Arab communities in Latin America.
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The detainment of the Venezuelan cargo plane in Argentina in June 2022,<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-seeks-possession-venezuela-plane-grounded-argentina-linked-to-iran/ U.S. asks Argentina to seize mysterious Venezuelan plane linked to Iran], CBS News, Aug 3, 2022.</ref> could be linked to attempts by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) to attack Israelis abroad.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-710648 How is a Venezuelan plane linked to Iran's attempts to attack Israelis?], ''JPost'', Jun 28, 2022.<blockquote>A Venezuelan cargo plane bought from Iran is the latest piece in the IRGC's smuggling enterprise.
The detainment of the Venezuelan cargo plane in Argentina in June 2022,<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-seeks-possession-venezuela-plane-grounded-argentina-linked-to-iran/ U.S. asks Argentina to seize mysterious Venezuelan plane linked to Iran], CBS News, Aug 3, 2022.</ref> could be linked to attempts by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) to attack Israelis abroad.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-710648 How is a Venezuelan plane linked to Iran's attempts to attack Israelis?], ''JPost'', Jun 28, 2022.<blockquote>A Venezuelan cargo plane bought from Iran is the latest piece in the IRGC's smuggling enterprise.
The United States accused the captain of the plane, Gholamreza Ghasemi of being an Revolutionary Guard office. Ghasemi claimed that he was a instructor, teaching the Venezuelan crew how to operate the 747.
The United States accused the captain of the plane, Gholamreza Ghasemi of being an Revolutionary Guard office. Ghasemi claimed that he was a instructor, teaching the Venezuelan crew how to operate the 747.
Gerardo Milman, an Argentine lawmaker, told Iran International in June 2022 that Iranians aboard the Venezuelan plane planned “attacks on human targets.” Milman also alleged that Captain Ghasemi was a senior official of Qods (Quds) force.</small></blockquote></ref>
Gerardo Milman, an Argentine lawmaker, told Iran International in June 2022 that Iranians aboard the Venezuelan plane planned “attacks on human targets.” Milman also alleged that Captain Ghasemi was a senior official of Qods (Quds) force.</small></blockquote></ref>
[[File:Iran - Hezbollah Hussein Ahmad Karaki - behind massacre and bombing in the 1990s Agentina.jpg.jpg|thumb|Iran - Hezbollah Hussein Ahmad Karaki - behind massacre and bombing in the 1990s Agentina]]
[[File:Iran - Hezbollah Hussein Ahmad Karaki - behind massacre and bombing in the 1990s Agentina.jpg.jpg|thumb|Iran - Hezbollah Hussein Ahmad Karaki - behind massacre and bombing in the 1990s Agentina]]
In 2024 it was revealed the identity of the director of the 1992 bombing of the Israeli embassy and the 1994 bombing of the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires.
In 2024 it was revealed the identity of the director of the 1992 bombing of the Israeli embassy and the 1994 bombing of the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires.
Hussein Ahmad Karaki, the head of the Hezbollah operations in Latin America.<ref>[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/398115 Revealed: This is the Hezbollah terorrist who planned 1992 bombing], ''INN'', Oct 27, 2024</ref>
Hussein Ahmad Karaki, the head of the Hezbollah operations in Latin America.<ref>[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/398115 Revealed: This is the Hezbollah terorrist who planned 1992 bombing], ''INN'', Oct 27, 2024</ref>
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