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| | ==Funding== | | ==Funding== |
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| | + | '''Dirty Money, Blood Money''' |
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| | ===Criminal funding=== | | ===Criminal funding=== |
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| − | The Lebanese Shiite Terrorist Organization has been highlighted as a profile in "Crime and Terrorism" - Hezbollah's Criminal activity is widely in Lebanon and worldwide. <ref>http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/hezbollah.htm</ref>, or what researches call: "various criminal enterprises to raise funds for Hezbollah." | + | The Lebanese Shiite Terrorist Organization has been highlighted as a profile in "Crime and Terrorism" - Hezbollah's Criminal activity is widely in Lebanon and worldwide <ref>http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/hezbollah.htm</ref>, or what researches call: "various criminal enterprises to raise funds for Hezbollah." |
| | <ref>http://www.amazon.com/Lightning-Out-Lebanon-Hezbollah-Terrorists/dp/0345475682</ref> | | <ref>http://www.amazon.com/Lightning-Out-Lebanon-Hezbollah-Terrorists/dp/0345475682</ref> |
| − | Among the illegal, criminal methods of the Islamic group is wide fraud, drug trafficking, credit card fraud & cigarette | + | Among the illegal, criminal methods of the Islamic group is wide fraud, drug trafficking, credit card fraud & cigarette smuggling, it has been known that "Cigarette Smuggling Funds Terrorism." <ref>http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/2/13/135754.shtml</ref> |
| − | smuggling, it has been known that "Cigarette Smuggling Funds Terrorism." <ref>http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/2/13/135754.shtml</ref> | |
| | <ref>http://www.goofigure.com/UserGoofigureDetail.asp?gooID=5094</ref> | | <ref>http://www.goofigure.com/UserGoofigureDetail.asp?gooID=5094</ref> |
| − | In a 2009 report on "Hezbollah: narco-Islamism Middle East Strategy at Harvard" researchers have found that: More than any other Islamist group, Hezbollah has a long record of engaging in criminal activity to support its activities. | + | In a 2009 report on "Hezbollah: narco-Islamism Middle East Strategy at Harvard" researchers have found that: 'more than any other Islamist group, Hezbollah has a long record of engaging in criminal activity to support its activities.' |
| | <ref>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mesh/2009/03/hezbollah-narco-islamism/</ref> | | <ref>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mesh/2009/03/hezbollah-narco-islamism/</ref> |
| | <ref>http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/11/hezbollah_financing_through_cr.php</ref> | | <ref>http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/11/hezbollah_financing_through_cr.php</ref> |
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| | ===Europe=== | | ===Europe=== |
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| | + | Among the highlighted terror crimes of the Hezbollah is the: [[TWA]] Hijacking, June 14, 1985: A Trans-World Airlines flight was hijacked en route to [[Rome]] from [[Athens]] by two Lebanese Hizballah terrorists, (the two terrorists were brandishing grenades and pistols) and forced to fly to Beirut. The eight crew members and 145 passengers were held for seventeen days, during which one American hostage, a [[U.S.]] Navy sailor, was murdered. After being flown twice to [[Algiers]], the aircraft was returned to [[Beirut]] after Israel released 435 Lebanese and [[Palestinian]] prisoners. |
| | + | <ref>http://www.fas.org/irp/threat/terror_chron.html</ref><ref>http://www.fbi.gov/page2/jan06/longarm010506.htm</ref><ref>http://army.mil/terrorism/1989-1980/index.html</ref><ref>http://terrorism.grady.uga.edu/history/analysistwa.html</ref> <ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/30/newsid_2527000/2527337.stm</ref><ref>http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/10/20011010-1.html</ref><ref>http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2009/01/28/report-massive-hezbollah-terror-attack-against-israeli-target-in-europe-thwarted/</ref> |
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| | There's a serious "Hezbollah's Terrorist Threat to the European Union" writes [[The Heritage]] (2007) | | There's a serious "Hezbollah's Terrorist Threat to the European Union" writes [[The Heritage]] (2007) |
| | <ref>http://www.heritage.org/Research/Testimony/Hezbollahs-Terrorist-Threat-to-the-European-Union</ref> | | <ref>http://www.heritage.org/Research/Testimony/Hezbollahs-Terrorist-Threat-to-the-European-Union</ref> |
| − | From a report on "Hezbollah Around the World" - Arabs, Muslims in Germany have been key fund raising center for Hezbollah. through crimes of: drug trafficking, weapons and people smuggling and document and currency fraud. <ref>http://www.adl.org/main_Terrorism/hezbollah_overview.htm?Multi_page_sections=sHeading_7</ref> | + | From a report on "Hezbollah Around the World" - Arabs, Muslims in Germany have been key fund raising center for Hezbollah. through crimes of: drug trafficking, weapons and people smuggling and document and currency fraud. <ref>http://www.adl.org/main_Terrorism/hezbollah_overview.htm?Multi_page_sections=sHeading_7</ref> |
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| | ===U.S. Mexican border=== | | ===U.S. Mexican border=== |
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| | Amongst its stated objectives is the establishment of a Shiite theocracy in [[Lebanon]]. | | Amongst its stated objectives is the establishment of a Shiite theocracy in [[Lebanon]]. |
| | <ref>http://www.aph.gov.au/Library/pubs/rn/2002-03/03rn42.htm</ref> | | <ref>http://www.aph.gov.au/Library/pubs/rn/2002-03/03rn42.htm</ref> |
| − | Hezbollah's goal is the establishment of an Islamic state encompassing encompassing Lebanon and Israel. | + | Hezbollah's goal is the establishment of an Islamic state encompassing Lebanon and Israel. |
| | <ref>http://www.adl.org/terrorism/symbols/hezbollah.asp</ref> | | <ref>http://www.adl.org/terrorism/symbols/hezbollah.asp</ref> |
| | Many in the [[Lebanese]] [[Christian]] diaspora, beyond the reach of Hezbollah intimidation, speak out forcefully against turning Lebanon into a [[Shia]] [[theocracy]] emulating Iran. | | Many in the [[Lebanese]] [[Christian]] diaspora, beyond the reach of Hezbollah intimidation, speak out forcefully against turning Lebanon into a [[Shia]] [[theocracy]] emulating Iran. |
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| | The violence & bloodshed besides: '''the attack on Marine Barracks in 1985.'''<ref>http://blog.heritage.org/2009/10/23/the-1983-marine-barracks-bombing-connecting-the-dots/</ref> | | The violence & bloodshed besides: '''the attack on Marine Barracks in 1985.'''<ref>http://blog.heritage.org/2009/10/23/the-1983-marine-barracks-bombing-connecting-the-dots/</ref> |
| | '''Targeting Israeli civilians.'''<ref>http://www.haaretz.com/news/barak-to-un-hezbollah-arms-target-israeli-civilians-1.266260</ref> | | '''Targeting Israeli civilians.'''<ref>http://www.haaretz.com/news/barak-to-un-hezbollah-arms-target-israeli-civilians-1.266260</ref> |
| − | '''Use of Lebanese as human shields in their initiated war against Israel.<ref>http://washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20060730-093558-9976r.htm</ref>''' | + | '''Use of Lebanese as human shields in their initiated war with Israel.<ref>http://washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20060730-093558-9976r.htm</ref>''' |
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| | + | Among the highlighted terror crimes of the Hezbollah is the: TWA Hijacking, June 14, 1985: A Trans-World Airlines flight was hijacked en route to Rome from Athens by two Lebanese Hizballah terrorists, (the two terrorists were brandishing grenades and pistols) and forced to fly to Beirut. The eight crew members and 145 passengers were held for seventeen days, during which one American hostage, a U.S. Navy sailor, was murdered. After being flown twice to Algiers, the aircraft was returned to Beirut after Israel released 435 Lebanese and Palestinian prisoners. |
| | + | <ref>http://www.fas.org/irp/threat/terror_chron.html</ref><ref>http://www.fbi.gov/page2/jan06/longarm010506.htm</ref><ref>http://army.mil/terrorism/1989-1980/index.html</ref><ref>http://terrorism.grady.uga.edu/history/analysistwa.html</ref> <ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/30/newsid_2527000/2527337.stm</ref><ref>http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/10/20011010-1.html</ref><ref>http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2009/01/28/report-massive-hezbollah-terror-attack-against-israeli-target-in-europe-thwarted/</ref> |
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| | In 2009, there was a report of a "Massive Hezbollah Terror Attack Against Israeli Target In Europe," that has been thwarted. <ref>http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2009/01/28/report-massive-hezbollah-terror-attack-against-israeli-target-in-europe-thwarted/</ref> | | In 2009, there was a report of a "Massive Hezbollah Terror Attack Against Israeli Target In Europe," that has been thwarted. <ref>http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2009/01/28/report-massive-hezbollah-terror-attack-against-israeli-target-in-europe-thwarted/</ref> |
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| | [[Haaretz]] wrote in detail on "How Iran planned the Buenos Aires blast - 1994" <ref>http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=273898&contrassID=2&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0:</ref> | | [[Haaretz]] wrote in detail on "How Iran planned the Buenos Aires blast - 1994" <ref>http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=273898&contrassID=2&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0:</ref> |
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| | ==External links== | | ==External links== |