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Hezbollah's use of Al-Mabarrat as a fund-raising front is a savvy strategic move, mirroring a tactic long exploited by terrorist groups operating on U.S. soil. By utilizing charities, terrorists can generate popular support by providing some legitimate services, attract contributions from donors both unwitting and aware, and attempt to obscure financial trails. But such operations extend far beyond the United States.
Hezbollah's use of Al-Mabarrat as a fund-raising front is a savvy strategic move, mirroring a tactic long exploited by terrorist groups operating on U.S. soil. By utilizing charities, terrorists can generate popular support by providing some legitimate services, attract contributions from donors both unwitting and aware, and attempt to obscure financial trails. But such operations extend far beyond the United States.
<ref name=emerson>http://www.steveemerson.com/4281/blood-money-hezbollahs-revenue-stream-flows</ref>
<ref name=emerson>http://www.steveemerson.com/4281/blood-money-hezbollahs-revenue-stream-flows</ref>
In October 2011, it was revealed that a suspect in an Iranian plot to assassinate Saudi ambassador to the US, is linked to Hezbollah.<ref>Saudi ambassador assassination plot suspect linked to Hezbollah and Bahrain unrest
Al-Arabiya, 19 October 2011 http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/10/19/172590.html</ref>
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