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Iranian, Syrian Backed: Arab Islamic Hezbollah Terrorists

Funding

Dirty Money, Blood Money

Criminal funding

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 [1], or what researches call: "various criminal enterprises to raise funds for Hezbollah." [2] 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." [3] [4] 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.' [5] [6]

South America

The 'Hezbollah's global finance network' includes "The Triple Frontier" (in South America) - "Argentina, Brasil & Paraguay." [7], [8]

There's an extensive report on "Hezbollah and the Drug Trade in South America" - Hezbollah is active in the drug trade in Colombia, a web of criminality that extends from Lebanon to Africa to South America. [9]

U.S.

The Washingtom Times had an editorial (2005) on 'Hezbollah in America' a 41-year-old businessman, was arrested at his Dearborn home on charges of smuggling funds to Hezbollah [10]

Europe

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. [11][12][13][14] [15][16][17]

There's a serious "Hezbollah's Terrorist Threat to the European Union" writes The Heritage (2007) [18] 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. [19]

U.S. Mexican border

Hezbollah is also accused of using the same southern narcotics routes that Mexican drug kingpins, that Hezbollah members have entered the U.S. border through drug cartel. [20][21] The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review wrote an article on ‎Apr 10, 2009, "The Hezbollah threat: It's here, now." [22]

Regional plans

Amongst its stated objectives is the establishment of a Shiite theocracy in Lebanon. [23] Hezbollah's goal is the establishment of an Islamic state encompassing Lebanon and Israel. [24] Many in the Lebanese Christian diaspora, beyond the reach of Hezbollah intimidation, speak out forcefully against turning Lebanon into a Shia theocracy emulating Iran. [25]

Global Plans

The Associated Press reported in May, 2010, that a Muslim cleric calls for 'Greater Iran' - Shi'ite Islamic union would stretch from Afghanistan to Israel. Ayatollah Mohammad Bagher Kharrazi said the creation of what he termed an Islamic United States is a central aim of the political party he leads - called Hizbullah, or Party of God. He added that he hoped to make his vision a reality if the party won the next presidential election. "The Islamic United States will be an introduction to the formation of the global village of the oppressed and that will be a prelude to the single global rule of the Mahdi," the newspaper quoted him as saying. [26][27]

Violence outside Lebanon

The violence & bloodshed besides: the attack on Marine Barracks in 1985.[28] Targeting Israeli civilians, for years.[29][30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] Use of Lebanese as human shields in their initiated war with Israel, to cause casualties among their own Arab population, in order to generate sympathy in the Arab world.[37]

Iraq

Already in November 24, 2003, The New York Times elaborated in an aticler: "A region inflamed, the hand of Tehran," Hezbollah, in Iraq, that Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Shiite group, has established a significant presence in Iraq.[38]

In 2006. U.S. Officials said: "Hezbollah Training Iraqi Shiite Militia Group.“ [39][40]

The Wall Street Journal wrote (2007) on Iran's Proxy War, The involvement of Hezbollah in Iraq. [41]

The BBC reported on additional proof, US officials had in 2007 of the link [42] In an articlre on Iran in Iraq, the Washington Post wrote on Iran's Hezbollah soldiers and methods in the war in Iraq.[43] the CNN reported on a Hezbollah agent played deaf before confessing, the top special operations officer with Lebanon's Hezbollah militia pretended to be deaf and mute when he was captured in Iraq.[44]

In 2008, there were more repots on Hezbollah Trains Iraqis in Iran[45] Iraqi president Jalal Talabani charged (May, 2008) Hezbollah interference, in a Baghdad interview, he accused the leader of the Lebanon-based Hezbollah of meddling in Iraq's affairs.[46]

In May, 2010, the US said that Syria must curb arm shipments to Hezbollah, top US diplomat has urged Syria to do more to prevent arms shipments to the militant Lebanese Hezbollah and stem the flow of militants into Iraq.[47]

Somalia

The New York Times reported on Hezbollah in Somalia. [48] From NPR (November 15, 2006), the "U.N. Report ties Somali Islamists to Hezbollah, There is an alarming new report about the situation in Somalia. United Nations monitors say seven countries and various groups are supporting Islamists." [49]

Afghanistan

Hezbollah Link in the war in Afghanistan have been found [50]

Sudan

The Hezbollah, reportedly, is very suppportive Al-Bashir's genocie in the Sudan [51]

Egypt

In 2009, the BBC reported that Egypt was 'hunting Hezbollah suspects'[52], prosecutor accused Hezbollah of plotting attacks in Egypt, of sending operatives to Egypt to carry out attacks in the country and to smuggle weapons.[53] [54] [55]

Analysts said that the Egypt-Hezbollah standoff dents Egypt-Iran relations[56]

Azerbaijan

Hezbollah plotted embassy attack' in Azerbaijan - was revealed in 2009. A trial under way in Azerbaijan of two Hezbollah members and four Azeris, where prosecutors drew a link between Iranian-backed Hezbollah terror missions. [57]

Europe

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. [58][59][60][61] [62][63][64]

In 2009, there was a report of a "Massive Hezbollah Terror Attack Against Israeli Target In Europe," that has been thwarted. [65]

Argentina

Hezbollah and Iran both are charged, via clear evidence, by Argentian court, with the Amia terror bombing which killed 85 and wounded 300. [66][67][68][69], furthermore, Argentina accuses Iran of meddling in probe of 1994 Jewish center bombing[70] , the investigation finds Iranian, Hezbollah and Syrian involvement [71]

Haaretz wrote in detail on "How Iran planned the Buenos Aires blast - 1994" [72]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/hezbollah.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Lightning-Out-Lebanon-Hezbollah-Terrorists/dp/0345475682
  3. ↑ http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/2/13/135754.shtml
  4. ↑ http://www.goofigure.com/UserGoofigureDetail.asp?gooID=5094
  5. ↑ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mesh/2009/03/hezbollah-narco-islamism/
  6. ↑ http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/11/hezbollah_financing_through_cr.php
  7. ↑ http://www.meib.org/articles/0201_l2.htm
  8. ↑ http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/HH03Aa01.html
  9. ↑ http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/testimony/313.pdf
  10. ↑ http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20050519-092915-7312r.htm
  11. ↑ http://www.fas.org/irp/threat/terror_chron.html
  12. ↑ http://www.fbi.gov/page2/jan06/longarm010506.htm
  13. ↑ http://army.mil/terrorism/1989-1980/index.html
  14. ↑ http://terrorism.grady.uga.edu/history/analysistwa.html
  15. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/30/newsid_2527000/2527337.stm
  16. ↑ http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/10/20011010-1.html
  17. ↑ http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2009/01/28/report-massive-hezbollah-terror-attack-against-israeli-target-in-europe-thwarted/
  18. ↑ http://www.heritage.org/Research/Testimony/Hezbollahs-Terrorist-Threat-to-the-European-Union
  19. ↑ http://www.adl.org/main_Terrorism/hezbollah_overview.htm?Multi_page_sections=sHeading_7
  20. ↑ http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/27/hezbollah-uses-mexican-drug-routes-into-us/print/
  21. ↑ http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/hezbollah-using-drug-smuggling-routes/story.aspx?guid=%7BA14CB7E3-86EE-4ECE-A417-E31BF77E65FD%7D&dist=msr_2
  22. ↑ http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/s_620146.html
  23. ↑ http://www.aph.gov.au/Library/pubs/rn/2002-03/03rn42.htm
  24. ↑ http://www.adl.org/terrorism/symbols/hezbollah.asp
  25. ↑ http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2006/08/08/death_and_destruction_are_hezbollahs_goals/
  26. ↑ http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ixeFBxfLzaSjs8Mb8cuFmtPOT6-wD9FN9ING1
  27. ↑ http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?ID=175619
  28. ↑ http://blog.heritage.org/2009/10/23/the-1983-marine-barracks-bombing-connecting-the-dots/
  29. ↑ http://www.haaretz.com/news/barak-to-un-hezbollah-arms-target-israeli-civilians-1.266260
  30. ↑ http://www.ynet.co.il/english/articles/0,7340,L-3275609,00.html
  31. ↑ http://www.haaretz.com/news/eight-hurt-as-record-number-of-rockets-hits-northern-israel-1.194063
  32. ↑ http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=37034
  33. ↑ http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Terrorism/hizattacks1.html
  34. ↑ http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/7/24/154609.shtml
  35. ↑ http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/8956/hezbollah-rocket-attacks-hurt-19-israelis-in-kiryat-shmona/
  36. ↑ http://www.mfa.gov.il/NR/exeres/9EE216D7-82EF-4274-B80D-6BBD1803E8A7,frameless.htm?NRMODE=Published
  37. ↑ http://washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20060730-093558-9976r.htm
  38. ↑ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DEFDE113BF937A15752C1A9659C8B63
  39. ↑ http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,232262,00.html
  40. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/28/world/middleeast/28military.html
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  42. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6260690.stm
  43. ↑ http://blog.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2007/07/iran_in_iraq.html?nav=rss_blog
  44. ↑ http://us.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/02/iraq.hezbollah/index.html
  45. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/05/world/middleeast/05iran.htm
  46. ↑ http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/05/30/Talabani_charges_Hezbollah_interference/UPI-44791212150201/
  47. ↑ http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h9Pa9-v36WUhm6_Mqn4inXf_J8iAD9FQL82O0
  48. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/15/world/middleeast/15nations.html
  49. ↑ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6493083
  50. ↑ http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=116544
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  53. ↑ http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1469836.php/Prosecutor_accuses_Hezbollah_of_plotting_attacks_in_Egypt__Roundup
  54. ↑ http://uk.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUKL8213444
  55. ↑ http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-04-08-voa48.cfm
  56. ↑ http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/13/content_11180887.htm
  57. ↑ http://www.ijn.com/ijn-news/international/1017-iran-hezbollah-plotted-embassy-attack-in-azerbaijan
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  59. ↑ http://www.fbi.gov/page2/jan06/longarm010506.htm
  60. ↑ http://army.mil/terrorism/1989-1980/index.html
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  66. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6085768.stm
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