Report: Hizballah Setting Up 90 Miles From U.S.
by IPT News • Sep 2, 2011 at 10:22 am
http://www.investigativeproject.org/3141/report-hizballah-setting-up-90-miles-from-us
More than two dozen Hizballah operatives are setting up an operations base in Cuba, an Italian newspaper reports, with the objective of plotting revenge attacks for the 2008 assassination of former terrorist operations chief Imad Mughniyeh.
The operatives will start with a $1.5 million budget, working to make "new contacts, obtain and produce travel documents for various South American countries, recruit informants, and develop relationships with smugglers that move merchandise and are involved in human trafficking," according to a translation of the Corriere della Serra article.
Most of the operatives were handpicked by Talal Hamia, who reportedly runs Hizballah's clandestine operations.
The Lebanese-based terrorist group already has established a vast network of operatives throughout Latin America, particularly along the Tri-Border Area of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay, engaging in drug trafficking and other criminal operations. In addition, Cuban ally Hugo Chavez of Venezuela reportedly held a secret summit last year in Caracas, hosting leaders of Hizballah, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Dozens of people have been arrested in the United States for providing support to the group. Law enforcement officials fear some of those supporters could be used to launch attacks against American interests ordered to do so by Hizballah leaders or the group's Iranian patrons.
Now Hizballah appears to be planting seeds in this hemisphere for precisely that reason.
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Reader comments on this item
drug dealers etc.
Submitted by bilbo, Nov 1, 2011 06:08
so, if these operations are being funded by drugs, predominantly purchased by western addicts, then surely it makes sense to add the charge of aiding terrorism to the charges of trafficking, supplying and posession.
And the difference is?
Submitted by Larry, Oct 29, 2011 15:48
We have always known that Cuba is not friendly towards the United States, so why is everybody surprised? You have forgotten the Cuban missile crisis? That is why when Bush took so long to respond to being told that we were under the attack, everybody held their breath. If it had been I.C.B.M.'s, we would have been toast. Now, a Canadian General watching Bush said,"That man is Hypervigllant> the highest form of fear-he cannot move and should be replaced." Right then, I knew that we were in trouble. But Bush and Cheneny,recovered, and let 4000+ warriors, and countless others die, in search of oil. Remember how it was going to pay for the war? Well, the Chinese beat them to the oil fields. We have no defense for missiles-90miles--900 miles the difference is measured in seconds.
This is not anything new
Submitted by Big Sarge, Oct 29, 2011 12:46
These governments have been working with each other for quite sometime. We did a 6 part series on terrorism and Sharia Law on my radio show www.blogtalkradio.com/rules and we talked about this over and over again. The threat is real, it is in our own backyard, and it is creeping into our very lives. THank god we have people out there like Steve and his crew exposing the operations. Now all people have to do in America is wake up!!
ACTUALLY ALOT CLOSER
Oct 18, 2011 21:04
Investigative sources have located Hezbollah 9 miles south of Juarez trianing recruits for the Mexican cartels.
Notice the increase in violence to wit: beheadings, VIEDs and IEDs...
They are paid for these endeavors with cocaine which they sell in the EU
Cuba
Oct 11, 2011 17:43
We would love to see more reports about possible Cuban support for Islamic extremists
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This is not anything new |
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90 miles away? That's a shocker! |
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