http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/hezbollah/ en-us Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:07:08 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416798/posts Mohammad, a 40-year old Lebanese Shiite who lives in Hezbollah's stronghold in Beirut's southern suburbs, was holding forth on the virtues of resistance, loyalty, and sex. "You could create the most loyal army by providing political power, social services and fulfilling the desires of your men -- namely, sexual ones," he declared. "And Hezbollah has been very successful in this regard," Mohammad continued. It is hard to disagree. Hezbollah liberated South Lebanon from Israeli occupation, expanded the Shiite community's political power within the country, and has provided social services, such as health care and education, to its constituency since the... NOWLEBANON http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416798/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:07:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415488/posts BEIRUT: At least two people were killed late Saturday in a blast that shook Hezbollah's stronghold in southern Beirut, a security official said. The International News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415488/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:33:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2411158/posts In an editorial column published on 18 December, the editors of The Toledo Blade point out that capturing or killing Osama Bin Laden would not defeat Al Qaeda and capturing or killing Mullah Omar would not defeat the Taliban. They are correct in this but their notions do not go far enough. The fact of the matter is, Al Qaeda and the Taliban could cease to exist tomorrow and the U.S. and Western civilization would still face a Jihadist threat... Terror Trends Bulletin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2411158/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:54:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411034/posts Iran has helped Hizbullah form an operational network for attacks on Western targets, officials said. The officials said the Hizbullah priority was to strike Israeli and U.S. interests in Turkey. "Hizbullah established an operational cell in Istanbul that included members of Iran's IRGC [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps]," an official said. Officials said Hizbullah organized a safe house and formed a front company in Istanbul. They said IRGC helped Hizbullah set up a tourist agency that would enable Iranian agents to easily enter Turkey. In mid-2009, officials said, Turkey foiled a Hizbullah strike on an Israeli target. Officials said the attack,... Geostrategy-Direct http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411034/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:13:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411029/posts <p>"NatWest handed Al Qaeda terrorist 100% mortgage to buy £93,000 home he turned into a bomb factory"</p> <p>SNIPPET: "A bank has sparked outrage by handing over a 100 per cent mortgage to an Al Qaeda terrorist who smuggled himself into Britain.</p> DAILY MAIL.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411029/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:53:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410317/posts The 2006 war between Lebanon and Israel took not only outside observers by surprise, but also Israel and the government of Lebanon. A day after an operation in which Hezbollah killed five Israeli soldiers and captured two others, the Israel Defense Forces struck Lebanese targets as far north as Beirut. Over subsequent days, the Israeli Air Force bombed Hezbollah-controlled neighborhoods in Beirut and struck targets in the country's north. U.S., European, and Arab diplomats scrambled to prevent the spread of hostilities. While Arab governments remained conspicuously silent, unwilling to support Hezbollah publicly, if at all, Iranian authorities egged on the... Pundicity - Michael Rubin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410317/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:05:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407918/posts As Hizbullah tightens its hold on the Lebanese government, which formally has allowed it to remain armed in violation of United Nations resolutions, U.S. President Barack Obama calls on Beirut and Israel to honor U.N. declarations. Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407918/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:11:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400157/posts MUSLIM MANIFESTO UNVEILED by Paul L. Williams, Ph.D. thelastcrusade.org Hezbollah, the Shi’ite terrorist group that serves as arm of the Iranian government, announced today that it will not disarm – as demanded by U.N. resolutions – and that it regards the United States as “the enemy.”The declarations came from Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut, Lebanon. Releasing Hezbollah’s first party manifesto in 24 years, Mr. Nasrallah listed America’s offenses as follows: (1) support for Israel; (2) “domination of international institutions,” and (3) “meddling” in the affairs of Islamic states. Such offenses, he said, “places the American administration in the... December 3rd, 2009 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400157/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 14:31:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399723/posts The Argentinean prosecutor who ferreted out Iranian links to Argentina's largest terror attack warned Wednesday of Teheran's growing terror network in Latin America. "The Iranians are moving fast," assessed Alberto Nisman, who has secured Interpol backing for the arrest of several Iranians, including former president Hashemi Rafsanjani, for ordering the July 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community offices in Buenos Aires. "We see a much greater penetration than we did in 1994." He said that Iran, particularly through Lebanese proxy Hizbullah, has a growing presence in Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador and Nicaragua, using techniques it honed in Argentina before the... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399723/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 23:10:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398859/posts BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Lebanon's new government Wednesday endorsed Hezbollah's right to keep its weapons, the latest sign that the group has no intention of meeting a U.N. resolution calling for it to disarm. Lebanon's government is a shaky coalition of Western-backed factions and the militant group Hezbollah, which has virtual veto power over the government. The group is believed to have thousands of rockets and missiles hidden in basements and bunkers throughout Shiite Muslim areas of the tiny country. seatlle.pi http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398859/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 00:39:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398537/posts BEIRUT (AFP) – Prosecutor of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Daniel Bellemare said on Wednesday his investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri was moving at "full pace." "The investigation is making progress and is proceeding at full pace," said a statement released by his spokeswoman, Radhia Achouri. ... Earlier, Bellemare met President Michel Sleiman on his first trip as prosecutor to Beirut, where he arrived on Tuesday for a seven-day visit during which he also will meet members of the new government. The Hague-based tribunal was set up by a UN Security Council resolution in 2007... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398537/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 17:15:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2398518/posts Last week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that the Obama administration was playing along with the terrorist ruse in Lebanon when she differentiated between the military branch and a political one in Hezbollah. Clinton’s statement on the Charlie Rose Show came only 24-hours after Prime Minister Saad al-Harriri had created a cabinet of national unity, which includes two members of Hezbollah, the radical Islamist terror group. Terrorist organizations create a fake divide between political and military branches to give Western Nations "cover" to appease the terrorist groups, and still seem as if they are fighting terrorism. Its as if... CNSNEWS/The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2398518/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 16:59:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397336/posts Hezbollah's chief on Monday announced the group's new "manifesto," which calls on all countries to "liberate Jerusalem" and declares the United States a threat to the world. "American terrorism is the source of every terrorism in the world," Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised speech from an undisclosed location. It was his first address since a unity government formed in Lebanon this month, ending a crisis that had left the country with no government since June's parliamentary elections. Hezbollah, a political party in Lebanon, is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States and Israel. Nasrallah does not appear... cnn http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397336/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 02:30:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2396862/posts There is mounting evidence that the global Jihadist insurgency is fully entrenched in the USA. After the Fort Hood massacre news services seem divided between those hell-bent-for-leather on denying that it was a case of anything other than a persecuted loner “snapping” and those who proclaimed it the first “terrorist” attack on US soil since September 11th. Both were wrong. Over the last 12 months alone, we have been provided with a stack of evidence of the Jihadist insurgency inside America. Americans have largely ignored this evidence, or at least failed to “connect the dots.” I decided to go back... Terror Trends Bulletin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2396862/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:19:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394055/posts As Iran tests the capabilities of its air defense systems in nationwide exercises, the Israeli air force is reported to be planning special seminars to prepare its attack pilots to cope with heavy surface-to-air missile defenses. According to The Jerusalem Post, the sessions will encompass "future conflict with Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria and Iran" in which air force crews will "have to deal with an unprecedented number of surface-to-air missiles, most of them Russian-made." None of these adversaries is considered to pose an overwhelming air-defense threat, although Israeli intelligence believes that Iran has supplied some shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles to the Palestinian... Space War http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394055/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:38:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393853/posts The FBI says a Centerville man is charged with buying and shipping about 7,000 stolen cell phones in connection with an international ring trafficking weapons and stolen goods. According to the FBI, Hussein Ali Asfour of Centerville is charged with conspiracy to transport stolen property and faces up to five years in prison. A criminal complaint in the case listed his address as 100 Cross Link Trail. USA Today reports that Asfour was charged along with four other men, including three accused of trying to buy Stinger anti-aircraft missiles and machine guns destined for Syria or Iran. USA Today describes... 13WMAZ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393853/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:05:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393975/posts WASHINGTON — A grand jury in Philadelphia indicted four men Tuesday for an alleged plot to support the Lebanon-based terror group Hezbollah through illegal schemes, including buying the group more than a thousand machine guns. The indictment comes just a day after officials in Philadelphia said they disrupted a similar scheme to acquire anti-aircraft missiles and send them to Syria — though in that case, authorities have yet to accuse anyone of trying to help a specific terror group. The indictment filed Tuesday says two suspects sought to provide roughly 1,200 Colt M4 machine guns to Hezbollah, but their efforts... Foxnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393975/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:12:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393272/posts A Russian military delegation is inspecting airfields before Moscow sends 10 MiG-29 fighter jets to bolster Lebanon's almost non-existent air force, a challenge to U.S. efforts to build up the Mediterranean country's state institutions to counter Hezbollah. Under a deal announced in December by Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr during a visit to Moscow, Russia will provide the MiG-29s from its air force inventory free of charge, including upgrades, under a military assistance program. The Americans have supplied second- and third-hand military equipment including M-60A3 main battle tanks (ex-Jordanian) and M-198 155mm artillery guns, worth $400 million to Lebanon since... Space War http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393272/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:11:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386173/posts The Canadian Press VANCOUVER — SNIPPET: "Khaled Nawaya, a flight instructor, was arrested by Canada Border Services agents when they found $800,000 in gold coins and other currency in his car and pockets on Oct. 6, as he crossed into Surrey, B.C., near Vancouver." SNIPPET: "He'd been living in the U.S. since he was 17 and had gained approval for permanent residency in Canada. Besides the gold, Canadian agents found a ring bearing the insignia of Hezbollah, which has been listed as a terrorist organization by the Canadian government since 2002. They also seized 9/11 conspiracy theory-themed DVDs and a... CTVBC.ctv.ca - THE CANADIAN PRESS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2386173/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:27:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385593/posts Yesterday the US attorney’s office in Manhattan moved to seize assets of a non-profit foundation tied to Iran. Among those assets are four mosques in New York, California, Maryland and Texas, 100 acres of land in Virginia and a 36-story building at 650 5th Avenue in Manhattan. Much of this activity centers around the ties of the foundation, the Alavi Foundation, to Bank Melli. We have written extensively on Bank Melli here on SFW. It has been, for the past three years in a row, the largest Shariah-Compliant financial institution in the world, according to the UK periodical “The Banker”... Shariah Finance Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2385593/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:10:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384344/posts JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel released documents and pictures on Wednesday which it said provided proof that a massive arms shipment seized at sea last week came from Iran. Israeli commandos intercepted the Antigua-flagged "Francop" near the coast of Cyprus, claiming it was taking the weapons to Syria en route to the Lebanese Hezbollah militia. Israel immediately accused arch-foe Iran of sending the cargo, but on Wednesday offered for the first time evidence to back up the charges and detailed the extent of the cache. "Hidden among the dozens of other containers on board, and disguised as civilian goods, the ship... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384344/posts#comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:05:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383183/posts Israel must prepare itself for the fact that in a coming war, the IDF will not be able to block all incoming rockets from hitting civilian areas, despite the anticipated deployment of the Iron Dome system in 2010, IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Tuesday morning. During the general periodical briefing to the powerful committee, the commander of the IDF focused heavily on Iran and Israel's security, offering cautious optimism regarding the efficacy of international sanctions, while warning that with Teheran's help, Hezbollah had amassed "tens of thousands" of... The Woodward Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383183/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:19:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381106/posts BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri will announce a new national unity government to include Iranian- and Syrian-backed Hezbollah in the next few days, politicians said on Saturday. Lebanon has been without a functioning government since Hariri led his coalition, backed by the United States and Saudi Arabia, to victory in a June parliamentary election against Hezbollah and its allies. Politicians from both sides said Hariri had now clinched a deal with the opposition on the new government's make-up. A government acceptable to all main parties is seen as key to maintaining stability in a country facing sectarian... Reuters on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381106/posts#comment Sat, 7 Nov 2009 22:16:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380501/posts Mideast: Iran tests an advanced warhead design as it gets caught shipping weapons to Hezbollah. Syria is reported to give the group operational control over Scud missiles. It's five minutes to midnight. Tyranny abhors a vacuum. While the U.S. and the West dither in Hamlet-like fashion over whatever we shall do in places such as Afghanistan and Iran, the Axis of Evil is in full swing in its plans to destroy Israel and threaten Europe and America. Israel last week seized what it said was the largest arms cache ever intercepted in the region. Israeli navy commandos boarded the Francop,... Investors.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380501/posts#comment Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:10:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380260/posts BEIRUT — Anne Frank's diary has been censored out of a school textbook in Lebanon following a campaign by the militant group Hezbollah claiming the classic work promotes Zionism. The row erupted after Hezbollah learned excerpts of "The Diary of Anne Frank" were included in the textbook used by a private English-language school in western Beirut. Frank wrote the diary while her family hid from Nazi police and sympathizers in an Amsterdam attic from 1942 to 1944. She later died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp at the age of 15, and the diary was published posthumously. AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380260/posts#comment Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:26:19 GMT