http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/hizballah/ en-us Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:13:55 GMT Focus Forum 15 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/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/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/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/2378204/posts Special Navy forces discovered weapons and ammunition on a cargo ship overnight Tuesday, after boarding the Francop some 100 nautical miles west of Israel flying an Antiguan flag. Defense officials said the 140-meter long Francop, captured near Cyprus, was carrying arms sent by Iran and destined for Syria and Hizbullah. More than 60 tons of weaponry were on board, in dozens of containers. The Francop carried hundreds of containers. A significant amount of 122 mm. Katyusha rockets, likely made in Iran, assault rifles, mortar shells and grenades were found on board. Israel Radio reported that advanced anti-aircraft platforms not before... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378204/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 13:20:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372300/posts Note: The following text is a quote: Queens Man and Accomplice Charged with Attempting to Provide Material Support to Hizballah Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Joseph M. Demarest, Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the FBI, announced the filing of an indictment yesterday charging Patrick Nayyar and Conrad Stanisclaus Mulholland with attempting to provide material support to Hizballah, a designated foreign terrorist organization. The indictment also charges Nayyar with illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition. On Sept. 24, 2009, Nayyar, a 46-year-old citizen of India who had... NewYork.FBI.gov - DOJ Press Release http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372300/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:53:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363727/posts SNIPPET: "Security sources in Jerusalem told the paper that the missiles, now held by Hizbullah, could hit every part of Israel, Channel 10 reported. Iranian and Syrian officers were reportedly training the Hizbullah operatives in using the new missiles and in operating early warning systems intended to alert the group of Israeli jets." JPOST.com - JERUSALEM POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363727/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:08:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347067/posts Note: Photo and video included. SNIPPET: "It appeared to be a typical Al-Quds Day rally, replete with hateful speeches about the destruction of the State of Israel and the waving of Hizballah flags. The rally resembled other international versions of this year's Al-Quds Day celebration, an annual Islamist holiday initiated by Iranian revolutionary and terrorism exporter, Imam Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini. However, this event wasn't held in downtown Karachi or Damascus, but in downtown Washington, D.C's Sheridan Circle. The rally was organized by an employee of the Fairfax County Department of Planning and Zoning, Faheem Darab. It even featured speakers as... INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2347067/posts#comment Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:11:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2339047/posts The government of Andorra has frozen “billions of dollars” in bank accounts linked to Iran, Venezuela, and a variety of terrorist groups, according to the daily Diairi d’Andorra, which publishes in Catalan. The Andorran move, announced on Thursday, was carried out in conjunction with a top secret U.S. Treasury investigation in Miami involving money laundered through Venezuelan banks that was transferred to corresponding banks in the United States. From Miami, the funds were then wired to accounts in Andorra that were controlled by Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez, members of his family and his regime. But the funds were also used... News Max http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2339047/posts#comment Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:36:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331422/posts The hidden Hizbullah arms cache in southern Lebanon that exploded in July contained chemical weapons, and three Hizbullah terrorists died as a result of the toxins, in addition to eight other terrorists killed by the blast, the Kuwaiti newspaper Alseyassah Kuwait said on Thursday. Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331422/posts#comment Thu, 3 Sep 2009 18:42:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328456/posts With Attorney General Holder’s investigation of CIA operatives who utilized enhanced-interrogation techniques on detainees, including 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the Obama administration’s downgrade of the War on Terror to “overseas contingency operations,” and the administration’s release of terrorists captured by heroic U.S. military personnel, what should be a preposterous question to ask the President of the United States, now needs to be asked. In the interest of America’s national security, how will President Obama treat the terrorists in America? According to a previously disclosed 2009 Virginia Terrorism Threat Assessment, prepared by Virginia’s Fusion Center, “Al-Qa’ida, Al-Shabaab, HAMAS, Hizballah, Jama’at... Canada Free Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328456/posts#comment Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:49:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328972/posts An Israeli Arab man has been indicted for allegedly working on behalf of Hezbollah in a plot to assassinate Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi, a gag order lifted on Monday revealed. Tira resident Rawi Fuad Sultani, 23, was arrested by Shin Bet and Israel Police forces earlier this month and indicted at the Haifa District Court. According to the charge sheet, Sultani first made contact with Hezbollah agents at a multi-national Arab summer camp in Morocco organized by the Israeli Arab political party Balad. Lebanese Hezbollah agent Salman Harev, who also took part in the camp, spent... Haaretz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2328972/posts#comment Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:28:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2323841/posts Israeli President Shimon Peres claims that Lebanon's Hezbollah now has an arsenal of 80,000 rockets to bombard Israel -- double the previous estimate by Israeli intelligence and almost four times the number the Iranian-backed militants possessed during their 2006 war with the Jewish state. Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh has dismissed as "lies" the claim made by Peres in an interview with the Kuwait daily Al-Rai published Sunday. "I don't know how he counted these rockets." But the Israeli leader's claim has fuelled regional fears that a new conflict between Hezbollah and Israel is brewing. There has been no independent... Space War http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2323841/posts#comment Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:37:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2322524/posts Suspects accused of planning Hezbollah attacks on Suez Canal go on trial Twenty-six men charged with plotting attacks on tourist sites and ships in the Suez Canal for Lebanon's Hezbollah will go on trial in an Egyptian court on Sunday. Two Lebanese, five Palestinians and 19 Egyptians are among the accused. AFP - Twenty-six men accused of plotting attacks on behalf of Lebanon's Hezbollah group on tourist resorts and on ships in the Suez Canal will go on trial in an Egyptian security court on Sunday. The suspects -- two Lebanese, five Palestinians and 19 Egyptians -- face charges of... France24 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2322524/posts#comment Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:26:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2301543/posts SNIPPET: "Prosecutors direct 26 men accused providing military supplies to Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip to state security court on terrorism and espionage-related charges" Reuters Published: 07.26.09, 16:19 / Israel News SNIPPET: "The bulk of the men "conspired... to carry out terrorist activities within Egypt," led by Hezbollah operatives Mohamed Qublan and Sami Chehab to attack "vessels passing through the Suez Canal, foreign tourists and tourist establishments", the statement said." SNIPPET: "Hezbollah has said Sami Shehab is a member of the group who had been providing military supplies to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip with the help of up to 10 others but... (REUTERS) via YNET NEWS.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2301543/posts#comment Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:59:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2294643/posts The Lebanese Army helped Hezbollah militants destroy evidence of its continued military activity in the south of the country after a hidden arms cache exploded there earlier this week, Israel's envoy to the United Nations has charged in an official complaint. In a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Gabriela Shalev described the abandoned building in which the explosion took place as "an arms cache that consisted of Hezbollah arms, including rockets, mortars, artillery shells, grenades, and additional ammunition which had been brought to the area following the Second Lebanon War." According to Shalev, the incident proves that Hezbollah... Haaretz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2294643/posts#comment Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:05:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2289121/posts Azerbaijan media publish segments from hearing of 2 Lebanese, 4 locals accused of planning terror attack on Israeli embassy in capital city, Baku. According to indictment, suspects admit to being sent by Hezbollah, Iranian Revolutionary Guards, and al-Qaeda Ynet Published: 07.09.09, 00:20 / Israel News YNET NEWS.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2289121/posts#comment Thu, 9 Jul 2009 20:17:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2288688/posts IPT News July 8, 2009 A top aide to President Barack Obama provided a keynote address at last weekend's 46th Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) national convention, a gathering that attracted thousands of people and also featured anti-Semitic, homophobic rhetoric and defense of the terrorist group Hezbollah. In her remarks, Senior Advisor for Public Engagement and International Affairs Valerie Jarrett noted she was the first White House official to address ISNA. She spoke in general terms about interfaith dialogue and cooperation. She praised her hosts for "the diversity of American organizations, and ideas that are represented and will be... INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2288688/posts#comment Thu, 9 Jul 2009 07:40:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2283071/posts In his new book Homeland Security, Assessing the First Five Years, former DHS secretary Michael Chertoff argues: Al-Qaeda and its network are our most serious immediate threat, they may not be our most serious long-term threat….[Hezbollah] has developed capabilities that Al-Qaeda can only dream of, including large quantities of missiles and highly sophisticated explosives. Chertoff’s statement is conventional wisdom among many terrorism experts. Shortly after 9/11 then Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage stated: Hezbollah may be the 'A-Team of Terrorists' and maybe al-Qaeda is actually the 'B' team." SNIPPET: "Has Hezbollah’s ability to launch an attack deteriorated, or is... TERROR WONK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2283071/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 06:44:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282233/posts A French comedian has canceled his participation in a festival in Lebanon next month because of concerns for his safety after Hezbollah's TV station claimed he served in the Israeli army. Al-Manar TV said Gad Elmaleh, who is of Moroccan-Jewish descent, was an avid supporter of Israel and showed a purported picture of him wearing an Israeli military uniform. The performer's agent denied the report's claims and said the photo was a fake. Lebanon and Israel technically remain in a state of war, and it is illegal for Lebanese to have contacts with the Jewish State. Israel and the Shiite... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282233/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:45:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279745/posts Iran's growing influence in Latin America is a "potential risk" to the region, the newly-appointed head of the US Southern Command, General Douglas Fraser has warned. Fraser, who on Thursday takes charge of US military operations in 31 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean, expressed "real concern" about the Islamic Republic's links with "extremist organizations" in the region. "The real concern is not a nation-to-nation interaction, it is the connection that Iran has with extremist organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah and the potential risk that that could bring to this region," Fraser told journalists ahead of taking up the... Space War http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279745/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:48:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278156/posts (IsraelNN.com) U.S. Federal Judge Richard M. Berman sentenced on Tuesday a New York resident who broadcast satellite television programming of the Hizbullah terrorist organization to more than a year in prison. Saleh Elahwal pleaded guilty to providing material support to the terrorist organization's Al Manar news network between September 2005 and August 2006. He was sentenced to a year and five months. Israel, the U.S., and many European countries define the Lebanese-based Hizbullah organization a terrorist organization, prohibiting any transaction with a terrorist organization. Elahwal's sentencing comes two months after the main defendant, Javed Iqbal, was ordered by a federal... Arutz Sheva http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278156/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:41:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272704/posts I heard several disparate reports from around Tehran today that claimed the real instigators of the violence were arabic speaking goons imported from Lebanon and/or Syria. Any info? Just a Question http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272704/posts#comment Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:23:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270217/posts ONE OF THEIR TARGETS WAS THE GABALA RADAR STATION The Gabala radar station is evidently capable of detecting Iranian missile launches. The facility was built by the Soviets and is now leased back from Azerbaijan by Russia. There has been talk of US/Russian cooperation in operating the site for the purpose of monitoring Iranian actions, much to the chagrin of the mullahs. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270217/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:31:33 GMT