http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/hizbullah/ en-us Wed, 3 Sep 2008 20:24:04 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074001/posts Plans by an unknown group to attack staff of Israel's national carrier El Al in Canada have been thwarted, Israel's private Channel Two television reported on Wednesday. Without giving the nationalities of the alleged attackers, it said they had monitored the comings and goings of El Al aircrew at a Toronto hotel. Security procedures for crews overnighting at the hotel between flights have now been changed, it added. On Tuesday, Israeli newspapers reported that at least five attempts by Hizbullah to abduct Israeli businessmen in Africa, Asia, and South America had been foiled. Each time, Hizbullah -- which fought a... naharnet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074001/posts#comment Wed, 3 Sep 2008 20:24:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072636/posts Iran's increasingly close ties with Venezuela are causing concern to western terror analysts, given that Iran has long been a sponsor of Hezbollah. President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has met with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran in an embrace accompanied by increasingly strident anti-US rhetoric from the Latin strongman. That has increased scrutiny of Hezbollah’s activities in Latin America. the cutting edge news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072636/posts#comment Mon, 1 Sep 2008 22:24:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070112/posts * Asharq Alawsat reported on August 18, 2008, that Hizbullah operatives were involved in attacks against U.S. and Iraqi forces in four Iraqi provinces. In June 2006, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State David Satterfield disclosed that Hizbullah cadres had attacked U.S.-led coalition forces in Iraq. Hizbullah units claimed responsibility for operations against coalition forces and Iraqi security personnel as early as 2005. * A senior U.S. intelligence officer said that the activists of the “Special Groups” (Shiite terror cells in Iraq) undergo training and military instruction administered by the Iranian Revolution Guards’ Qods Force and Lebanese Hizbullah. * The official... Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070112/posts#comment Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:50:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067372/posts Hizbullah leader warns Israel against attacking Lebanon, says 'war's outcome will be clear,' adds, 'Israeli enemy's army will witness things from our warriors in the field it has never seen since plundering entity was established' ynet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067372/posts#comment Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:56:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063939/posts Lebanon's Hizbullah on Monday signed a new memorandum of understanding with another Lebanese group, in a bid to "preserve national unity and prevent sedition" in the country. The document was signed Monday between Hizbullah and the Salafist movement in a ceremony that was held at the Safir Metropolitan Hotel in Beirut. The Shiite movement was represented in the ceremony by the head of its political council Sayyed Ibrahim Amin As-Sayyed, while the Salafist movement was represented by Sheikh Hassan Shahhal. The new memorandum of understanding includes eight main clauses, emphasizing the need to stay united to confront sedition schemes and... al Bawaba http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063939/posts#comment Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:44:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062231/posts WASHINGTON - Iraqi Shiite assassination teams are being trained in at least four locations in Iran by Tehran's elite Quds force and Lebanese Hezbollah and are planning to return to Iraq in the next few months to kill specific Iraqi officials as well as U.S. and Iraqi troops, according to intelligence gleaned from captured militia fighters and other sources in Iraq. AP via Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062231/posts#comment Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:07:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059064/posts A young Israeli man who studied in Germany has been arrested on espionage charges in Israel. Khaled K., of Palestinian descent, allegedly spied for the Hezbollah Shiite militia. His case is expected to highlight Hezbollah recruiting activities in Germany. When Khaled K. stepped off the plane from Germany to start his summer vacation, it wasn't his family that awaited him at the gate. Instead Shin Bet agents and police greeted the 29-year-old Israeli man of Palestinian descent when he arrived on July 16 at Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport. He was arrested and disappeared into custody for two weeks until... Spiegel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059064/posts#comment Sat, 9 Aug 2008 15:30:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057275/posts Khaled Kashkush, 29, of the Israeli-Arab town of Kalansuwa, was indicted in the Petach Tikva District Court on Wednesday for contact with a foreign element connected with the Hizbullah enemy - and with Hizbullah itself. Kashkush allegedly made contact with a Lebanese Hizbullah-affiliated organization that attempts, among other goals, to transfer money to the families of dead Hizbullah terrorists. In 2002, the charge sheet states, he worked in the German headquarters of the organization, and had constant contact with the chairman, Dr. Hasham Hassan. Kashkush was arrested three weeks ago when he returned from Germany. It is not felt that... Arutz Sheva http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057275/posts#comment Wed, 6 Aug 2008 09:29:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058256/posts (Accounting for Iran's Hezbollah crimes) Terrorism victims file $650 million NY lawsuit against 2 banks The Associated PressPublished: July 14, 2008 NEW YORK: A group of Americans, Canadians and Israelis who claim Hezbollah rocket attacks injured them and killed relatives have accused two banks of helping finance the terrorist attacks and have sued them for $650 million. The 85 plaintiffs say in court papers the American Express Bank Ltd. of New York and the Lebanese-Canadian Bank SAL of Beirut unlawfully transferred millions of dollars for Hezbollah between 2004 and 2006. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/14/business/NA-US-Hezbollah-Lawsuit.php iht http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058256/posts#comment Thu, 7 Aug 2008 21:53:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057269/posts Israeli diamond merchants active in West Africa, responding to the report in Haaretz on Monday that defense officials are worried Hezbollah terrorists will target Israeli communities there, said the Lebanese movement enjoyed the strong support of locals. "The big problem for Israelis in West Africa is that there are countries whose diamond industry is controled by Lebanese locals, a majority of whom openly support Hezbollah," a source in the Israeli diamond business said Monday. "In effect, these are countries which are known as Hezbollah states," he added. Israeli companies that deal in diamonds, agriculture, communications and security operate mainly in... Ha'aretz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057269/posts#comment Wed, 6 Aug 2008 08:39:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057268/posts The Israel Air Force's anti-aircraft division on Tuesday carried out a large exercise testing its response to simultaneous missile strikes by Syria, Hezbollah and Iran. The exercise began with a single Syrian missile strike on Israel. Experts predict that a real strike would comprise of multiple strikes from a number of different countries, which was what happened next in Tuesday's exercise. The simulated Syrian attack was soon joined by salvos of missiles launched by Hezbollah and Iran. Ha'aretz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057268/posts#comment Wed, 6 Aug 2008 08:35:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056993/posts (IsraelNN.com) The Hizbullah terrorist group slammed the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Tuesday night for its intention to rescue any Israel Air Force pilot whose aircraft is shot down over Lebanon. According to a report published by the Lebanese daily newspaper al-Akhbar, Commander Claudio Graziano distributed to his troops a contingency plan in which UNIFIL soldiers would aim to reach the pilot before the terrorists could get to him. Failing that, if the pilot is captured by guerrilla forces, Plan B is an attempt to rescue him from enemy hands. However, if the pilot is being held... Arutz 7 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056993/posts#comment Tue, 5 Aug 2008 19:53:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055650/posts (IsraelNN.com) Syrian President Bashar Assad's top aide and adviser, General Mohammed Suleiman, was assassinated on Friday, according to Arab news sources. Suleiman, who was also Syria's liaison officer to the Hizbullah terrorist organization in Lebanon, was shot and killed by an unidentified sniper in the Syrian port city of Tartous. Syrian authorities tried unsuccessfully to prevent publication of the news. The country's Albawaba newspaper, which reported the incident, speculated that Israel might have been behind the killing. Both Albawaba and the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper raised the issue of last February's assassination of Hizbullah second-in-command Imad Mughniyeh, who died in a... ArutzSheva http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055650/posts#comment Sun, 3 Aug 2008 07:31:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055639/posts Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday that the collapse of Israel and its government was no longer an unachievable aim. "Today's situation is that neither the return of Palestinians nor formation of a government and even the collapse of the Zionist regime is unachievable," Ahmadinejad said, according to Fars news agency. "The government has lost the philosophy of its existence and is no longer capable of implementing the policies of the United States and Europe in the region," he told visiting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. While referring to Syria's indirect talks with Iran's arch-foe Israel, Ahmadinejad said "more joint... dpa http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055639/posts#comment Sun, 3 Aug 2008 05:54:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055031/posts Pentagon Makes Fighting Extremism Top Priority Seven years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the Pentagon on Thursday officially named "the long war" against global extremism as its top priority and pledged to avert any conventional military threat from China or Russia through dialogue. The Defense Department, in a new national defense strategy, also emphasized the need to subordinate military operations to "soft power" initiatives to undermine Islamist militancy by promoting economic, political and social development in vulnerable corners of the world. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he hoped the change would help establish permanent institutional support for counterinsurgency skills... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055031/posts#comment Fri, 1 Aug 2008 19:17:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051037/posts London-based Daily Telegraph reports of mysterious blast in military convoy leaving Revolutionary Guards Base last weekend. At least 15 people killed in explosion, but Iranian authorities seeking to silence incident Was sabotage responsible for disrupting a shipment of arms from Iran to Hizbullah? The London-based Daily Telegraph newspaper reported Friday of a mysterious explosion which devastated an Iranian supply convoy intended to reach Hizbullah. According to the report, the strong blast took place in one of Tehran's suburbs as a military convoy left a Revolutionary Guards' ammunition storehouse. At least 15 people were killed in the explosion. Western sources reported... Y-NET (Israel) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051037/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:34:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050388/posts Last Wednesday's pageantry in Beirut celebrating the return of Samir Kuntar marked a black day for Lebanon. It is hardly the first time an Arab terror outfit has held a street party for murderers - sweets were handed out in plenty of Arab capitals on 9/11. Still, it was surprising to see the participation of many members of Lebanon's pro-democracy March 14 movement, like Prime Minister Fouad Siniora who has become a significant US ally over the last three years. Now, Lebanon's friends in the international community, especially in Washington, who backed March 14's struggle and looked to it as... Standpoint Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050388/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:29:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050066/posts Yes, there’s cake, and true to the degenerate spirit of the event, it’s cut with a scimitar. Israel’s planning to hit the local bureau of AJ with sanctions as punishment, but I don’t see why. Israel made this possible. Olmert might as well have been named on the invitations as an honorary co-host.Say this much for the decision to free him, though: Outside of Hamas’s kiddie death-porn pageants, you won’t find a neater example of jihadists and their “moderate” Arab sympathizers reveling in their own cretinism than the celebrations they’re having for this turd. It’s propaganda gold, albeit at an... hotair.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050066/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:28:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049076/posts The foreign media's lack of coverage of Hizbullah's lavish celebrations last week reveal how journalists have capitulated at the hands of extremism. The foreign media's coverage, or lack of coverage, of Hizbullah's lavish celebration of the return of Samir Kuntar last week revealed just how journalists covering this region have capitulated at the hands of extremism. With the exception of an editorial in the Boston Globe denouncing the warm welcome as "morally repulsive" and condemnations from a few conservative papers such as the New York Post, most journalists failed to report on just how repugnant the culture promoted by Hamas... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049076/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:45:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047700/posts Today, Lebanon’s March 14th movement cast itself into an abyss of moral depravity that the bloc’s supporters — myself included — never thought possible. The exchange this morning of bodies for terrorists between Israel and Hezbollah presented March 14’s leaders with what should have been an easy choice: applaud the return to Lebanon of a grotesque child-murderer; say nothing; or denounce him and Hezbollah’s freelance deal-making, which made his return possible. Two of March 14th’s leaders — Fouad Siniora, the Sunni prime minister of Lebanon, and Walid Jumblatt, the leader of Lebanon’s Druze, both of whom are embraced as American... Commentary Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047700/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:32:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045330/posts (IsraelNN.com) The Arabic Al Jazeera television network has given its viewers an inside look at Hizbullah tunnels used in the Second Lebanon War, which the network noted was a military failure for Israel. The video clips revealed that the tunnels were equipped with showers, kitchens and "were planned like a house," according to the program's anchorman Ghassan Bin Jiddu. One clip showed a restroom with a water tank and a fan for ventilation. Bin Juddo explained that it took eight months to a year to complete a tunnel. Arutz 7 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045330/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:17:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045328/posts (IsraelNN.com) The Kuwaiti daily al-Siyasa reported today that Hizbullah has acquired the chemicals needed to make chemical weapons such as nerve gas or mustard gas from North Korean suppliers and is allegedly preparing to arm its Katyusha rockets with chemical warheads. The Kuwaiti paper also declared that the assistance of Syria and Iran was crucial for Hizbullah’s efforts. The reports were based on information provided to al-Siyasa by Syrian opposition figures in the United States. Arutz 7 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045328/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:15:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040058/posts Al-Qaeda Draws New Recruits Via Internet Al-Qaeda is using the Internet to recruit vulnerable young people to its terrorist network, according to a programme aired on Saudi Arabian TV late on Tuesday. Umm Osama, the founder of al-Qaeda's first women-only website, al-Khansa, joined several others on the programme to discuss how they renounced jihadist ideology. Among those who sought a response to this question was an imam from the Medina mosque, Saleh Ibn Awad al-Mudamsi, and the father of a young al-Qaeda suspect held in an Iraqi prison. Read More Qaeda Targets U.S. Oil Interests in North Africa U.S.... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040058/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jul 2008 02:02:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042136/posts SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia | The Bush administration is accusing the government of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of providing cash and refuge to the militant Islamist group Hezbollah of southern Lebanon. An investigation by the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) names Venezuelan diplomat Ghazi Nasr al Din and Venezuelan-Arab businessman Fawzi Kanan as key links between the two. "It is extremely troubling to see the government of Venezuela employing and providing safe harbor for Hezbollah facilitators and fundraisers," said Adam Szubin, political affairs director of OFAC. washington times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042136/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 00:29:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024913/posts The Hunt for American al Qaeda The United States is turning up the heat in the hunt for the California boy turned al Qaeda operative, Adam Gadahn, who has been charged with treason and is believed to be hiding in Afghanistan. If caught and convicted, Gadahn could face the death penalty. The State Department along with the Department of Diplomatic Security announced the beginning of a publicity campaign in Afghanistan urging locals to provide any information on Gadahn's whereabouts, with a reward if the information leads to his capture. Radio advertisements with information concerning the $1 million reward have... 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