Hezbollah

Israel and its bitter enemy Hezbollah began a dramatic prisoner exchange Wednesday, with the Beirut-based terrorist organization handing over what was believed to be the bodies of two Israeli soldiers, while trucks carrying the remains of some 199 Lebanese and Palestinian fighters began crossing into Lebanon. More...

We previously reported that Lebanese & Hezbollah sources claimed a deal between Israel and Hezbollah was near completion. This deal would see Israel free Samir Kuntar, the coward who murdered a father in front of his baby daughter before bashing the girl’s head in, for the remains of Eldad Regev & Ehud Goldwasser. See Article: Imminent: [...]

In 2000 when Israel withdrew from South Lebanon, Hezbollah decided to continue its resistance against Israel's occupation. So they dug up old maps of a 50 km2 strip of land called Chebbaa farms and decided that it was part of Lebanon. However, that piece of land being under the control of Syria in 1967 it was occupied by Israel and considered Syrian. So Israel refused to give up this small plo

Two prominent stories this week feature sources citing IMMINENT events.  If you aren’t convinced that the portal to the Bizarro World has sucked you into an alternate reality then keep reading. Canadian & American Intelligence warn that Hezbollah attacks on Jews worldwide are imminent. At the very same time, a Lebanese official has stated that the release of [...]

The Treasury Department's Office fo Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today several entities tied to Hezbollah and operating in Venezuela. This is the first time I can find of the U.S. government directly and publicly linking Hezbollah funding activities to Venezuela. This is part of a larger pattern, including, as I wrote earlier, of the penetration of Hezbollah and Iran in Venezuela, with the blessi

Last week, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff warned that the Hezbollah resistance movement is the greatest threat to US national security. Hezbollah is known or suspected to have been involved in numerous terror attacks against the U.S., Israel or other Western targets, and includes the 1983 suicide truck bombings in Beirut that killed 241 U.S. Marines at their barracks and 58 at the

Meanwhile UNIFIL and the Lebanese Army watch on the sidelines. And the West silently watches Lebanon teeter on the brink. HEZBOLLAH ATTACKS LEBANESE VILLAGERS Though receiving only sparse coverage in much of the Western media today, Hezbollah — Iran’s proxy Talibanesque army in Lebanon — launched a series of armed attacks against civilian villagers (including elderly people, [...]

A Venezuelan journalist is reporting that Hugo Chavez’s government is recruiting young Men to train with Hezbollah for the purpose of asymmetrical warfare against the US. Fausta has the translation. Hugo Chavez pretends to cut back on his support of the FARC, when his “dangerous” associations go well beyond the Colombian guerrilla. Presently young Venezuelans are being recruited

the unidentified Hizbullah commander was responsible for training the Iranian-backed Mahdi Army in the Baghdad area. “The arrest is a major achievement and could provide an intelligence bonanza,” an Iraqi source said.The U.S.-led coalition has reported the capture of a senior Iranian operative south of Baghdad. In a coalition statement, the operative was described as a “primary weapons smugg

Sunni clerics in Saudi Arabia sharply attacked Hezbollah as a secret arm of the Shiite Iranian government whose real aim is to destroy the power of Sunnis in the Middle East. They insisted many Muslims have been fooled by the Shiites who claim to lead the fight against Israel. The Shiites were accused to [...]

In the next days a major battle in the War of Ideas will be unfolding worldwide and particularly through the international media. We are now witnessing a massive campaign by Hezbollah's strategic communication machine (as our Western jargon likes to describe it) to frame the outcome of the battle for Lebanon, significantly lost by the United States, the West and the forces of Democracies in the re

President Bush and the Israeli government insist their policy of non-negotiation with terrorist groups like Hezbollah is working and will prove productive in bringing democracy to the Middle East. During the past few weeks, Hezbollah faced down opponents in Lebanon, including the army, and showed the world it controlled Beirut and could decide if the [...]

According to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, Hezbollah embarrasses al-Qaeda as a terrorist organization. In terms of technology, discipline, and geographic breadth, bin-Laden’s organization is dwarfed to the minor leagues: “Someone described Hezbollah like the A-team of terrorists in terms of capabilities, in terms of range of weapons they have, in terms of internal disci

Our future national counterinsurgency or asymmetric threat strategy must take into consideration the success which Hamas, Hezbollah, and other segments of the jihadist community have had in building and operating a social services network which influences the local populace. Matthew Levitt has written extensively on that success; see his post here on November 21, 2007 , "Zakat-Jihad Activism," in

Today is a day which we should mark on the calendar and remember for a long time. For on this day, it became abundantly clear that the Iranian-Syrian axis now controls Lebanon through Hezbollah , and Al Qaeda and the Taliban now control the Northwest provinces in Pakistan (see ABC News and the AP story ). Both groups of terrorists won through sustained asymmetric (and, in Lebanon, conventional) wa

An intelligence map released by a French web site, referencing Lebanese sources, shows the extensive communications network established by Hezbollah throughout Lebanon. These closed telephone circuits are operationally independent of government networks. The Lebanese Ministry of Telecommunications has no link to these closed cable-based networks. These systems were at the heart of the latest confr

Debbie Schlussel - Barack Obama claims he's against HAMAS and Hezbollah and is offended by President Bush's speech in Israel about Obama's ethos of "appeasement." So why is he meeting with one of Hezbollah's most important imams and agents in America, Imam Hassan Qazwini? And why is this open anti-Semite and supporter of Israel's annihilation getting to discuss "the Arab-Israeli conflict" in a pr

There is some serious re-evaluation of priorities in parts of the U.S. and European intelligence communities as to the who now poses the greatest strategic threat to the West-al Qaeda or Hezbollah. Hezbollah has publicly emerged in recent days the premier military force in Lebanon , able to act with relative impunity while the army stands by. But perhaps more importantly, Hezbollah has now become

Tokoh penting Gerakan Hezbollah Lebanon menyatakan bahwa perundingan antar faksi politik Lebanon di Qatar tidak membahas tentang perlucutan senjata Hezbollah. Mohammad Raad, ketua fraksi Hezbollah di parlemen Lebanon yang mewakili Hezbollah dalam perundingan Doha Qatar kepada televisi Al-Manar mengatakan, pertemuan Doha tidak membahas masalah senjata Hezbollah, sebab kubu oposisi tidak akan member

The U.S. needs a foreign policy that “looks at the root causes of problems and dangers.” Obama compared Hezbollah to Hamas. Both need to be compelled to understand that “they’re going down a blind alley with violence that weakens their legitimate claims.” He knows these movements aren’t going away anytime soon (”Those missiles aren’t going to dissolve”), but “if they decide to

It astonishes me that this is the future of the democrat party… Obama said this in a NY Times interview today: NY Times The U.S. needs a foreign policy that “looks at the root causes of problems and dangers.” Obama compared Hezbollah to Hamas. Both need to be compelled to understand that “they’re going down a blind alley [...]

Her sister didn't get any either. Just fines of $750. It seems as though the trick being used by offenders like these is to simply plead guilty. Nada Prouty, the agent who spied for Hezbollah, has gotten off thanks to a judge who was apparently appointed by Jimmy Carter, which shows how his disastrous steps as president are still having serious ramifications and repercussions. And all she has to

Lebanon’s Sunni Muslim leader, Saad Al-Hariri pledged there would be no political surrender to what he termed a bid by Hezbollah and its Syrian and Iranian backers to impose their will on the nation by force. Hariri said they”simply are demanding that we surrender, they want Beirut to raise the white flag..This is impossible.” He [...]

Interesting.... Debbie Schlussel has more, as do others. I've noticed over at said Blogs that the comparison between this and the Compean and Ramos situation. There's only one problem. There is no comparison. The facts are this, Compean and Ramos engaged in the shooting of an unarmed, fleeing suspect, destroying evidence, and engaged in a cover-up, and they were prosecuted for it. Which I th

As President Bush prepares to travel to the Middle East, Lebanon's survival as a multi-ethnic, multi-denominational state is at stake. Hezbollah, the Shi'ite terrorist army "made in Iran," demonstrated its force by occupying the capital, Beirut....(read more)

Hezbollah has been rearming quite quickly- it has now close to 45,000 rockets, more than before the onset of the summer 2006 war with Israel- under the eyes of the helpless UNIFIL forces. For proof the March 30 incident when a missiles shipment coming from Syria was controlled at Jbal al Botm by an Italian battalion, part of the UNIFIL forces, and then authorized to continue to reach its final rec

Debbie Schlussel has an exclusive from one of her sources about Iranian Revolutionary Guard members being detained by the Lebanese Army. EXCLUSIVE From Lebanon: Iran Revolutionary Guard Caught Fighting for Hezbollah Although Hezbollah has retreated–by its own choice (and it could easily return and retake)–from Beirut, the Iranian/Syrian-backed, Lebanese terrorist group is fighting in t

Cross Posted from Redcounty.com When Hezbollah isn’t terrorizing Israel, they are besieging their native land of Lebanon. Walid Phares from Counter Terrorism Blog has “Lebanon’s 300:” While the West is busy living its daily life, a beast is busy killing the freedom of a small community on the East Mediterranean: Lebanon. Indeed, as of last week, the [...]

Press TV - Al-Qaeda has reportedly called on its operatives to go to Lebanon and defend what it called the Sunni community of the country. The report came while some Arab media outlets described the current clashes in Lebanon as a fight between Sunni and Shia communities.Sheikh Ali al-Jozo, Mufti of the Jebel region, who is well known for his harsh stance against Hezbollah told the TV network that the clashes are a battle between Lebanon's Shia and Sunni communities and called on Arab leaders to prevent "Iran's influence in the country." The TV network reported that al-Qaeda on all of its websites urged its operatives to defend the Sunni community of Lebanon.

As many among us have warned several times over the past year, and many articles later, Hezbollah has indeed waged its expected blitzkrieg against the democratically elected Government of Lebanon. Within 24 hours, the pro-Iranian super-militia blocked all accesses to the Beirut International Airport, established an exclusive security zone around the organization’s headquarters in south Beirut, deployed its forces into several Sunni neighborhoods in the capital and erected check points across...(read more)

The terrorist group Hezbollah is doing everything it can to push Lebanon into another civil war. Isn’t the religion of peace great? Clashes in Beirut After Nasrallah Vows to Use Weapons Fierce clashes with assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers raged in several Beirut districts shortly after Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah vowed to use weapons to defend [...]

The Lebanese government said on Tuesday it was launching a judicial probe into a telecommunication network which the militant group Hezbollah had set up across the country with the alleged help of Iran. More...

According to the Observer (via Hot Air Headlines), Hezbollah is building up a covert army to attack Israel again. See, that's what happens when they're not genuinely destroyed - they'll only take time to lick wounds and regroup.

A French socialist says he was detained by gunmen linked to Hezbollah during a visit to Lebanon. A news by AsianLoveStories.com. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fasianlovestories.com%2Fhezbollah-held-french-socialist'; addthis_title = 'Hezbollah+held+French+socialist'; addthis_pub = 'asianlove';

In this disgusting news report, we learn that 2 Fatah collaborators who also side with Hezbollah were thankfully arrested before they could work on a plot to poison customers at a resturant they worked at: Two Arabs from Nablus, Ahab Abu Riyal and Anas Salum, were arrested by Israeli Shin Bet officers last month before they could carry out their mission to poison Israelis on behalf of Hizballah.

The Hezbollah-owned Lebanese television channel Al Manar has begun broadcasts in Indonesia, the country with the world’s largest Sunni Muslim population.The transmissions are broadcast via the Palapa C2 satellite owned by the Indonesia Telkom company, in which the Indonesian government holds a majority shareholding, BBC Monitoring reported. It quoted information published by Lyngsat Satellite website.Al Manar, Arabic for "The Beacon", has been broadcasting from Beirut since 1991. The self-proclaimed "Station of the Resistance" is a key player in what Hezbollah – a Shia Muslim militia organisation - calls its "psychological warfare against the Zionist enemy’.It is also considered an integral part of Hezbollah's plan to spread its message to the entire Arab world.According to Al Manar'

Counterterrorism Blog -- It shouldn't surprise us if we find that the Shiite militias have prepared for the same type of warfare engaged in by their Hezbollah cousins in 2006, using Iranian arms, IRGC advisers and trainers, and similar tactics.The obvious difference between Lebanon 2006 and Iraq 2008 is the direct action in Iraq by the U.S. military, who are now far more efficient in counterinsurgency and urban warfare than the Israelis were entering the 2006 conflict. Did the Shiite militia desire such a reaction? Is that why they shelled the Green Zone so early in the conflict with the Iraqi army, to draw the Americans in and inject more uncertainty over Iraq into the 2008 election cycle?Shiite militia leaders have already achieved one strategic goal: they showed Pentagon planners and Am

In reviewing the action this week between Iraqi forces and Shiite militia, it's instructive to compare press accounts of this conflict to reports from the 2006 Hezbollah-Israel conflict in Lebanon, as posted or discussed on this website. Some examples: "Hizballah has proven to be a far more effective fighting machine than Israel anticipated, and the Israelis find themselves in a difficult situation: Continued military operations in Lebanon risk escalation and further destabilization, while a quick...(read more)

Our children will face this danger if we don’t do something about it… Time Magazine The camp trains some 200 children (boys and a few girls ages 6 to 18) about a dozen of whom live in the barracks full time, several having dropped out of school. Here they learn to use firearms, practice hand-to-hand combat, and [...]

Nibal ThawabtehHere's a story of a Palestinian woman who apparently doesn't need a blog or to appear on Fox News to denounce honor killings and terrorism. She apparently does not feel the need to answer critics of Islam, because we all know that every Muslim must categorically denounce violence lest they want the world to think of them as extremists. No, Nibal Thawabteh quietly goes about her business as a council member of a conservative village and publishes a monthly newspaper, Al-Hal, that investigates Palestinian political and social issues. She writes about the hot-button topics of the day: incest, polygamy, honor killings, illegal marriages, lesbianism and the plight of the poor. From what I gather from this article, Nibal Thawabteh is representing the Palestinian people and answe

Iran issued a stamp in commemoration of a top Hezbollah commander wanted by the U.S. who was killed in a car bombing in Syria last month, the official news agency IRNA reported.The stamp, which features a smiling picture of Imad Mughniyeh wearing a military uniform, was unveiled at a ceremony attended by Iran's minister of post and communication, Mohammad Soleimani, and Gen. Yahya Rahim Safavi, former chief of the country's elite Revolutionary Guards.

The Jerusalem shooting massacre that left eight Jewish seminary students dead yesterday was planned on behalf of the Hezbollah terrorist group by an activist from Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah organization, according to senior Israeli and Palestinian security officials speaking to WND.Israel, coordinating with Palestinian intelligence services, has specific information the bloody massacre was financed by Hezbollah and was planned in the West Bank city of Bethlehem by Muhammad Shehadi, a Fatah activist who ran as a Fatah candidate but lost in the 2006 Palestinian elections.The attack reportedly was carried out by an Arab who worked as a driver at the rabbinical seminary and lived in the Jerusalem village of Jable al-Mujabre.World Net Daily via Infidels are Cool

Norman offers a reminder of the bizarre nature of some anti-Israeli sentiment: (1) Iran predicts the destruction of Israel. (2) Hezbollah foresees the disappearance of Israel - which sounds a bit gentler but isn't necessarily. (3) Benny Morris reminds readers of the Irish Times (subscription only, but see also here) that Israel's enemies have been threatening its end since the very inception of the state.And yet there are those who prefer to believe that the conflict in the region is uniquely of Israel's making. Only one assumption can validate that preference: the assumption, namely, of the non-legitimacy of the state of Israel. Oliver Kamm also responds to Hassan Nasrallah's claims that disappearance of Israel is "inevitable"; considering the scale of threat Hezbollah represen

February 13, 2008BEIRUT, Lebanon — A top Hezbollah commander long sought by the United States for his role in terrorist attacks that killed hundreds of Americans in the 1980s, died Tuesday night in Damascus, Syria, when a bomb detonated under the vehicle he was in, Syrian officials said.No one claimed responsibility for killing the commander, Imad Mugniyah, who had been in hiding for many years and was one of the most wanted and elusive terrorists in the world.Mr. Mugniyah, 45, was suspected of planning the 1983 bombings of the American Embassy and a Marine barracks in Beirut; the hijacking of a T.W.A. jetliner in 1985; and a series of high-profile kidnappings in the 1980s, among other crimes. Israel accused him of helping to plan the 1992 bombing of its embassy in Buenos Aires, in which

Mr. Nassrallah is back to issuing his empty threats, warning that if 14 March do not accept all the opposition’s demands they will... “ACT” Frankly, I am sick and tired of Hezbollah’s threats. I considers that 14 March have given more than its share of concessions. Let me refresh your memory: although March 14 have an absolute majority in the parliament but it agreed on a consensual president. They even accepted the army chief, General Suleiman’s, who was considered closer to the opposition than to March 14. And finally they even agreed to give up the absolute majority in the council of Ministers ( out of a total of 30 ministers: giving 7seven to the president, 10 to the opposition and only 14 to the parliamentary majority) But no, Nassrallah wants more, and if he doesn

Hezbollah's grip over Lebanon is increasing by the day. And the West does not seem ready to stop this freight train any longer.The Croissant just reported the following two stories that prove how Hezbollah is planning its "coup": Did Hezbollah arrest UNIFIL’s commander, a few weeks ago? Iran provides armored cars to Hezbollah.While Lebanon is without a president for now, it looks like a favorite is quickly emerging: Lebanon army chief and Damascus ally General Michel Sleiman. If he were to be elected, the winner would not only be Syria, but more importantly Hezbollah.In fact, unsurprisingly Hezbollah has been planning and implementing a secret coup for some time using a multi-pronged strategy.First with a smart political weapon. Against all odds Hezbollah struck a deal with Christian heavyweight and formerly anti-Syrian leader, General Michel Aoun. This was the initial step in creating a major division within Lebanon's Christian community.But that was just the beginning. Hezbollah

Hezbollah's grip over Lebanon is increasing by the day. And the West does not seem ready to stop this freight train any longer. The Croissant just reported the following two stories (full versions available to subscribers) that prove how Hezbollah is planning its "coup": Did Hezbollah arrest UNIFIL’s commander, a few weeks ago? Iran provides armored cars to Hezbollah. I just wrote a piece for the Middle East Times on Hezbollah's tactics to seize power . Here is a short excerpt: While Lebanon...(read more)

Nassrallah latest angry and hateful speech was a sign of Hezbollah’s bankruptcy. Nassrallah did not even propose any effective or feasible solution. He just announced that he did not accept a presidential election by an absolute majority, or Siniora’s government temporarily taking up the president’s power. Nassrallah could not or did not wish to find a solution, instead he spent his speech insulting the 14 March coalition, which in turn resulted in a scalding response by Walid Joumblatt, who for the first time, since Nassrallah emerged on the political scene, practically insulted him! Meanwhile, Nassrallah haven’t even named his candidate, maybe he is waiting till after the election (sic). This whole thing reminds me of the crisis to pass the International Tribunal; Nassr

A bizarre case unfolding in the Los Angeles communities Bell and Cudahy, where a special task force collared a dozen Arab-American and Latino suspects involved in a seemingly small-time drug and counterfeit clothing ring. While on the surface it doesn't appear to be terrorism-related, our sources say Operation Bell Bottoms targeted a "classic case of terrorism financing," with the defendants smuggling profits from selling dope and counterfeit goods in L.A. back to Iran-backed Shiite terror group Hezbollah in Syria and Lebanon.Neither the press release by the U.S. attorney for the Central District of California or court filings by the government specifically mention Hezbollah or terrorism. But one clue is found in the affidavits filed in court, which are signed by prosecutors from the Justice Department's National Security Division and by an FBI official assigned to "Counterterrorism Squad 4" in L.A., a task force brimming with agents from the FBI, DEA, IRS, Department of Homeland Sec

Today we report in the New York Daily News about a bizarre case unfolding in the Los Angeles communities Bell and Cudahy, where a special task force collared a dozen Arab-American and Latino suspects involved in a seemingly small-time drug and counterfeit clothing ring . While on the surface it doesn't appear to be terrorism-related, our sources say Operation Bell Bottoms targeted a "classic case of terrorism financing," with the defendants smuggling profits from selling dope and counterfeit goods...(read more)

A two-year counterterrorism and drug investigation culminated earlier this week with the arrest of a dozen individuals in Los Angeles. Authorities reportedly seized 30 kilograms of cocaine and counterfeit merchandise valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars. According to the LA Times , at least one of the suspects is tied to Hezbollah and was referenced - though not by name - in 2005 congressional testimony by an official with the LA County Sheriff’s Department. I testified at that hearing...(read more)

Something ain't right with Hezbollah's concept of deterrence. Before the 2006 summer war, Narrallah convinced a large part of the Lebanese people that his 20000 thousands missiles are the greatest deterrent to any Israeli attack against Lebanon, and stressed that Israel would never dare to attack our country as long as he had all these missiles.Unfortunately, the war proved him wrong... not only his missiles failed to protect Lebanon, but they caused untold destruction, as Israel bombed any missile launch site no matter where it was, and used Hezbollah's missiles as a pretext to continue the war for over a month.Now fast forward to a few weeks ago, Nassrallah tries, once again, to threaten Israel and us with a big surprise he is preparing for any invading army if they dared attack Leban

Israel and Hezbollah in first swap in nearly four years(AFP) AFP - Israel on Monday handed over the bodies of two Hezbollah militants and a prisoner in exchange for the remains of one Israeli and information on a missing airman. Rice expects emotional Bethlehem visit(AP)AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday she expects an emotional experience when she travels to Bethlehem, the Biblical birthplace of Jesus, this week. Rice says time for a Palestinian state(AFP) AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pushed Israelis and Palestinians Monday to reach concrete understandings ahead of a US peace summit, saying the time had come for a Palestinian state. Bookmark to:

Another case of endangering the public out in the open, in Dearborn, Michigan, no less. From Press & Guide: DEARBORN - Houssein Zorkot, a 26-year-old Dearborn resident, was arraigned Tuesday in 19th District Court on multiple felony charges, including carrying a dangerous weapon with unlawful intent — a five-year felony. Zorkot, a third-year medical student at Wayne State University, was

The commander of U.S. forces in Iraq says there is hard evidence of Iranian efforts to establish a permanent militia presence in Iraq, and that Iraqi leaders have addressed the issue in meetings in Tehran.General Petraeus says the capture of key insurgent operatives in mainly Shiite southern Iraq, including a senior official of Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah militia, resulted in irrefutable evidence of Iran's efforts. "This is evidentiary," Petraeus said. "It is not just intelligence. It rises to the level of evidence, particularly what we captured when we got the hard drives of the computers from the individuals that we picked up." More...

http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/08/30/lebano16740.htmDuring the 2006 war, Hezbollah fired thousands of rockets indiscriminately and at times deliberately at civilian areas in northern Israel, killing at least 39 civilians. See this, also. Technorati tags: Hezbollah • Human Rights Watch

Here’s a follow-up to an article I posted on July 28, 2007. From The Brussels Journal (with thanks to Boycott Islam blog): The Arab-European League (AEL), a pro-Hezbollah organization of Arab immigrants in Belgium and the Netherlands, is rallying its members to march in Brussels on 11 September “against Islamophobia and racism in Europe.” The AEL demonstration is a response to the request by the Danish-British-German organization Stop the Islamisation of Europe (SIOE) for permission to demonstrate on 9/11 in front of the European Union’s buildings in Brussels against the introduction of Sharia laws in Europe. bruessel_flugblatt-small.jpg Two weeks ago the SIOE demonstration was banned by Freddy Thielemans, the mayor of Brussels. According to Mr Thielemans the SIOE demonstration is a a criminal offence because it “incite[s] to discrimination and hatred, which we usually call racism and xenophobia. [This] is forbidden by a considerable number of international treaties and

One year after the war with Israel, triggered by Hezbollah's cross-border rocket attacks, Lebanon's roads are still in desperate need of repair. But the task of reconstruction has become doubly important. The rebuilding now taking place across the country is an intensely political race for the support of Lebanon's people. Almost unnoticed by the outside world, Iran has seized the chance to win popular approval."From the people of Iran to the people of Lebanon", reads the slogan carried on countless hoarding, all trumpeting achievements like "200 projects" and "510 km of roads". So far, Iran has rebuilt 200 schools, 150 places of worship, 30 clinics and 25 bridges. The official budget for this year is about £60 million.Hezbollah runs most of the local councils in the areas where the projects operate. Here, construction work is given to local companies - but only those managed by Hezbollah supporters. More...

The Jerusalem Post writes a book review of Hezbollah: A Short History, written by one Augustus Richard Norton, a Boston University professor and terror apologist:Here we go again: yet another American "scholar" who apologizes for an Islamist terrorist group that exists first and foremost to murder, maim and destroy. With Hezbollah: A Short History, Augustus Richard Norton, a Boston University professor of international relations and anthropology, has joined the ranks of dozens of US academics who inexplicably teach the kinder and gentler side of terrorists.Norton, a former observer with the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization, states in his prologue that he seeks to provide "a more balanced and nuanced account" of Hizbullah, which he calls a "complex organization." Of course, there is little that is complex or nuanced about a group that receives an estimated $100 million a year from the radical Islamic regime in Iran to carry out violence, and has used violence as its raison

The topic below was originally posted in my blog, the Intrepid Liberal Journal as well as the Independent Bloggers Alliance and Worldwide Sawdust.Trying to make sense of tribal politics in the Middle East can’t be done with simple bumper sticker slogans. The history, entangling relationships, religious dimension, shifting alliances, geography and multiple cultures are a Byzantine maze of complexity. Specifically, the Muslim world is often regarded by people in the west, especially Americans, as a large bowl of alphabet soup. As a result, policy makers who look for quick and easy fixes by force in the region overreach and miscalculate.One tragic example of miscalculation and overreach is Lebanon. Once regarded as the “jewel” of the Middle East, Lebanon endured a brutal civil from 1975 to 1990. Surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea, Syria and Israel, this small country the size of Connecticut has flummoxed leaders in Jerusalem and Washington for two decades.In 1982, Israel attempte

Since the UN-brokered ceasefire came into force last August 14, the pro-Iran Shiite militia has been steadily gearing itself up for the next round with the same determination and secrecy that have made its reputation. "Immediately after last summer's war Hezbollah began refortifying its positions and working on new ones," said Judith Palmer Harik, author of the book "Hezbollah: The Changing Face of Terrorism.”A Western military observer in the Lebanese capital, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Hezbollah was now redeploying its arms farther north. "They left the (border) zone at once," he said. "Last summer, much to their surprise, they found themselves fighting well in front of their strongest lines because the Israeli army halted near the frontier. "Hezbollah has far stronger positions in the rear, north of the Litani river, that no one knows about and that they are fortifying all the time." More...

Another example of Hezbollah’s militia like behaviors… Yesterday, Hezbollah’s militia intercepted a Police patrol, passing through Beirut’s Southern suburb and the three police officers were disarmed, taken into custody and interrogated by Nassrallah’s men...Several hours later they were release... Lebanon state is falling... PS: This information was issued by the Police official press apparatus and was published by most newspapers and news sources in Lebanon, including Tayyar.org website that belongs to Aoun and his party, Hezbollah’s own allies. Al Manar however totally ignored the events, the spin masters finally ran out of tricks to fool the Lebanese people.

The Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia has taken root in South America, fostering a well-financed force of Islamist radicals. From its Western base in a remote region divided by the borders of Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina known as the Tri-border, or the Triple Frontier, Hezbollah has mined the frustrations of many Muslims among about 25,000 Arab residents whose families immigrated mainly from Lebanon.An investigation by Telemundo and NBC News has uncovered details of an extensive smuggling network run by Hezbollah. The operation funnels large sums of money to militia leaders in the Middle East and finances training camps, propaganda operations and bomb attacks in South America, according to U.S. and South American officials. U.S. officials fear that poorly patrolled borders and rampant corruption in the Tri-border region could make it easy for Hezbollah terrorists to infiltrate the southern U.S. border. In full

From the Blotter:CIUDAD DEL ESTE, Paraguay - The Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia has taken root in South America, fostering a well-financed force of Islamist radicals boiling with hatred for the United States and ready to die to prove it, according to militia members, U.S. officials and police agencies across the continent.From its Western base in a remote region divided by the borders of Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina known as the Tri-border, or the Triple Frontier, Hezbollah has mined the frustrations of many Muslims among about 25,000 Arab residents whose families immigrated mainly from Lebanon in two waves, after the 1948 Arab-Israeli war and after the 1985 Lebanese civil war. An investigation by Telemundo and NBC News has uncovered details of an extensive smuggling network run by Hezbollah, a Shiite Muslim group founded in Lebanon in 1982 that the United States has labeled an international terrorist organization. The operation funnels large sums of money to militia leaders in the

Azmi Bishara, who phoned in his resignation from the Knesset recently, is suspected of aiding the Hezbollah:Azmi Bishara is suspected of having aided Israel's enemies during the Second Lebanon War.The information came to light after the Petah Tikva Magistrate's Court partially lifted the gag order that was imposed on the case since Bishara left Israel.Bishara is suspected of transferring information to Hizbullah during the war, of maintaining contacts with a foreign agent, and of money laundering.[...]Recently Bishara tendered his resignation from the Knesset, but as a former MK he continues to hold many of the privileges of an elected official - a situation that the State of Israel cannot accept, MKs said on Tuesday.MKs from the right-wing parties were discussing ways to revoke some of Bishara's pension privileges, including the more than NIS 72,000-a-year pension that he will receive for the next decade for his years of Knesset service. The MKs, who asked to remain anonymous, said

And now, more disturbing news via Sliwa, that two Hezbollah collaborators are about to enter the United States:Friday April 20, 2007 The World Council of the Cedars Revolution Representing the hopes and aspirations of many millions of Lebanese throughout the Diaspora cedarsrevolution@gmail.com To: ALL MEMBERS OF THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES & SENATEFriday 20th of April 2007Washington BureauPRESS RELEASERef. Hezbollah affiliates invited to US by members of US Congress.It is utmost concern that we bring to your attention the invitation to the United States of Lebanese Government personnel connected with the Terror Group Hezbollah.According to our sources in Lebanon, US Congressmen have invited to the United States, this Saturday April 21, 2007 and upcoming week; members of the Lebanese Parliament for a democracy workshop. Unfortunately, two of the named: Ibrahim Kenaan and Ghassan Moukheiber, are members of the Michel Aoun's Bloc, a group that has officially signed a memorandum

Honestly, I was wondering why we weren’t really fighting. We sacrificed hundreds of Jewish lives because Israel didn’t know Hezbollah was fighting a war with them. jta The conflict last summer in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah was a war, an Israeli committee decided. The... [ visit A Jewish Blog to continue reading ]

This is the problem with allowing Arabs to be part of a Jewish state and giving them the right to vote.   Ynet via LGF A Haifa University study showed that 49.7 percent of Israeli Arabs justify the kidnapping of soldiers Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev by Hizbullah. The study also showed that... [ visit A Jewish Blog to continue reading ]

Israel’s leadership needs to take preemptive action quick. They need to stop heeding world pressure and just wipe out the Palestinian terrorists and Hezbollah. These are little flies that will become very annoying in case of war with Iran. And don’t be fooled by the UN’s spineless... [ visit A Jewish Blog to continue reading ]

A senior Israeli official says that Hezbollah is receiving armaments from Iran, Syria and other sources, and that there is a terror group “preparing for violence” in the Middle East.  The official said “They are getting all kinds of rockets, advanced anti-tank missiles, command-and-control systems, training, finance,” and that they are on their way to being back to the military capability they were before the war. As of now Hezbollah has been unable to rebuild the bunkers they had during the Israeli-Hezbollah war last year, but according to the Israeli official Hezbollah is maintaining a constant operational presence along the border between Lebanese and Israel.  The Israeli Defense Forces have found a “cluster of explosives” in Lebanon near the Lebanon-Israel border. Israel officials have said that since the ceasefire order between Israel and Hezbollah, “tons” of weapons have been smuggled along Gaza’s border with Egypt.  Isr

The IDF has found a weapons cache belonging to the Hezbollah terrorists who kidnapped soldiers Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev: An IDF force operating on the northern border has found rockets and other items that were apparently left behind by the Hizbullah terrorists who kidnapped two IDF soldiers six months ago. Tomorrow, Friday, will mark six months since IDF reservists Ehud Goldwasser of Nahariya, 31, and Eldad Regev of Kiryat Motzkin, 26, were abducted by Hizbullah terrorists on Israel's northern border. Family members and friends plan to arrive at the site tomorrow to commemorate the sad half-year anniversary. Though the area is currently closed for security reasons because of the find, the organizers expect to be able to gather there as planned.Very important: remember the two soldiers if justice is to be done.

Does killing an innocent cabinet minister in Lebanon just because you don't like the government count as terrorism? How do the left-leaning parties of the official opposition expect us to NEGOTIATE with these Hezbollah members and supporters?The slaying will likely heighten political tensions in Lebanon, where the leading Muslim Shiite party, Hezbollah, has threatened to topple the government if it does not get a bigger say in cabinet decision-making.Gemayel was shot in his car in Jdeideh, a Christian neighbourhood, his constituency on the northern edge of Beirut. A car rammed his vehicle from behind and then a gunman stepped out and shot him at point-blank range, witnesses said.

DEBKAfile Exclusive: Siniora’s Lebanese government breaks up, faces street disturbances after national unity talks collapse Saturday Five pro-Syrian Hizballah and Amal ministers walked out of Fouad Siniora’s government coalition Saturday, Nov. 11. Another two ministers, supporters of the pro-Syrian president Emil Lahoud, are on their way out, taking with them the government’s parliamentary majority. The two Shiite factions and the pro-Syrian Maronite leader Michel Aoun say their followers will take to the streets as of Sunday for demonstrations in Beirut and other Lebanese towns. It would only take a few shots, say DEBKAfile’s Middle East sources, to spark clashes between Syria’s adherents and opponents in Lebanon. The crisis erupted when Siniora proposed convening the cabinet Monday, Nov. 13, to approve a bill for a special court to try suspects in the Feb. 2005 Hariri assassination. He intended to propose a panel of 5 Lebanese and 3 international judg

Why am I just getting this message? I thought when you were overwhelmed militarily and you're only saved by UN interference and Israeli leadership being a little confused about what they wanted to accomplish it didn't really count as a win ... but I left out my handy MID-EAST TO WEST translator. The folks at Reason aren't misled so easily but you may not want to read that whole article so I will use my MID-EAST TO WEST translator and help you out. Hezbollah, 2006 - a million refugees, 1,000 dead, Lebanon's economy bombed back to the stone age = VICTORY. PLO, 1964-2004 - claims that Israelis poisoned chewing gum to make Arab women promiscious and used radioactive bullets while having a GDP worse than Cuba = VICTORY. Iraq, 1991 - bounced from Kuwait in minutes, humiliated on the world stage but still in power = VICTORY Lebanon, 1982 - terrorists bounced from West Beirut = VICTORY Yom Kippur War, 1973 - Arabs almost take back some occupied land but call in the UN before they can be

No sooner do I make fun of the Germans for only being willing to patrol the coast of Lebanon after insisting the UN be allowed to put troops between Israelis and Hezbollah, then pictures appear of Hezbollah sinking boats.I can imagine the conversation:German Ambassador: "Durka, durka. Mid-East Watch is making fun of Germany for only being willing to patrol the coast of Lebanon. They say that, as an Iranian-terrorist organization, you have no Navy. You need to blow something up."Hezbollah: "Durka, durka. We actually don't have a Navy and we're still trying to figure out how to make good on our promise to spend billions to re-build the homes that were destroyed by the Israelis. You know, since we don't have any money of our own. Can you send some?"German ambassador: "Of course not. That almost blew up on us in Iraq. And don't pull the 'we have a nuke' strategy either. With Clinton, that would have sent them running for the hills but that crazy Bush guy used it as a reas

Something tells me that her ex-hubby Tom Cruise would be less likely to do something as courageous as she's now doing, exactly why she's lucky to be divorced from him. Here's the news from the Boston Herald (Hat tip: Hot Air):Yesterday, a full-page ad in the Los Angeles Times by an A-list of actors denounced the killing of innocents in Lebanon and Israel. They laid the blame exactly where it belongs.La-la luminaries Nicole Kidman, Michael Douglas, Danny DeVito, Dennis Hopper, Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, Don Johnson, James Woods, Kelly Preston, Patricia Heaton of "Everyone Loves Raymond," William Hurt and 73 others said they are "pained and devastated by the civilian casualties in Israel and Lebanon caused by terrorist actions initiated by terrorist organizations such as Hezbollah and Hamas."The amount of logic and empathy on display, the willingness to break from prevailing views that Israel’s act of self-defense was "disproportionate" and that Hezbollah should be allowed to

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Every now and again the cloud of smoke and haze in the old crystal ball dissipates and I can see things very clearly. When Mahmoud Komati, senior Hezbollah official proclaimed that Hezbollah hadn’t expected this reaction from Israel, my left eyebrow immediately raised four inches from my eye. So did this mean they also hadn’t stored proper amounts of water, food and various supplies? Had they

"The truth is - let me say this clearly - we didn't even expect (this) response ... that (Israel) would exploit this operation for this big war against us." -- Mahmoud Komati, Senior Hezbollah Official ... Hezbollah had expected "the usual, limited response" from Israel. So as if to declare foul, Hezbollah proclaims, “Ah shucks Bobby, we didn’t mean no harm. Why’d you have to go and do that for

An AP reporter has labeled him as "the unlikely new hero of Arab nationalism" (here). He is Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah. Today Israeli troops began a large ground assault on the militant group of Lebanon. What else could they do? They want to stop the rockets being launched across the border. Hezbollah began the fighting and the crossing of the borders on July 12 when members of the group captured two Israeli soldiers and killed eight others. The AP reports that 370 people have been killed in Lebanon and in Israel, 34. Reuters reports U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says any immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah would be a "false promise" (here). The U.S. and President Bush are currently opposed to talks of peace, vowing to not negotiate or go soft on terrorist Islam group Hezbollah. "Secretary Rice will make it clear that resolving the crisis demands confronting the terrorist group that launched the attacks and the nations that support it," Pr

Hezbollah continues to work to destroy the Lebanese government. Last week 5 Hezbollah ministers resigned after failing to gain control of the Government. Now they have murdered Cabinet Minister Pierre Gemayel.Click for article

Hezbollah is working to destroy the Lebanese government. After failing to gain more power in the government through negotiations, 5 Hezbollah ministers have resigned, and Hezbollah has called for Shiite muslims to take to the streets. Fox News Article

The UN's continuing corruptness exposed:Defense officials slammed UNIFIL and the Lebanese government Monday night, claiming that their "slackness" was what enabled Hizbullah to plant five deadly explosive devices along the border between Israel and Lebanon. IDF officials said it was possible that the bombs were planted as part of a planned kidnapping attack similar to the July 12 abduction of reservists Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser that sparked the war this past summer.[...]The Northern Command assessed that the bombs found on Monday, just north of Avivim and right along the Blue Line international border between Israel and Lebanon, were planted there only a few days ago by Hizbullah.Soldiers from Engineering Battalion 630 under the command of Lt.-Col. Eran Pauker discovered one of the explosive devices during a routine patrol along the border. The bombs - weighing between 15 to 20 kilograms each - were made of high-grade explosives and were disguised as boulders to blend in with t