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2016-02-20 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Reports: Clinton E-Mail Reveals Hizbullah 'Base in Cuba'

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Posted by Besoeker 2016-02-20 11:32|| 2016-02-20 11:32|| Front Page Top

#2 STATEMENT OF ROGER F. NORIEGA, VISITING FELLOW, THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE

Mr. NORIEGA. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member, Members of the subcommittee. I appreciate the opportunity to testify on this subject today. I thank the committee, subcommittee for addressing this issue, which I think requires much more attention than it is getting today.

Hezbollah, backed by Iran and Venezuela, is a determined and deadly enemy of the United States that has made substantial progress in the last 6 years to increase its activities in Latin America.

This push is the result of a conscious offensive strategy to spread its influence, legitimize its cause, and advance its violent jihad and operational capabilities on our doorstep.

Unless our Government and responsible partners in Latin America act soon, I believe there will be an attack on U.S. personnel, installations, or interests in the Americas, as soon as Hezbollah leaders make a calculation that they are capable of carrying out such an operation without implicating their Iranian masters in that operation.

Of particular interest to this subcommittee, I am sure, are a series of published reports that Hezbollah operatives have provided weapons and explosives training to drug-trafficking organizations that operate across the U.S. border with Mexico. My conclusion is that U.S. authorities know more than they are willing to say publicly about this subject, and this Congress is right to insist on a thorough explanation of the threat and of our effective countermeasures.

Our research has identified at least two networks associated with Hezbollah growing at an alarming rate in Latin America. One is operated by Hezbollah itself, aided by its collaborators, particularly from Venezuela. Another is managed by a cadre of notorious operatives on behalf of the Iranian Qods Force. These networks conduct fund-raising, money laundering, narcotics trafficking, proselytization, recruitment, and training in the Americas. We can identify more than 80 operatives in at least 12 countries throughout the region, with the greatest areas of concern being Brazil, Venezuela, and the Southern Cone.

Link: HEZBOLLAH IN LATIN AMERICA—IMPLICATIONS
FOR U.S. HOMELAND SECURITY, Page 6, July 7, 2011.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-02-20 12:10|| 2016-02-20 12:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Hizbullah; just another reason for Obama to visit Cuba

Posted by Airandee 2016-02-20 12:42|| 2016-02-20 12:42|| Front Page Top

#4 Thank you, Besoeker.

Posted by trailing wife 2016-02-20 13:15|| 2016-02-20 13:15|| Front Page Top

#5 Don't worry, I'm sure _they_ have a note from Pope Omerta too.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2016-02-20 22:48|| 2016-02-20 22:48|| Front Page Top

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