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| Update: Why Hezbollah Is in Argentina |
| 2018-11-28 |
| [Clarion Project] Threat analyses of Middle Eastern terror organizations in Latin American countries are now focusing on why Hezbollah is in Argentina. On November 15, 2018, two Argentine citizens were arrested in Buenos Aires for their suspected connections to Hezbollah. They were discovered in possession of weapons ‐ including a rifle, shotgun and a number of handguns ‐ as well as "credentials in Arabic and an image of the Hezbollah flag" along with evidence of travel abroad. Just this summer, Argentina’s government initiated a first strike against a Hezbollah fundraising network in the Triple Frontier (the junction between Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil), where one of Hezbollah’s cash cow operations engages in drug trafficking and money laundering. In 2002, the Bush administration identified the Triple Frontier as a hotbed for terrorism finance activities that included Hezbollah. Counter-terrorism experts have identified the Triple Frontier as the most important Hezbollah base outside of Lebanon. A key question surrounding this story centers around the question of why we’re seeing Hezbollah-specific activity in Argentina. Part of the answer includes the fact that Argentina hosts a large Lebanese expat community. Hezbollah’s staunch anti-Israel views are culturally welcomed in Argentina, which has its own complex history. Argentina became an anti-Semitic conclave after World War II, when many high ranking Nazis fled Europe and found safe haven in Argentina. Notes from an acquaintance related to this previously posted Hez-Argentina article: The Hezbollah, sponsored by Iran, is one of the most evil terrorist organizations in existence today. Obama,Clapper and Brennan said they were friendly sorta like you can keep your same dr in Obama care. I followed them closely from a few years after I departed Beirut, Lebanon in 1983 until 2013 when a three star former commander of Korea said it was illegal to follow them. So I left the intelligence community because it was a lie perpetrated by Obama. Note that Obama gave Iran almost a billion and a half dollars. Oliver North speculated that about one third of that large sum went to Hez. A significant uptick in terrorist attacks did occur against Israel, the US western militaries within 6-8 months after Iran had received the funds. Google Hezbollah and learn about the organization. We have them in the US. This article mentions they are probably in at least three other countries in South America. If you goggle it, you will discern that Hez is in every country in South America and in 95 per cent of Africa. They have been spreading through out the Caribbean in the last eight years. They are targeting Israel first and the US second. As an afterthought Hez and Iran enabled Chavez to win the election in Venezuela in the late 90s. Then, the Hez began at least two flights a week from Beirut, Lebanon to Venezuela. The passengers, mostly un identified, were granted citizen status in Venezuela. Sadly, most of the passengers disappeared into the Caribbean and Fl. Several years after these flights commenced mosques began to proliferate in Fl and the Caribbean. |
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