http://donklephant.com/2007/05/10/hezbollah-in-this-hemisphere-2/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:03:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://donklephant.com/2007/05/10/hezbollah-in-this-hemisphere-2/comment-page-1/#comment-326255 Donklephant » Blog Archive » Hezbolli, Hezbollah, Life Goes on, Yeah! Sun, 13 May 2007 00:01:18 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/05/10/hezbollah-in-this-hemisphere-2/#comment-326255 [...] There was a post earlier about Hezbollah’s transmigration to the Americas. (http://donklephant.com/2007/05/10/hezbollah-in-this-hemisphere-2/) I’m glad to see mention of Hezbollah in major news sources (NBC) but of course am saddened and worried by the news of Hezbollah’s spread. The news isn’t new of course, they have had operatives in South America for a while now and even carried out an attack against the Jewish Centre in Buenos Aires in 1994. Hezbollah has also been operating in the United States for some time. In 2001 the FBI broke up a Hezbollah fundraising ring as nearby as North Carolina. Former CIA Director (and newly minted author…) George Tenet once remarked that “Hezbollah, as an organization with capability and worldwide presence, is [Al-Qaeda’s] equal, if not a far more capable organization. I actually think they’re a notch above in many respects.” I’m not sure the solution to the Hezbollah threat is stonger border security though. [...] [...] There was a post earlier about Hezbollah’s transmigration to the Americas. (http://donklephant.com/2007/05/10/hezbollah-in-this-hemisphere-2/) I’m glad to see mention of Hezbollah in major news sources (NBC) but of course am saddened and worried by the news of Hezbollah’s spread. The news isn’t new of course, they have had operatives in South America for a while now and even carried out an attack against the Jewish Centre in Buenos Aires in 1994. Hezbollah has also been operating in the United States for some time. In 2001 the FBI broke up a Hezbollah fundraising ring as nearby as North Carolina. Former CIA Director (and newly minted author…) George Tenet once remarked that “Hezbollah, as an organization with capability and worldwide presence, is [Al-Qaeda’s] equal, if not a far more capable organization. I actually think they’re a notch above in many respects.” I’m not sure the solution to the Hezbollah threat is stonger border security though. [...]

]]> http://donklephant.com/2007/05/10/hezbollah-in-this-hemisphere-2/comment-page-1/#comment-324472 grognard Thu, 10 May 2007 13:10:05 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/05/10/hezbollah-in-this-hemisphere-2/#comment-324472 The Albanians just picked up were illegal, so yes it is a problem. If the attack they planned had been successful the conversation on immigration would have changed, but that did not happen and the conversation will wait until next time. The Albanians just picked up were illegal, so yes it is a problem. If the attack they planned had been successful the conversation on immigration would have changed, but that did not happen and the conversation will wait until next time.

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