Hezbollah Is Already Here

[Adam's Apple]

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Hezbollah Is Already Here
By Michelle Malkin
July 19, 2006

You think Hezbollah is only Israel's headache? Wake up. Iranian Hezbollah's spokesman Mojtaba Bigdeli's threat on Tuesday to dispatch 2,000 operatives "to every corner of the world to jeopardize Israel and America's interests" is more than just idle Islamic heavy-breathing.

The Jew-hating terrorists of Hezbollah who call themselves the "party of God" are already here. In America. Plotting attacks. Raising money. Slipping through the cracks.

for full article:
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/michelle/malkin071906.php3

 

[T-Bor]

Bring em on !!!!

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Hezbollah Is Already Here
By Michelle Malkin
July 19, 2006

You think Hezbollah is only Israel's headache? Wake up. Iranian Hezbollah's spokesman Mojtaba Bigdeli's threat on Tuesday to dispatch 2,000 operatives "to every corner of the world to jeopardize Israel and America's interests" is more than just idle Islamic heavy-breathing.

The Jew-hating terrorists of Hezbollah who call themselves the "party of God" are already here. In America. Plotting attacks. Raising money. Slipping through the cracks.

for full article:
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/michelle/malkin071906.php3

 

[dilloduck]

Bring em on !!!!

Hey--thats what Bush says! Your catching on!

 

[KatarinaZ]

Ms. Malkin and Ms. Coulter both remind me a lot of Saddam. They talk a lot and say very little of substance.

 

[CSM]

Ms. Malkin and Ms. Coulter both remind me a lot of Saddam. They talk a lot and say very little of substance.

So I take it that you did not bother to read the article.

 

[Hobbit]

Ms. Malkin and Ms. Coulter both remind me a lot of Saddam. They talk a lot and say very little of substance.

Is this supposed to make me mad? Is it supposed to make you sound smart? What, pray tell, is the purpose of this post? You haven't made a point. You haven't presented an argument. All you've done is insult two nationally syndicated columnists. How convincing.

 

[dilloduck]

Ms. Malkin and Ms. Coulter both remind me a lot of Saddam. They talk a lot and say very little of substance.

Just like you?

 

[F41]

Ms. Malkin and Ms. Coulter both remind me a lot of Saddam. They talk a lot and say very little of substance.

Once again, you provide the proof that liberals have exhausted their intellectual ideas, leaving nothing but attacks and empty rhetoric. The kind of rhetoric you just spouted off shows the absence of the mind within the modern day liberal.

 

[Adam's Apple]

Once again, you provide the proof that liberals have exhausted their intellectual ideas, leaving nothing but attacks and empty rhetoric. The kind of rhetoric you just spouted off shows the absence of the mind within the modern day liberal.

Your comment is something all the dissatisfied Republicans should keep in mind when they go to the polls this fall and in 2008. Things could be so much worse with far-left Democrats in charge than they have been under the Bush Administration.

 

[KarlMarx]

Ms. Malkin and Ms. Coulter both remind me a lot of Saddam. They talk a lot and say very little of substance.

You must have them confused with the Leftist Loonies that you take so seriously.

Ann Coulter researches her claims (and writes her own books). The truth sometimes stinks, but it's still the truth.

BTW... Remember Michael Moore making the statement "THERE IS NO TERRORIST THREAT!!!!"? I wonder what he has to say now?

 

[Adam's Apple]

BTW... Remember Michael Moore making the statement "THERE IS NO TERRORIST THREAT!!!!"? I wonder what he has to say now?

I am sure he still believes that there is no Arab terrorist threat--only the kind that America and Israel inflict on the world. Isn't that the way far-left libs conveniently see things? So much easier than dealing with truth and reality, you know.

 

[KatarinaZ]

Talking hate is talking hate. Ms. Coulter and Ms. Malkin spew hateful rhetoric and make threats. Saddam did the same. Ms. Coulter is particularly fond of saying hateful things. I suppose it makes her a rich woman. I don't believe the American losses on Sept. 11 would mean much to Ms. Coulter if she couldn't make a fortune off them. Her patriotism is measured by how she is paid for it.

 

[KarlMarx]

Talking hate is talking hate. Ms. Coulter and Ms. Malkin spew hateful rhetoric and make threats. Saddam did the same. Ms. Coulter is particularly fond of saying hateful things. I suppose it makes her a rich woman. I don't believe the American losses on Sept. 11 would mean much to Ms. Coulter if she couldn't make a fortune off them. Her patriotism is measured by how she is paid for it.

Ann Coulter hasn't made any threats and I doubt Ms Malkin has, either. I'd like to know where you get that information (link please). A lot of the "hateful rhetoric", as you call it, is just the truth. Alger Hiss was a traitor, Bill and Hillary Clinton did commit crimes and got away with it, the media is biased.

If there is any excess of hatred, I think you can look to the Left, that seems to spew hatred 24x7. And there are the politicians and other celebrities that use the war on terror to bolster their political and material fortunes at a cost to our country. Those people wear the flag when it suits them. We've been subjected to non stop hatred from the Left since Bush won (not stole) the election.

Here's a short list
a. Bush is Hitler
b. Bush lied People Died
c. No war for oil
d. Bush is stupid
e. Karl Rove is running the country, or Dick Cheney, depending on who you want to believe
f. Bush is a coke head
g. Bush stole the election (again)
h. Haliburton, Haliburton and more Haliburton


Further, I doubt the losses of 9/11 really means much to anyone on the Left. Oh sure, they pay it lip service. But who was it that called the 9/11 victims in the World Trade Centers "Little Eichmanns"? A member of the Left. Who blames Bush for 9/11 when the causes of 9/11 started in the Clinton administration? The Left. Who was taking bribes from Saddam Hussein during the oil for food scandal? The UN and members of the media (i.e. the left).

BTW... who was dancing in the streets for joy when those planes hit the towers and the Pentagon? Answer.... The Palestinians and the Arabs.

 

[Annie]

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Hezbollah Is Already Here
By Michelle Malkin
July 19, 2006

You think Hezbollah is only Israel's headache? Wake up. Iranian Hezbollah's spokesman Mojtaba Bigdeli's threat on Tuesday to dispatch 2,000 operatives "to every corner of the world to jeopardize Israel and America's interests" is more than just idle Islamic heavy-breathing.

The Jew-hating terrorists of Hezbollah who call themselves the "party of God" are already here. In America. Plotting attacks. Raising money. Slipping through the cracks.

for full article:
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/michelle/malkin071906.php3

Hizbollah is here and has been longer than Al Quaida. Links at Site:

http://counterterrorismblog.org/2006/07/hizballah_activity_in_north_am.php

Hizballah Activity in North America
By Andrew Cochran

Brian Hecht of The Investigative Project on Terrorism has prepared a quick reference guide to major Hizballah and Hizballah-linked illegal activity in the United States, Canada and Mexico:

Racketeering, Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing:

* U.S.A. v. Mohamad Youssef Hammoud et al., Charlotte, North Carolina: 25 individuals charged in connection with cigarette smuggling, money laundering, credit card fraud, marriage fraud and immigration violations. Four individuals were charged with providing “material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization,” Hizballah, specifically providing “currency, financial services, training, false documentation and identification, communications equipment, explosives, and other physical assets to Hizballah, in order to facilitate its violent attacks.” In 2003, Mohamad Hammoud was sentenced to 155 years in prison, while his brother, Chawki, was sentenced to 51 months.

* U.S.A. v. Elias Mohamad Akhdar et al. (pdf), Dearborn, Michigan: 11 co-defendants charged with racketeering related to the Charlotte, North Carolina scheme. In January, 2004, Akhdar was sentenced to 70 months in prison and was fined over $2,000,000 after having pled guilty in July, 2003.

* U.S.A. v. Imam Mohamad-Musbah Hammoud, et al., Michigan, Canada (Ontario, Quebec), Lebanon: In March, 2006, 19 co-defendants charged with a racketeering scheme involving contraband cigarettes, counterfeit Zig Zag rolling papers and counterfeit Viagra, counterfeit cigarette tax stamps, transporting stolen property, and money laundering. A percentage of the profits derived from the illegal enterprise were given to Hizballah. On July 7, two of the defendants, Imad Majed Hamadeh and Theodore Schenk, 73 pled guilty (pdf). Hamadeh and Schenk face a maximum possible penalty of 20 years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine.

Weapons and Planning:

* U.S.A.. v. Mahmoud Youssef Kourani (pdf), Dearborn, Michigan: In November, 2003, charged with being a “member, fighter, recruiter, and fundraiser” for Hizballah. In June, 2005, Kourani was sentenced to 4 ½ years in prison.

* U.S.A. v. Naji Antoine Abi Khalil, Montreal, Quebec; New York: Canadian/Lebanese dual citizen conspired with an Israeli, Tomer Grinberg, and charged with attempting to export military night vision goggles and infrared aiming equipment to Hizballah. In February 2006, Khalil was sentenced to 60 months in prison.

* U.S.A. v. Ali Boumelhem, Dearborn, Michigan: Man convicted in September 2001 of attempting to smuggle two shotguns, 750 bullets and assault weapon parts in a conspiracy to aid Hizballah, and 5 weapons violations. He was sentenced to 44 months in jail.

Tax Evasion:

* U.S.A. v. Talal Khalil Chahine et. al, Dearborn, Michigan: Restaurant owner and wife, Elfat El Aouar, in May 2006, charged with four counts of tax evasion and the concealment of more than $16,000,000 of cash from the federal government. The U.S. government, in a written proffer of evidence (in U.S.A. v. Elfat El Aouar, Cr. No. 06-20248, EDMI, 5/22/2006), states that Chahine and his wife attended a fundraising event in Lebanon in August 2002 with Hizballah Sheikh Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah, a Specially Designated Terrorist (see page 8), where the two men were the keynote speakers. The proffer also claims that a search of El Aouar’s residence turned up a “thank you letter” for sponsoring 40 “orphans,” as well as images of Chahine and his family in front of a Hizballah outpost. According to the proffer, “[t]he government is aware that the sponsorship of orphans is a euphemism used by Hizballah to refer to the orphans of martyrs. This is a common public relations and recruitment tool used by Hizballah. Hizballah gains favor with the public in Lebanon by supporting ‘orphans,’ while at the same time recruiting others into the terrorist organization willing to sacrifice their lives in terrorist operations based in part on the promise that Hizballah will take care of their families.” The government has yet to charge Chahine or his wife with any terrorism-related offense.

Drug Running:

* U.S.A. v. Mohammad Shabib, Cleveland, Ohio: Federal prosecutors charged Mohammad Shabib with hiding his role in a drug ring which profits were funneled to Hizballah. Shabib, a gas station owner, had $8,000,000 in a Chicago bank account, which authorities say Shabib amassed by shipping roughly 3 tons of pseudoephedrine from Canada to California, which he would sell to Mexican gangs who would use the drugs to produce methamphetamine. (See: Amanda Garrett, “Terrorists’ Money Takes Convoluted Path in U.S.,” The Cleveland Dealer, January 18, 2004).

Mexico: Human Trafficking:

* Mexico v. Salim Boughader Mucharrafille, Tijuana, Mexico: Boughader, proprietor of a Lebanese restaurant in Mexico, ran a smuggling ring into the U.S. Before he was arrested in December 2002, Boughader had trafficked roughly 200 Lebanese nationals, including Hizballah-linked individuals, across the border and into the U.S. Boughader admitted transporting a former employee of al-Manar television, which is owned and operated by Hizballah and currently designated by the U.S. government as a terrorist entity. Boughder is quoted as saying, “[f]or us, Hezbollah are not terrorists."

Other:

* U.S.A. v. Nemr Ali-Rahal et. al. (pdf), Dearborn, Michigan: Husband and wife pled guilty in January 2006 to credit card and bank fraud worth more than $500,000. Ali-Rahal was sentenced to 33 months in prison (see right side text box). While he was not charged with any terrorism related offenses, when FBI agents arrested Ali-Rahal, they discovered, in his home, Hizballah-related materials including a videotape of a 2002 Hizballah rally in Lebanon at which Rahal was present in Lebanon, as well as a collection of books, posters and videos including one titled “A Martyr Speaks About Martyrs” and a photo showing Rahal burning an American flag.

* Hizballah-linked Counterfeit Goods Ring in Los Angeles (pdf), Los Angeles, CA: Testimony of Lieutenant John C. Stedman, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, May 25, 2005: “There are also indicators that some associates of terrorist groups may be involved in (Intellectual Property Right/)IPR crime. During the course of our investigations, we have encountered suspects who have shown great affinity for Hezbollah and its leadership. The following are just two examples: during the search of a residence pursuant to an IPR related search warrant, I saw small Hezbollah flags displayed in the suspect’s bedroom. Next to the flags was a photograph of Hassan Nasrallah whom I recognized as the leader of Hezbollah. The suspect’s wife asked me if I knew the subject of the photograph. I identified Nasrallah and the wife said, ‘We love him because he protects us from the Jews’. Also in the home were dozens of audio tapes of Nasrallah’s speeches. During the search, one of my detectives also found a locket which contained a picture of the male suspect on one side and Sheik Nasrallah on the other. In 2004, detectives served an IPR search warrant at a clothing store in Los Angeles County. During the course of the search, thousands of dollars in counterfeit clothing was recovered as were two unregistered firearms. During the booking process, the suspect was found to have a tattoo of the Hezbollah flag on his arm.”

* In 2003, Hizballah’s website carried a page on Hajj with Hizbollah, complete with contact information for regions around the world. The page listed a Canadian phone number soliciting Muslims interested in going on the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. Other phone numbers included Beirut; Conakry, Guinea; Sweden; Switzerland; Ivory Coast; Denmark; Sierra Leone; Togo; Ghana and Gambia for people interested living in those places.
July 19, 2006 08:28 PM