Ties to "Lebanese Bernie Madoff" hits hezbollah
A financial scandal has hit the leadership of Hezbollah after they are indirectly linked to a prominent Lebanese businessman who is accused of swindling money out of Shia throughout the country.
Which comes on the heels of series of setbacks for the Shia militant group.
http://www.time.com/time/world/artic...924186,00.html
Will Hezbollah Attack Israel? Only if...
Will Hezbollah Attack Israel? Only if...
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Paintballing with Hezbollah
Paintballing with Hezbollah, By Mitchell Prothero. Vice, vol.19 no3.
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Yes, I remind myself, this is really happening: Four Western journalists (two of whom alternated in and out of our rounds of four-on-four), plus one former Army Ranger-turned-counterinsurgency expert, are playing paintball with members of the Shiite militant group frequently described by US national security experts as the “A-Team of terrorism.” It took nearly a full year to pull together this game, and all along I’d been convinced that things would fall apart at the last minute. Fraternizing with Westerners is not the sort of thing Hezbollah top brass allows, so to arrange the match I’d relied on a man we’ll call Ali, one of my lower-level contacts within the group.
Four Beirut based ex-pat journalists and Abu Muqawama challenge five members of Hezbollah to a night of paintball in Beirut. Surreal.
Hezbollah as the strategic long arm of the Iranian regime
More of an update; a paper from an Israeli think tank and the closing judgement in the opening summary:
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In our assessment, Safavi's remark about Nasrallah's being a soldier of Khamenei was a threat against Israel. Its subtext read that Hassan Nasrallah could not have independent considerations when it came to strategic issues of Iran's national security, and that Hezbollah's large arsenal of rockets (60k) would, when necessary, be used according to a decision made by Iran. Such a decision could be made, for example, to respond to an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.
Link:http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/article/20351
Grandmother's Footsteps: Hezbollah Hedging
Grandmother's Footsteps: Hezbollah Hedging
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Tracking a resurgent Iran-Hezbollah Threat
Aware of a SWJ Blog piece I came across this on FP Blog:
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ProPublica has reviewed a string of plots attributed to the Shiite alliance, 10 cases in the past year alone, and found a complex and contradictory evolution of the threat. Iran and Hezbollah have waged a determined campaign to strike their enemies in retaliation for attacks on the Iranian nuclear program and the killing of a Hezbollah chief, counterterror officials say. The offensive led by the Quds Force, Iran's elite foreign operations unit, has displayed impressive reach and devastating potential.
Link:http://www.foreignpolicy.com/article...reat?page=full
SWJ Blog:http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/gra...bollah-hedging
On the trail of Hizbullah and Iran
Nigel Inkster from IISS adds a commentary on the issues:http://iissvoicesblog.wordpress.com/...llah-and-iran/
We often overlook unintended consequences and anniversaries, so this is reminder:
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What principally reactivated Hizbullah’s engagement in transnational terrorism was the assassination in Damascus, of one of its military leaders, Imad Mugniyeh, on 12 February 2008. Mugniyeh had been responsible for many of Hizbullah’s most prominent attacks, including the 1992 bombing of the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, and an attack two years later on a Jewish centre in the same city.
.....It is noteworthy that several recent attacks attributed to Hizbullah since then including have coincided with the anniversary of Mugniyeh’s death, or the anniversary of the major attacks he masterminded.
Hezbollah: Lying Low and Winning
Hezbollah: Lying Low and Winning
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Why is Hezbollah in Syria?
Why is Hezbollah in Syria?
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Hezbollah: a global enterprise
Moderator's Note
This thread has steadily acquired smaller threads, five today and concerns the group's activities. Hezbollah appears in the title of several threads and in a large number of threads on other subjects (ends).
Hezbollah has not gone away since the last post in August 2012, notably with its active participation in the Syrian civil war.
Hat tip to Zenpundit. Matthew Levitt, an ex-USG analyst, gave a talk recently in Washington DC, partly based on his book 'Hezbollah: The Global Footprint of Lebanon’s Party of God':http://zenpundit.com/?p=29643
Hezbollah uncovers top Mossad agent
I am sure there is more to this. The article linked via Twitter starts with:
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Hezbollah has uncovered a top Mossad agent in its elite external operations branch, who helped foil a number of attempts by the Shiite party to avenge the death of Imad Mughniyeh, according to reports.
“After a series of failed security operations outside Lebanon, Hezbollah managed to uncover a Mossad cell within its ranks… [it is] the most serious [intelligence] breach in Hezbollah’s history,” Al-Janoubia
reported Tuesday.
Link:https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsRepo...t-reports-say?