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| Iranian Support of Islamic Jihad Separated from Hizbullah |
| 2002-06-11 |
| Iran has taken upon itself financing the Islamic Jihad movement, since its founding... However, the movement's budget was transferred to it via Hizbullah, whose budget (disbursed through Iranian institutions such as Al-Wali Al-Faqih office, and the Liberation Organizations Bureau of the Revolutionary Guards, in addition to the Al-Quds Forces) - exceeded $200 million. That's interesting information, structurally and financially... Last year, disagreement broke out between Hizbullah's financial apparatus and the person in charge of funds in the Islamic Jihad organization. A little trouble in Islamic paradise? As a result, the Islamic Jihad heads demanded that the Iranian institutions funding them draw up a movement budget that would be under its leadership's direct supervision. [The newspaper] Al-Sharq Al-Awsat learned that the Supreme Leader [Khamenei] ordered the immediate transfer of a huge sum to the financial apparatus of the Islamic Jihad. So not only does the Islamic Jihad funding come from Iran, it's controlled from the top in Iran... The anticipated aid will be passed on to several Palestinian figures who visited Tehran in recent weeks. According to a Revolutionary Guards source, the Al-Quds Forces will continue training Islamic Jihad fighters inside Iran, while Col. 'Ali Reza Tamiz, one of the commanders of the Al-Quds Forces' technological team, will remain responsible for training Hizbullah members and training them in the use of advanced equipment and weaponry, including Ra'ad missiles, Shahin launchers, and surface-to-air missiles recently received by Hizbullah. That should put him on somebody's hit list, and it should pull Hezbollah up closer to the top of the concern list... With regard to the Hizbullah budget increase, the source said, the [Hizbullah] receives, in addition to its annual budget diverse aid from religious, economic, and government institutions in Iran. Every month, institutions such as Al-Shahid, Imdad Al-Imam, and Al-Mustaz'afin Fund transfer financial aid to the families of the Hizbullah martyrs, wounded, and handicapped. So it's not only the Saudis and the Iraqis who're subsidizing the campaign... An Islamic Jihad leader denied the Al-Sharq Al-Awsat report, saying that his movement "does not work for any regime in the world." And if he's not a liar I'm an Irishman named Murphy. Wanna see my leprechaun? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |