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| Mexico probes alleged Hezbollah financing, reports say | |
| 2006-10-13 | |
Mexican and US agents are investigating a group in Mexico that they believe is funding Lebanese Hizbollah guerrillas, two newspapers reported on Thursday. Mexico started the investigation three months ago on a request from the United States, which is helping in the probe, the daily El Universal said.
Lebanon's ambassador was critical. "This is part of a fear campaign from those who believe they are fighting against terrorism," Nouhad Mahmoud told Reuters. He said he knew nothing about an investigation of a Hizbollah cell in Mexico: "We have no idea, we only saw this in the newspapers." | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 I donÂ’t want to belabor the point ed but my impression was that the majority of Hizbollahs funding came through charitable donations (Khums or zakat) and most of that was raised domestically or within the greater ME. Maybe this part of the article will help: Mexico has a large community of people of Lebanese descent, including prominent business leaders... Nice source of zakat, if you can get it. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2006-10-13 16:31 |
| #7 I noticed the Chiclet sales force in Tijuana is wearing turbans lately |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-10-13 16:18 |
| #6 I donÂ’t want to belabor the point ed but my impression was that the majority of Hizbollahs funding came through charitable donations (Khums or zakat) and most of that was raised domestically or within the greater ME. I could be wrong but I thought that all the money generated internationally (charitable and criminal) was a mere fraction of what they receive from state sponsorship. IÂ’m done. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2006-10-13 13:15 |
| #5 Hizb funding is supposedly $400 million/year. Iranian contributions are reportedly $100 million/year. That leaves a lot of unaccounted funding. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-10-13 12:17 |
| #4 Ed, I agree with the “It all adds up” theory. But even if you factor in SA diamonds and Tri-Border drugs with your list of nefarious activities it’s still a very small fraction compared to the direct funding from Iran alone. My point is simple. When the Intel community says evidence of Hizbollah activities outside the ME points primarily to “fundraising” it may be underestimating the true threat…Direct attack if given the green light. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2006-10-13 12:07 |
| #3 Relatively speaking, how much dough can this Mexico cell provide? How much can you make with credit card fraud, bank fraud, drug smuggling, cigarette smuggling, money laundering, counterfeiting, food stamp fraud, document forgery. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-10-13 10:21 |
| #2 We all saw this coming. The open boarder moonbats will be the death of us. "Would you like beans with your bombs"? Sorry, couldn't help myself. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2006-10-13 10:09 |
| #1 "The alleged cell is suspected of financing Hizbollah rather than planning attacks itself" It's estimated that Hizbollah receives about $100 million yearly from Iran alone. Other benefactors provide them their munitions and material support free of charge. (so to speak) Relatively speaking, how much dough can this Mexico cell provide? Or even the US cells for that matter? To consider these thugs simply as "fundraiser" operatives may be a huge miscalculation. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2006-10-13 09:44 |