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| 2006-05-22 |
| The Hezbollah terror group - one of the most dangerous in the world - may be planning to activate sleeper cells in New York and other big cities to stage an attack as the nuclear showdown with Iran heats up, sources told The Post. The FBI and Justice Department have launched urgent new probes in New York and other cities targeting members of the Lebanese terror group. Law-enforcement and intelligence officials told The Post that about a dozen hard-core supporters of Hezbollah have been identified in recent weeks as operating in the New York area. Sources said the activities of these New York-based operatives are being monitored by FBI counterterrorism agents as part of a nationwide effort to prevent a possible terror strike if the confrontation with Iran over its nuclear program spins out of control. Additional law-enforcement attention is being centered on the Iranian Mission to the United Nations, where there have already been three episodes in the last four years in which diplomats and security guards have been expelled for casing and photographing New York City subways and other potential targets. The nationwide effort to neutralize Hezbollah sleepers in the United States, being spearheaded by the FBI and Justice Department's counterterrorism divisions, was triggered in January in response to alarming reports that Iran's fanatical president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, met with leaders of Hezbollah and other terror groups during a visit to Syria. Among those attending the meetings, according to reliable reports, was Hezbollah's chief operational planner, Imad Mugniyah - considered one of the most dangerous terrorists in the world - who is responsible for the bombings of the 1983 U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut and who, more recently, provided Iraqi guerrillas with sophisticated explosive devices. U.S. officials stressed there is no intelligence information pointing to an imminent attack by Hezbollah. But officials said they have detected increased activity by Hezbollah operatives - including more heated rhetoric by its leaders and in Internet chat rooms as the U.S.-Iran diplomatic showdown heats up. "Hezbollah is a group that the U.S. has to be concerned about in the current climate. Hezbollah is already coming under heavy pressure by the Cedar Revolution in Lebanon, and Ahmadinejad is under pressure on the nuclear issue," said Walid Phares, an outside terror expert who has briefed law-enforcement officials on Hezbollah in recent weeks. "They are well funded, very well organized, and we assume that their penetration of the U.S. is deeper than al Qaeda's. It is only rational for the U.S. to think in pre-emptive ways. An attack here is clearly in the realm of the possible," Phares added. A U.S. counterterrorism official called the latest effort a "major undertaking," with separate probes also under way in Los Angeles, Boston and Detroit. Hezbollah has so far limited its activities in the United States to fund-raising and criminal enterprises. The FBI has already taken down two major rings, one in Charlotte, N.C., and one in Detroit, in which members were smuggling cigarettes, Viagra and baby formula, and kicking profits back to Hezbollah. |
| Posted by:lotp |
| #19 Once again, this is why Dubya & Admin + GOP Congress-NPE need to watch their six - SURVIVING GOP-CAUSED AMER HIROSHIMA(S) = SAVING AMERIKA _ + MOTHERLY SOCIALIST WORLD FROM GOP-CAUSED NUCLEAR WAR. The Clinton-led DemoLeft need PC = PDeniable justification for America to be under OWG and anti-Amer Socialist world order, and THEY DON'T HAVE IT YET. Commie Totalitarianism is the Left's PC response to honest mistake = wilful Male Brutish Imperialist GOP authoritarian "FASCISM". CLINTONISM > free America is an error-prone = arrogant SSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHH SOCIALIST country whose national SOCIALISM is being misled = hijacked by Rightism-based Socialists. ONLY LEFTISM, COMMUNISM, ANTI-SOVEREIGNTY and REGULATORY TOTALITARIANISM-ABSOLUTISM CAN SAVE AMERIKA'S SOCIALIST SOUL FROM RIGHTIST SOCIALIST PERVERSIONS, CORRUPTIONS, DECEPTIONS AND "EVIL". |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-05-22 22:59 |
| #18 #17 rs - aren't you afraid of the cooties? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-05-22 18:27 |
| #17 I'd like to build a collection of kaffiyehs... |
| Posted by: random styling 2006-05-22 17:59 |
| #16 Stow the carpet bombing. If we get attacked by any muzzies, we should take full advantage of that and declare them persona non grata. We should start by marching around their mosques with 'Allah go home' signs and force the debate to a head. In order to save our lifestyle, we will have to get roudy and drum up support. We need to get info on where are mosques and where the imams live and where the muzzies live. Let's prepare to scare the livin' shit outta these scum. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-05-22 17:55 |
| #15 Kill them before they kill us. This is war, a unilaterial war by Iran that started in 1979. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-05-22 17:12 |
| #14 But New York voted for Kerry, Hillary, and Chucky. They should be perfectly safe. |
| Posted by: Perfesser 2006-05-22 16:41 |
| #13 we should carpet bomb Nasralah's and et al residence. Maybe buzz twice a day Bashar Assad's presidential palace.............. |
| Posted by: Omomoque Jomoter1383 2006-05-22 16:17 |
| #12 They have an advantage on us. They can be in thier UN office, and have some rights to move about. We should demand the same rights with any country we have to afford those rights two. Having a office in Iran where they have to watch our people would be fun. |
| Posted by: plainslow 2006-05-22 15:32 |
| #11 Sources said the activities of these New York-based operatives are being monitored by FBI counterterrorism agents as part of a nationwide effort to prevent a possible terror strike if the confrontation with Iran over its nuclear program spins out of control. How is this not a damaging leak? |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2006-05-22 15:19 |
| #10 Who stole our Dave and what have they done with him???? |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-05-22 15:04 |
| #9 A regular Pollyanna, I am... |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2006-05-22 15:03 |
| #8 Dave D. Optimist. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-05-22 14:46 |
| #7 members were smuggling cigarettes, Viagra and baby formula, iz allan kno bowt this? |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2006-05-22 14:19 |
| #6 "Dumb question by an uninformed person : could an attack by the hizbollah be considered an act of war by Iran?" I imagine we would consider it as one, no matter what anyone else thinks. "Or would "plausible deniability" works?" If there's another 9/11-style attack, I suspect you'll see America go completely berserk-- totally, stark, raving medieval BUGSHIT. There won't be ANY deniability. None. Not for anyone. "Why is it not illegal to be a member of a listed terrorist organization?" Because we're not a civilized nation, that's why: we're an OVER-civilized nation which so far cannot even make up its mind to take common-sensical actions in its own defense for fear of "offending" Muslims or infringing their precious "rights." Pfeh. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2006-05-22 14:13 |
| #5 Why is it not illegal to be a member of a listed terrorist organization? It's not as though one might mistakenly join, thinking it a local branch of the community Symphony Club, or the Bridge Players Association, and somehow not notice the error. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-05-22 13:56 |
| #4 Why should it be an act of war? Iran (the current president in fact!) deliberately attacking the U.S. Embassy wasn't an act of war. If they can hide behind so-called 'students' then they will probably be allowed to hide behind Hezbollah now. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2006-05-22 13:32 |
| #3 N.Y. HEZBOLLAH HUNT Too bad for us the feds won't control our borders and a dozen other common sense actions. |
| Posted by: RD 2006-05-22 13:18 |
| #2 Dumb question by an uninformed person : could an attack by the hizbollah be considered an act of war by Iran? Or would "plausible deniability" works? |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-05-22 13:10 |
| #1 Additional law-enforcement attention is being centered on the Iranian Mission to the United Nations, where there have already been three episodes in the last four years in which diplomats and security guards have been expelled for casing and photographing New York City subways and other potential targets. Iran needs to be put on notice that any pre-emptive attack or retaliation for destruction of their nuclear program will result in additional carpet bombing of vital military and industrial facilities. The expanded list desperately needs to include the residences of all major mullahs in the top decision-making chain for these twisted f&cks. How anyone can remain unclear as to just how evil Iran's leadership continues to be is nothing short of astonishing. Universal condemnation is all they are worthy of. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-05-22 13:09 |