Posted on 10/12/2017 1:51:59 PM PDT by huldah1776
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has determined that the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah is seeking to carry out attacks against the United States and has thus offered millions of dollars for whoever can help it apprehend two of its leaders.
“It is our assessment that Hezbollah is determined to give itself a potential homeland option as a critical component of its terrorism playbook,” said Nicholas Rasmussen, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, during a briefing Tuesday.
Rasmussen went on to say that the US government was seeking help arresting Talal Hamiyeh and Fu’ad Shukr, and would pay $7 million and $5 million rewards for the two officials, respectively.
It is the first time in a decade that the US is offering rewards for Hezballah operatives under its counterterrorism rewards program.
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Sec of Def Mattis, I wonder what you think about the response of the US to the 1983 Beirut attack today after reading thousands of history and military books?
Anyway, from the briefing:
“We’re also offering a reward of up to $5 million for information that leads to the location, arrest, or conviction in any country of Fuad Shukr. Shukr is a senior military commander of Hizballah’s forces in Lebanon. He’s also a member of the Jihad Council, Hizballah’s highest military body. Shukr plays a key role in Hizballah’s military operations in Syria, and he helped plan and launch the 1983 attack on the U.S. Marine Corps barracks in Beirut that killed 241 of our Marines.”
https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2017/10/274726.htm
Murah building job is virtually verified as being Al Qaeda and some suspect with Iranian help. The big boys are back.
I think you’re right. I’ve always seen it as Hezbollah.
Good. Bomb Iran, too.
And take down Assad’s regime in Syria.
Is that dead or alive? Are pieces ok?
Now that Obama’s catch and release program is over.
pieces? regular or extra crispy?
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