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  • Slaying Hizballah commander ratchets up Saudi covert war on Iran and Lebanese proxy (Very big kill!)

    12/04/2013 11:22:30 AM PST · by Dave346 · 18 replies
    Debka ^ | December 4, 2013, 12:40 PM (IDT)
    The gunning down of Hajj Hassan Hollo al-Laqqis, a high-ranking Hizballah commander and close crony of Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, raised the stakes of the clandestine war running between Saudi Arabia and Iran, two weeks after two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside the Iranian embassy in Beirut. The Hizballah officer was killed by five shots to the head and throat in the underground parking lot of his home in the Hadath neighborhood southwest of Beirut, when he returned home from work after midnight Tuesday, Dec. 3. The Hizballah statement, which said: “Israel is automatically held responsible for the crime,” described...
  • Report: London is mediating indirect secret talks between US and Hezbollah

    11/27/2013 5:55:01 PM PST · by Nachum · 30 replies
    Jerusalem Post ^ | 11/27/13 | Ariel Ben Solomon
    The US and Hezbollah are in secret indirect talks managed by London dealing with the fight against al-Qaida, regional stability and other Lebanese political issues. Senior British diplomatic sources, quoted in a report in Kuwait newspaper al-Rai on Wednesday, said British diplomats are holding discussions with leaders of the Lebanese organization and transferring the information to the Americans. The discussions “are aimed at keeping tabs on the changes in the region and the world, and prepare for the upcoming return of Iran to the international community,” according to diplomatic sources in Washington. Because the US, unlike the UK, recognizes both...
  • Hezbollah Hails Obama’s Nuke Deal with the Ayatollahs

    11/26/2013 6:28:53 AM PST · by LSUfan · 7 replies
    Terror Trends Bulletin ^ | 26 Nov 13 | Unattributed
    In case you had any doubts as to whether the “interim” agreement with Iran on nuclear technology that Barack Obama and John Kerry foisted on the world in the dead of night over the weekend was a terrible development, the world’s foremost Shia Jihadist terrorist organization has provided confirmation.
  • Blasts rock Iranian Embassy in Beirut

    11/19/2013 3:51:38 AM PST · by Olog-hai · 8 replies
    Yedioth Ahronoth ^ | 11.19.13, 10:12 | Roi Kais
    At least 23 people were killed and 146 were injured Tuesday morning in two strong explosions near the Iranian Embassy in Lebanon. A senior Lebanese official said the cultural attaché at the embassy was among the dead. According to one report, several rockets were fired at the area and at least one of them hit the building. The area of the blasts in southern Beirut is considered a Hezbollah stronghold. The Shiite organization is a close ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad and is helping him in his war against Syrian rebels. …
  • U.S. threatened with 'heaviest damage in history' (Iran threatens war as Obama surrenders)

    11/13/2013 9:37:15 AM PST · by Dave346 · 48 replies
    WND ^ | 11/12/13 | Reza Kahlili
    General: 'Slightest military mistake' could set off Iran's 'capabilities' In a pointed message to Washington, the second in just days, an Iranian general has warned of great destruction being delivered to the United States. “The Americans’ catch-phrase ‘the military option is on the table’ (over the nuclear issue) is a bluff,” said Gen. Massoud Jazayeri, deputy chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces. “They are aware of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s capabilities. The slightest military mistake against Iran will make the Americans witness the heaviest damage in their history in their own eyes,” the semi-official Fars News Agency reported...
  • Turkish FM Davutoglu rejects claims of cooperation with Israel in strike against Syrian base

    11/03/2013 12:36:27 PM PST · by SunkenCiv · 6 replies
    Hurriyet Daily News ^ | Friday, November 1, 2013 | unattributed
    Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has rejected allegations that Turkey gave intelligence to Israel during an attack against a military base near the Syrian coastal city of Latakia early Oct. 31. “There is an attempt to give the impression that Turkey has coordinated with Israel. We have issues with Syria, an issue based on a principle. But let me say it clearly: The Turkish government has never cooperated with Israel against any Muslim country, and it never will,” Davutoğlu told reporters during a joint press conference in Istanbul Nov. 1 with his visiting Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif. Several reports said,...
  • Here’s Why Israelis Are Once Again Angry With Obama: ‘Absolutely Perplexing’

    11/01/2013 7:22:30 AM PDT · by elhombrelibre · 18 replies
    The Blaze ^ | 1 Nov 13 | Sharona Schwartz
    Israeli officials and media are voicing dismay and anger over yet another leak of sensitive military information by the Obama administration, with one veteran broadcaster asking if the White House is fine with Hezbollah obtaining advanced weaponry. As TheBlaze reported on Thursday, an Obama administration official told the Associated Press that Israeli aircraft attacked a military site in the Syrian port city of Latakia early Thursday morning, targeting advanced Russian-made SA-125 missiles and other equipment the Israeli government believed would land in the hands of Hezbollah.
  • Cross-border drug tunnel equipped with rail system (Tijuana to San Diego)

    10/31/2013 5:09:07 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 8 replies
    Associated Press ^ | Oct. 31, 2013 6:20 PM EDT | Elliot Spagat
    A tunnel designed to smuggle drugs from Tijuana, Mexico, to San Diego is equipped with electricity, ventilation and a rail system, U.S. authorities said Thursday, making it one of the more sophisticated secret passages discovered along the U.S.-Mexico border. Authorities seized more than 8 tons of marijuana and 325 pounds of cocaine in connection with the discovery, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said. Three suspects were in U.S. custody. The tunnel links warehouses in Tijuana and San Diego’s Otay Mesa industrial area. The area is filled with nondescript warehouses, making it easier to conceal trucks being loaded with drugs. …
  • Israel strikes Hezbollah-bound missile shipment

    10/23/2013 10:15:36 AM PDT · by Former Fetus · 14 replies
    The Times of Israel ^ | 10/23/2013 | STUART WINER
    Israeli warplanes hit a convoy of advanced missiles heading out of Syria and into Lebanon where they were to be delivered to Hezbollah, a Kuwaiti newspaper reported on Wednesday. According to the report, in the Kuwait-based paper Al-Jarida (Arabic), the attack was carried out earlier this week in the vicinity of the Lebanese-Syrian border. However, the report, which relied on an unnamed “official source” in Jerusalem, did not say whether the targets were in Lebanon or Syria at the time of the strike. The Times of Israel could not independently confirm the report. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused to answer...
  • Report: Israeli warplanes bomb Hezbollah missile shipment on Lebanon-Syria border

    10/23/2013 1:41:32 AM PDT · by Netz · 4 replies
    Kuwait-based Al Jarida quotes Israeli security official as saying that Israel is mulling destroying remainder of cache in Beka'a Valley; report could not be confirmed by any other source. Lebanon Kuwait's Al-Jarida newspaper reported Wednesday that Israeli warplanes attacked a convoy carrying missiles along Lebanon's border with Syria two days earlier. Quoting Israeli sources, the newspaper said that the missiles were intended for delivery to Hezbollah, to bolster their cache of advanced weapons. The report did not specify whether the alleged attack was carried out on Lebanese or Syrian territory. The newspaper sources an Israeli security official, described as an...
  • 30th Anniversary of Beirut Bombing: Survivor Shares his Story

    10/23/2013 5:27:36 AM PDT · by LSUfan · 28 replies
    Marines.mil ^ | 22 Oct 2013 | By Lance Cpl. Lisette Leyva as told by Brian Kirkpatrick
    Oct. 23, 2013, marks the 30th anniversary of the Beirut Bombing. 241 American and 58 French service members were killed when two trucks filled with explosives crashed into the two barracks buildings. One of the 300 service members who lived in the building shares the story of the attack, his survival and how he lives with the memories.
  • Growing Hezbollah Presence in Southwest U.S.

    10/17/2013 6:59:28 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 18 replies
    Clarion Project ^ | Sun, October 13, 2013 | Ryan Mauro
    Terrorism expert Matthew Levitt writes that an increasing number of U.S. prison inmates have tattoos that are pro-Hezbollah or are in Farsi, the language spoken in Iran. … “Law enforcement officials across the Southwest are reporting a rise in imprisoned gang members with Farsi tattoos” and some express loyalty to Hezbollah. … Hezbollah’s business relationship with Mexican drug cartels is seen as a driving force behind the phenomenon. …
  • John Kerry Actually Praises Bible Banning Islamic Malaysia

    10/14/2013 9:50:15 PM PDT · by george76 · 13 replies
    Freedom Outpost ^ | October 14, 2013 | Janna Brock
    Nothing Secretary of State John Kerry does should surprise anyone anymore. But in praising Islamic Malaysia as a "multi-faith" model as something of a benchmark for balancing cultural diversity, he shows his true colors. He is a traitor to the United States just like his boss. Malaysia is nothing more than an Sunni Islamic fundamentalist country, where only those who belong to the recognized Islamic sect are not punished. Malaysia is no different than any other Islamic nation. ... Bibles are a direct threat to the Islamic faith and must be destroyed. Too, Hindu temples have been destroyed, and even...
  • Hezbollah, Iraqi militia capture Damascus suburb: opposition

    10/09/2013 6:31:57 PM PDT · by nuconvert · 12 replies
    Iraqi and Lebanese Shi'ite militia backed by Syrian army firepower overran a southern suburb of Damascus on Wednesday, opposition activists said, in a blow to Sunni Muslim rebels trying to hold onto strategic outskirts of the capital. At least 20 rebels were killed when Hezbollah guerrillas and Iraqi militiamen captured the town of Sheikh Omar under cover of Syrian army artillery and tank fire and aerial bombardment, the activists said, with tens of Shi'ite fighters killed or wounded.
  • Report: Iran increases support for Hamas

    09/28/2013 2:29:38 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 8 replies
    Yedioth Ahronoth ^ | 09.23.13, 11:37 | Roi Kais
    Senior Hezbollah and Hamas officials met with representatives of the Iranian government several times over the past two weeks in Beirut and in Tehran, to discuss developments in the region, Lebanese newspaper As-Safir reported Monday. The parties conducted an assessment of recent events in the Middle East, including the blockade of the Gaza Strip, the Syrian crisis and the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. Officials reportedly also agreed to fortify what they called the “axis of resistance.” …
  • Hezbollah suspect gets jail term

    09/18/2013 8:26:46 AM PDT · by csvset · 1 replies
    Bangkok Post ^ | 18 September 2013 | Wire
    The Criminal Court on Wednesday sent Lebanese-Swedish man Atris Hussein, believed to be linked to the Hezbollah militant group, to prison for two years and eight months after finding him guilty on charges of illegally possessing restricted chemical substances.Hussein was arraigned in the Criminal Court on Feb 29 last year for violating the weapons control law after police seized nearly 2.8 tonnes of ammonium nitrate and urea-based fertiliser from houses he rented in Samut Sakhon on Jan 16, 2012. The chemicals, which are widely used in the agricultural sector, can be used to make bombs. The court initially sentenced him...
  • Hezbollah-supporting books banned in Bahrain

    09/14/2013 7:58:06 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 1 replies
    Yedioth Ahronoth ^ | 09.14.13, 22:58
    Bahrain authorities banned the circulation of books that are about Hezbollah, written by people who are affiliated with the Shiite group or who support it, the Bahrain news agency reported Friday. Authorities have reportedly shut down a publishing house affiliated with Hezbollah. …
  • Video: Assad promises “everything” in response to attack

    09/09/2013 5:08:38 AM PDT · by Hotlanta Mike · 13 replies
    Hot Air ^ | September 9, 2013 | Ed Morrissey
    CBS News teased an exclusive interview with Bashar al-Assad conducted by Charlie Rose yesterday, in which the Syrian dictator promises to respond to any attack from the United States. Assad told Rose that an attack on his armed forces would tip the civil war in favor of al-Qaeda and its affiliates, and scoffed at John Kerry’s assertion that the US has evidence that the regime conducted the chemical-weapons attack:
  • Could Obama's Indecisiveness Have Helped Postpone WW3?

    09/08/2013 8:06:48 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 25 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | September 8, 2013 | Michael Youssef
    The buzz in the Middle East media is that the real reason President Obama changed his mind about striking Syria last week was not, in fact, that he is indecisive. Nor was it that the concept of war goes against his grain. Nor that there’s a major division between his personal advisors and government officials. Nor that the Arab League voted against America striking Syria and wanted the United Nations to intervene. Nor even that the British House of Commons pulled the rug out from under him by voting against a British attack on Syria—essentially slapping Obama’s primary supporter, Prime...
  • Netanyahu: Israel Acting to Deny Hizbullah Syrian Arms

    05/19/2013 6:25:15 AM PDT · by TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed · 4 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 5/19/2013 | Arutz Sheva staff
    Israel is acting to prevent Syrian weapons from reaching Lebanon's Hizbullah and will continue to do so, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, AFP reports. His remarks came two weeks after air strikes near Damascus that were widely attributed to Israel, which a senior Israeli source said were aimed at preventing the transfer of sophisticated Iranian arms to Hizbullah, the Lebanese Shiite ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Netanyahu said the Middle East was going through its most sensitive period for decades, with the conflict in Syria at the center of the turmoil. "We are closely following developments and...