FBI eyes Hizbollah in US as tensions with Iran rise

Reuters ^ | July 18, 2006 | Caroline Drees

[West Coast Conservative]

The FBI is trying to ferret out possible Hizbollah agents in the United States amid concerns that rising U.S.-Iranian tensions could trigger attacks on American soil, FBI officials said.

Relations between Washington and Tehran, which soured after the 1979 Islamic revolution, have deteriorated further recently over Iran's nuclear program and its support for Hizbollah, the militant Islamic group whose capture of two Israeli soldiers last week prompted Israel to launch retaliatory strikes in Lebanon.

American law enforcement officials are concerned the Lebanon-based Hizbollah, which has so far focused on fund-raising and other support activities inside the United States, could turn to violence in solidarity with Iran.

"If the situation escalates, will Hizbollah take the gloves off, so to speak, and attack here in the United States, which they've been reluctant to do until now?" said William Kowalski, assistant special agent in charge of the FBI in Detroit.

Detroit is home to one of the largest Muslim communities in the United States.

"Because of the heightened difficulties surrounding U.S.-Iranian relations, the FBI has increased its focus on Hizbollah," said FBI spokesman Paul Bresson in Washington.

"Those investigations relate particularly to the potential presence of Hizbollah members on U.S. soil."

There is no specific or credible intelligence pointing to an imminent U.S. attack by Hizbollah, which the United States considers a terrorist group, Bresson added.

[no-to-illegals]

Bubba would regrettably be introduced to the police if Bubba attempted to take the law into his own hands.....This is the way of the 'new world order'....The muz can kill us and we have to smile and take it. I don't like it, but I'm just one person.

[sgtbono2002]

Aint that some Shiite'

[Voltage]

I meant to say 'another' attack. One would think that 9/11 would have been enough. But apparently not!

[La Enchiladita]

I certainly hope the FBI have their eyes on a new mosque about to open in an Iranian neighborhood in Westwood, CA.

[Don Carlos]

Thanks,10mm. Got that sucka in my favorites!

[camas]

so true so true

[Salem]

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[eleni121]

Law "enforcement" in New York is too busy trying to chase down Bucky Phillips. No time for terrorists.

[cowtowney]

You mean like this

http://www.uwire.com/content/topops053106001.html

[MrLee]

It obviously wasn't enough....

[doug from upland]

Once again let us all take this opportunity to thank the peanut farmer from Georgia for this mess.

[madison10]

Kind of late to start looking now. They've probably been hear a year, or two, getting all set up.

[XenaLee]

And that is exactly what they want to happen all over America. When will the rest of the US finally wake up to that reality?

"There are neigborhoods in Detroit now where church bells have been silenced; instead one can hear the five times a day call to Islamic prayer."

[AgThorn]

[EBH]

They been here much longer than that dear...

The arrests were top news in Lebanon, where Hezbollah predictably dismissed the charges: "Hezbollah does not have any organized group" in the U.S., declared Na’im Qasim, its deputy leader. He attributed the arrests to American officials' "need to create an imaginary victory" to make up for their defeats.

From 2000, pre-9/11http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a39a843d74831.htm

[madison10]

We've been sitting on our butts THAT long? Even after 9/11 we haven't kicked them all out? Sometimes I think this country wants to commit suicide by stupidity.

[Mr. Brightside]

I just hope we don't act mean and profile any Muslims or pre-judge their intentions.

/sarc

[SweetCaroline]

BUMP

[BunnySlippers]

Except they weren't PC then.