'US intel: Hizbullah attack imminent'

US and Canadian intelligence agencies warned Thursday that Hizbullah attacks on Jewish targets around the world could be imminent.

ABC News quoted intelligence officials as saying that Hizbullah had activated sleeper cells in Canada, and that top terror operatives had left Lebanon for the US, Canada and Africa.

According to the officials, Hizbullah wants to avenge February's assassination of its operations head Imad Mughniyeh in Damascus, for which the Shi'ite group holds Israel accountable.

There was no reliable intelligence regarding the possible targets of such an attack, the sources told ABC News, adding, however, that Hizbullah operatives had recently been seen conducting surveillance on the Israel Embassy in Ottawa and on several Toronto synagogues.

"There are concerns Hizbullah might be ready to do something along those lines," ABC quoted a senior US counterterrorism official as saying.

CIA and National Security Agency officials quoted by the report said British and Canadian agencies began receiving a flow of intelligence on February 17, only a few days after Mughniyeh's funeral, regarding a possible Hizbullah attack.

"They want to kill as many people as they can, they want it to be a big splash," former CIA intelligence officer Bob Baer, who claimed he met with Hizbullah leaders in Beirut last month, was quoted by ABC as saying. "They cannot have an operation fail and I don't think they will. They're the A-team of terrorism."

According to officials quoted by the report, up to 20 suspected Hizbullah members have been under surveillance and their activities are being coordinated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.

"Hizbullah would not carry out an attack in the West, or wherever this attack is going to occur, without approval from Teheran," Baer was quoted as saying.

These terrorists are getting ready to retaliate for any attacks on Iran.

Ding. Ding, Ding, we have a winner.

That way they can claim the moral high ground that their supporters in the MSM and Dem party will need to stop any conflict before it has any chance of success.

Attacks on civilian targets in the west will be portrayed as “legitimate resistance” and the moonbats will dance in the streets.

OPINION: Thanks Godzilla for the ping. Hizbullah and/or Iran seem to be spread out on multiple fronts lately. Any attack by either or both, here and/or abroad, will not come as a surprise to me.

US DOJ.com/usao - Press Release: "TWO MUNITIONS DEALERS ARRESTED AND CHARGED IN CONSPIRACY TO EXPORT MILITARY AIRCRAFT PARTS TO IRAN" (PRESS RELEASE SNIPPET: "Defendants Hassan Saied Keshari and Traian Bujduveanu were arrested on charges of conspiring to export military aircraft parts to Iran...") (June 23, 2008)

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THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, London, June 21, 2008"): "IRAQI GOV'T OFFICIAL: U.S.-IRAQ SECURITY PACT MOVING AHEAD -- BUT IRAN, HIZBULLAH TRYING TO TORPEDO IT" (Posted June 23, 2008)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "HEZBOLLAH: IRAN'S ARMY IN LEBANON" by Elias Bejjani (June 24, 2008)

THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Sources: Tehran Times, Iran, June 23, 2008; Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, London, IRNA, Iran, June 20, 2008"): "IRAN: ESTABLISH URANIUM ENRICHMENT CONSORTIUM ON IRANIAN SOIL" (Posted June 23, 2008)

THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Tehran Tiomes, Iran, June 22, 2008; IRNA, Iran, June 21, 2008"): "IRAN GOV'T SPOKESMAN: IRAN WON'T FREEZE URANIUM ENRICHMENT AS PRECONDITION FOR TALKS" (Posted June 23, 2008)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 1967: "IAEA CHIEF ELBARADEI: IRAN CAN PRODUCE ENOUGH ENRICHED URANIUM FOR A NUCLEAR BOMB IN SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR" (June 23, 2008)

Israel.Internet-Haganah.com: "SENDING SIGNALS" (June 21, 2008)

INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org (FOX NEWS): "ISRAELI MILITARY HELD LARGE-SCALE EXERCISE IN MAY" (June 20, 2008)

MEMRITV.org - VIDEO Clip No. 1797 - Title of Video: "IAEA DIRECTOR-GENERAL DR. MUHAMMAD AL-BARADEI: IRAN CAN PRODUCE ENOUGH ENRICHED URANIUM FOR A NUCLEAR BOMB IN SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR" ("Clip #1797 Broadcast: June 20, 2008")

TRUTHUSA.com: "A Look at Iran"

MNF-IRAQ.com - Press Release A080621a-068: Baghdad - "SPECIAL GROUPS CRIMINALS AROUND IRAQ DISRUPTED" (PRESS RELEASE SNIPPET: "During a separate operation in northeast Baghdad, Coalition forces conducted a raid on the residence of a suspected senior Iranian-trained Special Groups commander in Adhamiyah. Intelligence provided by Special Groups criminals already in custody indicated that the suspect ran all Special Groups criminal activities in southeastern Baghdad.") (June 21, 2008)

THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Al-Sharq, Qatar, June 18, 2008"): "IRANIAN AMBASSADOR TO SYRIA: IRAN WILLING TO SHARE NUCLEAR EXPERIENCE WITH SYRIA" (Posted June 20, 2008)

THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: IRNA, Iran, June 19, 2008, Press TV, June 18, 2008"): "LARIJANI: If U.S. Miscalculates Again, Iran Will Change Conditions of U.S. In Region; Hizbullah, Hamas Pioneers of Change In Today's World" (Posted June 19, 2008)

THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Ahmadinejad's blog, June 11, 2008"): "AHMADINEJAD IN BLOG: How Can We Not See The Divine Halos And Waves Of Light Guiding Us And The Revolution?" (BLOG ENTRY SNIPPET: ""The seeing of the divine light in politics, and in the serial victories taking place, from Lebanon and Palestine to Iraq, Iran, and New York, is in favor of the values of the [Islamic] revolution and Islam, and in favor those who were raised on Khomeini's monotheistic culture. For the generation of the revolution, this matter is not foreign; rather, not seeing the halo of light is what is strange and misses the truth."") (Posted June 19, 2008)

MEMRI.org - Inquiry and Analysis Series - No. 448: "THE IRANIAN ROOTS OF HIZBULLAH" by Dr. Nimrod Raphaeli (June 17, 2008)

HUMAN EVENTS.com: "HIZALLAH IN VENEZUELA: WILL THE U.S. MOVE?" by Gustavo Coronel (Posted June 23, 2008)

JPOST.com - JERUSALEM POST: "'US INTEL: HIZBULLAH ATTACK IMMINENT'" (Updated June 20, 2008)

JIHAD WATCH.org (ABC NEWS): "U.S., CANADIAN INTEL AGENCIES: HIZBALLAH 'SLEEPER CELLS' ACTIVATED IN CANADA" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "There is no credible information on a specific target, according to the officials. Suspected Hezbollah operatives have conducted recent surveillance on the Israeli embassy in Ottawa, Canada and on several synagogues in Toronto. according to the officials. Latin American is also considered a possible target by officials following Hezbollah's planning.") (June 19, 2008)

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JPOST.com - THE JERUSALEM POST (AP): "'VENEZUELAN DIPLOMAT HELPED HIZBULLAH'" (Updated June 19, 2008, 4:09)

TREAS.gov - THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY HP-1036: Washington - "TREASURY TARGETS HIZBALLAH IN VENEZUELA" (June 18, 2008)

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DOUGLAS FARAH.com - blog: "IRAN MOVING BANKING OPERATIONS TO VENEZUELA" (May 30, 2008, 09:45)

DEFENSElink.mil (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "GENERAL BLAMES IRANIAN-BACKED MILITANTS FOR BAGHDAD EXPLOSION" (June 18, 2008)

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