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From a Stratfor report on Hezbollah today:

Hezbollah has a long-standing and well-known presence in the tri-border region of Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil, where the U.S. government estimates it has earned tens of millions of dollars from selling electronic goods, counterfeit luxury items and pirated software, movies and music. It also has an even more profitable network in West Africa that deals in "blood diamonds" from places like Sierra Leone and the Republic of the Congo. Cells in Asia procure and ship much of the counterfeit material sold elsewhere; nodes in North America deal in smuggled cigarettes, baby formula and counterfeit designer goods, among other things.

In the United States, Hezbollah also has been involved in smuggling pseudoephedrine and selling counterfeit Viagra, and it has played a significant role in the production and worldwide propagation of counterfeit currencies.

The business empire of the Shiite organization also extends into the drug trade. The Bekaa Valley, which it controls, is a major center for growing poppies and cannabis; here also, heroin is produced from raw materials arriving from places like Afghanistan and the Golden Triangle. Hezbollah earns large percentages of the estimated $1 billion drug trade flowing out of the Bekaa. Much of the hashish and heroin emanating from there eventually arrive in Europe — where Hezbollah members also are involved in smuggling, car theft and distribution of counterfeit goods and currency.

Comment: We can hope that the IDF raid in Bekaa has destroyed part of this "business venture".

Congresswoman Sue Myrick was on local radio yesterday, reminding us that Charlotte hosted the first Hizzie trial in the US for a counterfit cigarette racket.

Counterfit Viagra??? LOL That will cause problems for them down the line....

Without all those drugs, will their 'warriors' be able to be so *fearless*???

Pinz