Now, with growing talk of a pre-emptive Israeli attack to slow Iran's suspected nuclear arms program, Iran has threatened that it would retaliate across the globe. And its easy access to the Western Hemisphere has the U.S. particularly concerned.
..........."There's pretty much of a general consensus within the intelligence community that Iranian-backed cells providing financial support to Hezbollah could easily convert to operational cells and light up the place," says U.S. Rep. Mike McCaul, a Republican whose district stretches from Austin to Houston.
McCaul, chairman of investigations for the House Committee on Homeland Security, led a seven-day fact-finding mission across Latin America last week. "From our observations on this trip, the Iranian threat to the United States is very real and it would be difficult to defend against all of these operatives..................."
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