Hezbollah, steeds vaker afgeschilderd als legitieme Libanese verzetsbeweging, bereidt aanval voor op een synagoge of de Israelische ambassade.
"They want to kill as many people as they can, they want it to be a big splash," said former CIA intelligence officer Bob Baer, who told ABC he had met with Hezbollah leaders in Beirut last month.
Hezbollah activisten zijn al waargenomen terwijl ze bij de Israëlische ambassade en synagoges in Toronto hebben gesurveilleerd. Misschien wordt het tijd deze beweging, en de landen die haar steunen (Syrië en Iran) eens wat harder aan te pakken.
Zou GroenLinks oproepen tot actie/boycot/sancties tegen Hezbollah en Iran en een grote anti-Hezbollah demonstratie houden na een dergelijke aanslag, of blijft een dergelijke gehandeling gereserveerd voor Israël? Ik zou er niet teveel op rekenen, het is waarschijnlijk aantrekkelijker om gewoon weer Israël de schuld te geven.
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"They want to kill as many people as they can, they want it to be a big splash," said former CIA intelligence officer Bob Baer, who told ABC he had met with Hezbollah leaders in Beirut last month.
Hezbollah activisten zijn al waargenomen terwijl ze bij de Israëlische ambassade en synagoges in Toronto hebben gesurveilleerd. Misschien wordt het tijd deze beweging, en de landen die haar steunen (Syrië en Iran) eens wat harder aan te pakken.
Zou GroenLinks oproepen tot actie/boycot/sancties tegen Hezbollah en Iran en een grote anti-Hezbollah demonstratie houden na een dergelijke aanslag, of blijft een dergelijke gehandeling gereserveerd voor Israël? Ik zou er niet teveel op rekenen, het is waarschijnlijk aantrekkelijker om gewoon weer Israël de schuld te geven.
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Report: U.S., Canada warn Hezbollah set to strike Jewish targets
Last update - 23:13 19/06/2008
Report: U.S., Canada warn Hezbollah set to strike Jewish targets
Intelligence agencies in Canada and the United States are warning of mounting signs that the Lebanon-based guerilla group Hezbollah is planning to attack Jewish targets in retaliation for the assassination of top Hezbollah man Imad Mughniyah some six months ago, ABC News reported Thursday.
Hezbollah has blamed Israel for the February 12 assassination in Damascus, but Israel has denied any involvement.
The intelligence sources told the American news network that Hezbollah was operating sleeper cells in Canada, and that senior Hezbollah operatives have left Lebanon for Canada as well as Europe and Africa.
According to the sources, ABC reported, there is currently no specific warning of an imminent attack, but they added that Hezbollah operatives have recently carried out surveillance of the Israeli embassy in the Canadian capital, as well as several synagogues in Toronto.
The sources added that Latin America was also a possible target for a Hezbollah strike.
Four suspected sleeper cells have been identified in Canada, ABC reported, and some 20 suspected Hezbollah operatives are currently under surveillance. The members of the cells have received orders to send their family members back to Lebanon.
The network also reported that a Hezbollah weapons expert was spotted at a firing range south of Toronto. According to the intelligence sources, the operatives' moves are being coordinated with Iran's Revolutionary Guard.
"They want to kill as many people as they can, they want it to be a big splash," said former CIA intelligence officer Bob Baer, who told ABC he had met with Hezbollah leaders in Beirut last month.
"Hezbollah would not carry out an attack in the west, or wherever this attack is going to occur, without approval from Tehran," Baer added.
Baer told ABC that his Hezbollah contacts told him an attack against the U.S. was unlikely because Iran and Hezbollah did not want to give the current administration, headed by U.S. President George W. Bush, an excuse to attack.
Hezbollah has blamed Israel for the February 12 assassination in Damascus, but Israel has denied any involvement.
The intelligence sources told the American news network that Hezbollah was operating sleeper cells in Canada, and that senior Hezbollah operatives have left Lebanon for Canada as well as Europe and Africa.
According to the sources, ABC reported, there is currently no specific warning of an imminent attack, but they added that Hezbollah operatives have recently carried out surveillance of the Israeli embassy in the Canadian capital, as well as several synagogues in Toronto.
The sources added that Latin America was also a possible target for a Hezbollah strike.
Four suspected sleeper cells have been identified in Canada, ABC reported, and some 20 suspected Hezbollah operatives are currently under surveillance. The members of the cells have received orders to send their family members back to Lebanon.
The network also reported that a Hezbollah weapons expert was spotted at a firing range south of Toronto. According to the intelligence sources, the operatives' moves are being coordinated with Iran's Revolutionary Guard.
"They want to kill as many people as they can, they want it to be a big splash," said former CIA intelligence officer Bob Baer, who told ABC he had met with Hezbollah leaders in Beirut last month.
"Hezbollah would not carry out an attack in the west, or wherever this attack is going to occur, without approval from Tehran," Baer added.
Baer told ABC that his Hezbollah contacts told him an attack against the U.S. was unlikely because Iran and Hezbollah did not want to give the current administration, headed by U.S. President George W. Bush, an excuse to attack.
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