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Syrian Violence Spills Into Lebanon

Kevin Spak — Mon, 21 May 2012 12:33:12 CDT

Don't look now, but the Syrian conflict might not be confined to Syria anymore. Gun battles broke out in Beirut today between factions supporting and opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the New York Times reports, in Lebanon's most intense outbreak of violence since the Syrian uprising began. The fighting...

'Hundreds' of Hezbollah Agents in US: Peter King

Kevin Spak — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:27:49 CDT

The US is crawling with Hezbollah agents, many of whom have been trained as terrorists, Rep. Peter King said in a CNN appearance today. "The American intelligence community … believes we are very much at risk for an attack by Iranian operatives, which would be Hezbollah," King said, according to...

Israeli Group to Twitter: Ban Hezbollah or We'll Sue

Rob Quinn — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:00:00 CST

Terrorist organizations banned in the US should also be banned from Twitter, says an Israeli legal group threatening to sue the San Francisco-based company. Shurat HaDin—which says its mission is "bankrupting terrorism, one lawsuit at a time"—warns that allowing groups like Hezbollah and al-Shabab to use its service...

Last US Detainee in Iraq May Get Off Easy

John Johnson — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 09:12:38 CST

As the US wound down its operations in Iraq this week, it transferred its last remaining detainee over to Iraqi authorities, reports the Los Angeles Times . The move was a controversial one because Ali Musa Daqduq is accused of being a Hezbollah operative behind a 2007 Iraqi raid that resulted...

CIA Spies Captured in Middle East

Matt Cantor — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:47:05 CST

More than a dozen CIA spies have been caught in Lebanon and Iran over the last six months, and the US worries they’ll be executed—or already have been. "If they were genuine spies, spying against Hezbollah, I don't think we'll ever see them again," an ex-CIA officer tells ABC...

Bachmann: Hezbollah May Be Planning Cuban Bases

Rob Quinn — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:00:00 CDT

Ready for another Cuban missile crisis? Hezbollah is working with the Cubans, and may be building missile bases and training camps on the Caribbean island, according to Michele Bachmann. "There’s reports out that Cuba has been working with Hezbollah. And Hezbollah is potentially looking at wanting to be part of...

Ohio Couple Pleads Guilty in Terror Funding Case

Mon, 23 May 2011 12:39:05 CDT

An Ohio husband and wife pleaded guilty today to charges that they plotted to help finance a Mideast terrorist group, under a deal that spares them from potential life sentences. Hor and Amera Akl, dual citizens of the US and Lebanon, were arrested in June 2010 after authorities said an...

9/11 Families Say Iran Helped Plan Attacks

Fri, 20 May 2011 15:57:05 CDT

Lawyers representing 9/11 families are asking a federal judge to find Iran culpable in the Sept. 11 attacks, saying new evidence shows Iranian officials had advance word and even helped train the hijackers. The lawyers said Iran and the Lebanese group Hezbollah entered into a terrorist alliance with al-Qaeda in...

US Finds Hints of al-Qaeda Among Libyan Rebels

Kevin Spak — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:45:13 CDT

US intelligence indicates “flickers” of evidence that there are fighters among the Libyan rebels with ties to al-Qaeda and Hezbollah, but neither group holds significant sway over the movement, Admiral James Stavridis told Congress today. “The intelligence that I'm receiving at this point makes me feel that the leadership that...