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Canadian Intelligence: Hizballah Uses Canada as Base

(National Post - Canada) Stewart Bell - The terrorist group Hizballah has been using Canada as an offshore base for raising money and purchasing supplies needed to carry out and videotape attacks against Israel for more than a decade. Canadian Security Intelligence Service documents detail how Hizballah has laundered tens of thousands of dollars through Canadian banks while drawing on the accounts to shop for military equipment. Hizballah agents shopped for blasting devices, night-vision goggles, powerful computers, and camera equipment used to record attacks against Israeli forces, according to dozens of CSIS wiretaps Even as they lived in Canada with their families as immigrants, the Hizballah operatives apparently remained disdainful of their new surroundings, denouncing "the Canadians and the Zionists" in a wiretapped conversation. Canadian police and intelligence reports show the group has been using Canada in recent years to buy materiel, forge travel documents, raise money, and steal luxury vehicles.
2002-11-01 00:00:00
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