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Hizbullah's Global Reach

[Ynet News] Jonathan D. Halevy and Ashley Perry - Hizbullah is an integral part of the Islamic revolution regime in Tehran. The ruling Iranian religious authority gave Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah the title of Lebanese "representative," making him an essential part of the Iranian revolution. Hizbullah receives millions of dollars a year from Iran to finance its operations. Hizbullah's mission reaches far beyond Lebanon and is in line with the Iranian leadership's 50-year plan made public at the end of the 1990s. The plan is to export the Islamic revolution to neighboring countries and beyond through preaching, encouraging Shiite emigration, purchasing real estate, forming political organizations, infiltrating the local political establishments, and taking over the various parliaments and focal points of political power. Iranian-Hizbullah footprints can be found in various African and South American countries. In Nigeria, Hizbullah operates within the expatriate Lebanese Shiite population, whose leader is Sheikh Zakzaky. In Venezuela and other South American countries Hizbullah has been waging a long-term campaign to convert the native Indians to Shiite Islam. On June 29, the Kuwaiti daily al-Siasa reported that Hizbullah was training young men from Venezuela in its military camps in south Lebanon to prepare them to attack American targets.
2008-08-11 01:00:00
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