Hezbullah is extending its tentacles to Argentina, where there is a substantial Jewish population, and where Hezbullah already murdered hundreds of Jews. (Sorry, it’s FT subscriber-only, but it’s all I’ve got.)
Allegations that Argentina’s Arab community is sending money to Hizbollah have incensed Jewish groups, in a country where memories are still raw of two deadly bomb attacks on Jewish targets in the 1990s blamed on the Lebanese militia.
“There is a bank account, opened by the Lebanese embassy, and anyone who can is collaborating, with both cash and humanitarian aid,” Yaoudat Brahim, president of the Federation of Argentine Arabic Groups in Buenos Aires, told the Financial Times.
I thought this happened years ago: The U.S. froze Hebullah’s assets and stopped its fundraising.
The Bush administration moved yesterday against a key fundraising arm of Hezbollah, the militant Shiite Muslim movement that is part of Lebanon’s government, ordering a freeze on its assets in the United States and making it illegal for Americans to contribute to the organization.
[…] Yesterday’s action against the Islamic Resistance Support Organization was intended in part to demonstrate the link between Hezbollah and terrorist activities. The Treasury Department released copies of a receipt issued by the group to a donor, which on the back listed projects such as “collection box project for the children and homes,” “contribution to the cost of a rocket” and “contribution to the cost of bullets.” The donor, whose name was redacted, used ink to signal his interest in helping fund a rocket.
The next time someone tries to tell you that a terrorist organization has a “political wing” and a “military wing,” punch them—hard—in one arm. And say “That was for your military wing. I’m sure your political wing didn’t feel it, as it’s wholly separate and apart.” It might get the point across. It might get you punched back, but hey—tell it to my political wing.
“Hezbollah projects an image as a humanitarian organization,” said Stuart Levey, Treasury’s undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence. “This puts the lie to that image. This shows there is no separation, and they raise money for social services and also raise money for terrorism.”
Gee. Ya think?
Say, W&M, I thought you said Americans don’t like Israel? Oh, look—another poll saying Americans like Israel.
The survey, conducted Aug. 8- 17, found that three-quarters of U.S. adults identify Israel as either a close ally or “a friend, but not an ally,” compared with 16% who see the nation as “not friendly, but not an enemy” and 8% who see it as “unfriendly and an enemy.”
By comparison, 76% of those polled view Iran as an enemy, while 21% see the country as not friendly, and only 4% view it as a close ally or friend.
How many times can we prove W&M wrong in one day? Well, that depends on how many times we post about them.
Gee, thanks, Kofi: It’s so good to know that the head of the UN can go to Lebanon and blame Israel for everything that went wrong, but is utterly unable to find out if the kidnapped soldiers are alive and well.
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Wednesday after meeting with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that he was unable to confirm a report that the kidnapped IDF soldiers were alive.
Annan told reporters that he was under the impression that the kidnapped troops were alive, but stopped short of confirming it. He was referring to a statement by US civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson, who met Syrian and Hamas leaders in Damascus and said that the soldiers were “alive and well.”
Eff you, Kofi. Join your pal Jimmy the Jew-Hater Carter and leave us alone.
And last, but not least, they’re still terrorists: The IDF foiled a major terror attack heading for the Karni Crossing—you know, the one the world keeps screaming that Israel should re-open due to humanitarian needs.
The IDF and the Shin Bet thwarted a terrorist attack that Palestinians had planned to carry out via a terror tunnel, it was revealed on Wednesday.
IDF troops discovered an underground tunnel earlier this week that had been dug by terror operatives on the outskirts of the Shajaiyeh neighborhood in Gaza City.
The opening of the 13-meter-deep, 150-meter-long tunnel was found inside a building at least one kilometer away from the Gaza security fence. It was believed that the target of the attack was the nearby Karni Crossing.
It was as yet unclear whether the tunnel – similar to the one used by Palestinians in June’s attack on the IDF outpost at Kerem Shalom in which Cpl. Gilad Shalit was abducted – was intended as a means of infiltrating Israeli territory, or whether it was meant to be rigged with explosives.
Does it really matter? The point is, the pals are still trying to murder Israelis at every opportunity, and anyone who thinks they want peace is fooling herself.
Yes, I have a particular “her” in mind, but we don’t talk about these things any more, because she is utterly unable to see reality, and I refuse to lose a friendship over it.
It’s a good thing I have my blog. You guys get it.