Hezbollah Might Just Have Ties to Iran After All
We pass this on because we still can't get over how the Guardian suggested that there is no explicit connection between Hezbollah and Iran. Turns out, there is:
A former CIA officer, who spearheaded U.S. efforts to crack down on Hezbollah... Gary Berntsen... said Saudi Hezbollah members have played major roles over the years, such as in the attack on the Khobar Towers... Imad Mugniyah is seen as the terrorist leader of Hezbollah, said Berntsen. U.S. officials believe Mugniyah was behind attacks on a U.S. Marine barracks and U.S. embassy in Beirut in 1983, and an Israeli embassy and Jewish community center in Argentina in 1992 and 1994. He is on the U.S. most wanted list, but has been difficult to find. He "stays in the Hezbollah areas of Lebanon and he spends a lot of time in Iran," said Berntsen. "The Iranians are owners, of a sense, of Hezbollah and, almost, owners of the terrorist wing. It's a proxy force for Iran."
We seem to have reached a point where terrorist apologists in the media are just outright making things up.
A former CIA officer, who spearheaded U.S. efforts to crack down on Hezbollah... Gary Berntsen... said Saudi Hezbollah members have played major roles over the years, such as in the attack on the Khobar Towers... Imad Mugniyah is seen as the terrorist leader of Hezbollah, said Berntsen. U.S. officials believe Mugniyah was behind attacks on a U.S. Marine barracks and U.S. embassy in Beirut in 1983, and an Israeli embassy and Jewish community center in Argentina in 1992 and 1994. He is on the U.S. most wanted list, but has been difficult to find. He "stays in the Hezbollah areas of Lebanon and he spends a lot of time in Iran," said Berntsen. "The Iranians are owners, of a sense, of Hezbollah and, almost, owners of the terrorist wing. It's a proxy force for Iran."
We seem to have reached a point where terrorist apologists in the media are just outright making things up.
