Has Hezbollah received funds from Nouri al-Maliki regime?

alan131210 · Mar 23, 2012

By Sara Kurd ekurd.net

Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollahs leader (L) Iraqi Shiite PM Nouri al-Maliki.
March 23, 2012

Apart from being involved in illegal operations in South and Central America, money laundering in the entire EU, individual contributions from its members, the primary source of financial and military assistance of Lebanese-based Hezbollah chiefly stems from the Islamic Republic of Iran.

On Feb. 7, 2012, Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Shiite Muslim militant group, acknowledged for the first time that his organization was solely funded and equipped by Iran.

According to some valid US estimates, Iran was offering Hezbollah somewhere from $100$200 million per year in financial assistance but that assistance has substantially plummeted after the enforcement of tough US economic sanctions.

The deficit in partys budget has severely affected Hezbollah operations worldwide. To make up for its deficiency, Hezbollah has wordlessly turned its focus to another source for aid: the Iranian- fostered and Iranian-installed Islamic Dawa Party in Iraq, currently being led by Nouri al-Maliki, the countrys incumbent Prime Minister.

According to a senior Islamic Dawa Party official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, Nouri Al-Maliki has held numerous covert meetings with special delegations dispatched directly by Hassan Nasrallah and Ayatollah Seyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei,www.ekurd.net the Iranian supreme leader, in Baghdad.

Al-Maliki has channeled funds to Shiite extremist organizations since 2005, including Hezbollah. The source declined to reveal the precise amount of funds. The group has been permitted to establish representation bureaus in major cities in South of the country.

Abu Esraas pedigree, the pseudonym for Nouri Al-Maliki, Iraqi Prime Minister and the secretary-general of the Islamic Dawa Party, confirm these claims.

Was not it for the sake of Iran harboring Al-Maliki, he could have been hanged by the then Iraqi dictator. Nouri Al-Maliki headed to Iran in 70s. During his 24 years in exile, he coordinated the activities of anti-Saddam guerillas in Iran, and developed deep relationships with Iranian and Syrian officials which persist till this moment.

Al-Maliki has repeatedly expressed his support for Bashar Al-Assad;s dictatorial regime.

He has also been criticized by Kurdish and Sunni leaders for monopolizing and abusing his power. He has been labeled as Iraqi new dictator.

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waltky · Mar 29, 2012

Granny got her 12ga. Mossburg out, ready to take on any Hezbollah dat come `round here...

US must remain alert to Hezbollah threats abroad and at home
3/27/12 By Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.) There has been a lot of talk of war with Iran, as its extremist regime comes ever closer to building a nuclear weapon.

There has been a lot of talk of war with Iran, as its extremist regime comes ever closer to building a nuclear weapon. As we face the possibility of being drawn into another military conflict overseas, Americans also face potential danger here at home from Tehran and its top proxy terror force, Hezbollah. And so we must brace ourselves for the worst, and do more than simply pray it never comes. Members of Hezbollah the Lebanese Shiite terror group responsible for murdering more Americans than any other terrorists before 9/11 live among us here in the U.S. homeland. At least 21 Hezbollah-linked cases prosecuted by the Justice Department since al Qaedas attacks a decade ago make that evident.

Hezbollah hates Israel and the Jewish states top ally, America. So we must be on guard for attacks as tensions rise over Irans aggressive pursuit of a nuclear weapon. As chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, I convened a hearing last week to examine potential threats to our homeland from Iran and Hezbollah, given the very real possibility that a strike on Iran could result in retaliation against the United States. The committee received testimony from former senior Drug Enforcement Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigation and Treasury Department officials, as well as from the New York Police Departments director of intelligence analysis.

Most disturbingly, we learned from our own preliminary investigation before the hearing and then from the witnesses that there are hundreds of Hezbollah operatives already inside this country. We also studied Hezbollahs ties with drug cartels that routinely penetrate our borders with an acute awareness of our security vulnerabilities. We learned that there are even more Hezbollah-related cases than the 21 publicly identified by the government since 9/11. Several of the public cases involved multiple defendants, including many with Hezbollah military training and combat experience in Lebanon.

This should be concerning. Hezbollah was founded by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Lebanon in 1982 as a proxy force dedicated to the destruction of Israel. However, from its beginnings, Hezbollah also has drawn American blood. In 1983, Hezbollah destroyed the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, killing 17 Americans. Later that year, it bombed the U.S. Marine barracks there, killing 241 servicemen. In the 1980s, Hezbollah bombed, hijacked and kidnapped U.S. personnel throughout the Middle East and Europe. They murdered U.S. airmen, a sailor, a Marine officer and the Central Intelligence Agencys Beirut station chief.

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waltky · Jun 14, 2012

Hezbollah involved in Syrian slaughter...

Iran, Hezbollah involved in Syrian slaughter, Netanyahu charges
June 10, 2012 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran and Hezbollah of being involved in the "slaughter" of civilians in Syria.

"We [see] what is happening in Syria where civilians are simply being slaughtered," Netanyahu said during Sunday's regular Cabinet meeting. "We see the horrifying pictures of children and the elderly. This is a slaughter that is being perpetrated not only by the Syrian government. Iran and Hezbollah are helping it, and today the world needs to see this axis of evil: Iran-Syria-Hezbollah -- the face of this axis of evil is fully revealed for what it is."

Nearly 100 civilians were killed this week in shelling by Syrian troops in the capital Damascus and throughout the country, according to reports. Thousands have been killed since the uprising began last year.

Vice Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz called the actions of the Syrian government a "genocide," and singled out Russia for criticism for providing Syria with arms.

Israeli President Shimon Peres on Saturday night as he left for the United States called on the world community to do more to stop the killings in Syria.

http://www.jta.org/news/article/201...nvolved-in-syrian-slaughter-netanyahu-charges
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waltky · Aug 20, 2012

Granny says, "Dat's right, hit `em where it counts - inna pocketbook...

US seizes $150m 'linked to Hezbollah money-laundering'
20 August 2012 - Hezbollah is classified by the US as a terrorist group

The US authorities say they have seized $150m (£95m) from a bank allegedly linked to a money-laundering scheme of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. Last year, US officials accused the Lebanese Canadian Bank (LCB) of helping the group launder profits from drug trafficking and other crimes. The funds were allegedly used to ship cars from the US to West Africa, with the proceeds smuggled back to Lebanon.

The US classifies Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation. "As we alleged last year, the Lebanese Canadian Bank played a key role in facilitating money laundering for Hezbollah-controlled organisations across the globe," the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Michele Leonhart, was quoted saying on Monday by the AFP news agency.

In December 2011, US prosecutors filed a lawsuit alleging that the LCB and two other firms used $300m (£193m) in drug-trafficking and criminal proceeds from Lebanon to buy used cars in the US and sell them in West Africa. Money from the sale of the cars, along with the proceeds of Colombian and Mexican cartels, was then funnelled to Lebanon through Hezbollah-controlled money-laundering channels, according to the US Attorney's Office.

At the time, Hezbollah dismissed the allegations as US propaganda. "Our relentless pursuit of global criminal networks showed that the US banking system was exploited to launder drug-trafficking funds through West Africa and into Lebanon," Ms Leonhart said. "DEA and our partners are attacking these groups and their financial infrastructure, while establishing clear links between drug trafficking proceeds and terrorist funding." Hezbollah, a Shia Islamist movement, was designated as a foreign terrorist organisation by the US government in 1997.

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Albert Di Salvo · Aug 21, 2012

Obama screwed up and now Iraq helps Iran violate sanctions. Shakes head. Obama can't do anything right when it comes to foreign policy.

alan131210 · Aug 25, 2012

what happened to our world leader i miss the bush administration they were so powerful .

waltky · Nov 26, 2012

Granny says dem Hezbollah is just a buncha terrorists...

We can hit all of Israel in future war: Hezbollah
Nov 25, 2012, Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned Israel on Sunday that thousands of rockets would rain down on Tel Aviv and cities across the Jewish state if it attacked Lebanon.

Speaking four days after the ceasefire which ended a week of conflict between Israel and the Islamist Hamas rulers of Gaza, Nasrallah said Hezbollah's response to any attack would dwarf the rocket fire launched from Palestinian territories. "Israel, which was shaken by a handful of Fajr-5 rockets during eight days how would it cope with thousands of rockets which would fall on Tel Aviv and other (cities) ... if it attacked Lebanon?" Nasrallah said. The Fajr-5s, with a range of 75km (45 miles) able to strike Tel Aviv or Jerusalem and 175kg (386 lb) warheads, are the most powerful and long-range rockets to have been fired from Gaza.

But Hezbollah, which fought Israel to a standstill in a 34-day war six years ago, says it has been re-arming since then and has a far deadlier arsenal than Hamas. Nasrallah has said Hezbollah could kill tens of thousands of people and strike anywhere inside Israel if hostilities break out again. "If the confrontation with the Gaza Strip ... had a range of 40 to 70 km, the battle with us will range over the whole of occupied Palestine from the Lebanese border to the Jordanian border, to the Red Sea," Nasrallah said.

Hezbollah could hit targets "from Kiryat Shmona and let the Israelis listen carefully from Kiryat Shmona to Eilat", he said, referring to Israeli's northernmost town on the Lebanese border to the Red Sea port 290 miles further south. The movement has warned that any Israeli attack against the nuclear facilities of its patron Iran, which has armed and funded the Lebanese Shia Muslim militant group, would inflame the Middle East though it has not specified its own response.

In a move it said showed it could penetrate deep inside Israeli defences, it flew a drone over Israel last month. The drone was shot down after flying 25 miles into southern Israel. Israel says its Iron Dome missile defence system knocked out 90 per cent of the rockets fired from Gaza which were on course to hit populated areas.

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waltky · Jun 8, 2013

Hezbollah fueling sectarian sentiment across the volatile region...

Hezbollah Provokes Sunni Anger by Joining Syrian Conflict
June 7, 2013 – Hezbollah has hailed the retaking of a strategic rebel stronghold in Syria as a blow to the U.S. and Israel, but behind the bluster, the Lebanese Shi’ite terrorist group has taken a huge gamble in providing open and substantial military support to the Assad regime, fueling sectarian sentiment across the volatile region.

In the process of helping President Bashar Assad recapture the town of al-Qusayr, Iranian-backed Hezbollah has attracted the anger of Arabs including the leaders of the Gulf states, prominent Sunni sheikhs and commentators, and radical jihadists, including those affiliated with al-Qaeda. Al-Qusayr fell to Hezbollah-backed Syrian forces on Wednesday after weeks of fierce fighting. The town near the Lebanese border had been controlled by rebels for more than a year. Amid celebrations in Hezbollah’s support base in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Hezbollah deputy leader Naim Qassem hailed the outcome as a victory over the “America-Israeli scheme.”

The picture looked very different in the Gulf, however, where the governments of the six Gulf states early this week agreed to blacklist Hezbollah and take measures against it. Bahrain’s foreign minister told reporters that all six countries – Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Oman and Kuwait – “are convinced that Hezbollah is a terrorist organization.” Both within and beyond Syria’s borders, the conflict is both spotlighting and evidently widening the Sunni-Shi’ite divide that dates back to a succession rift after the death of Mohammed in the seventh century. Hezbollah and its patron, Iran, are Shi’ite and Assad belongs to the Alawite sect of Shi’ite Islam. U.S. officials said Iranian and Iraqi Shi’ites were also involved in the fighting in al-Qusayr.

Arrayed against the Assad regime and its Shi’ite allies are mostly Sunni rebel groups, among them Salafist jihadists including the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front. The opposition is supported by Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey – all Sunni countries. In a speech almost two weeks ago, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah lashed out against jihadists including al-Qaeda, whom he said were “dominating” the anti-Assad opposition. Jihadists subsequently answered the challenge. A leader of the Jordanian Salafist movement, Mohammed Shalabi, told the al-Hayat newspaper this week that fighting Hezbollah was now a top priority for his group, which he characterized as closely allied to the al-Nusra Front. A group of Egyptian Sunni radicals, including the brother of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, also issued a call for Sunnis everywhere to take up arms against Hezbollah and its allies.

Last weekend prominent Sunni scholar Yusuf al-Qaradawi – a Qatar-based Egyptian who is president of the International Union of Muslim Scholars and regarded as the Muslim Brotherhood’s spiritual leader – said every Muslim trained and capable of fighting should make himself available for jihad against Assad and Hezbollah. Addressing a rally in Doha, Qaradawi raised the sectarian rhetoric to a new level by labeling Hezbollah (which means Party of Allah), the “Party of Satan.” “The leader of the party of Satan comes to fight the Sunnis,” he was quoted as saying, adding that Iran wants “continued massacres to kill Sunnis.” “Iran is pushing forward arms and men, so why do we stand idle?”

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Lebanon Moves To Avoid Syria War Spillover
June 07, 2013 — The military command issued a strong warning Friday that Lebanese should be “wary of plots” that could turn the nation into a battlefield like next door in Syria.

“In recent days, some groups have seemed determined to stoke security tensions against the backdrop of the political divisions in Lebanon over military developments in Syria,” the command said in an unusually blunt statement. Military commanders have been “trying for several months to work firmly, determinedly and patiently to prevent Lebanon being turned into a battlefield for regional conflicts and to prevent any spillover of the events in Syria,” the command said. The military then urged Lebanese “to express their political views on events in Lebanon and Syria by peaceful and democratic means, and not to be driven by groups wanting to use violence as a means to achieve their ends".

The warning came as the French government, through its ambassador, urged all Lebanese to abide by the self-avowed “dissociation policy” set out in 2012 by the nation’s key sectarian leaders. The policy was designed to keep Lebanon neutral in the Syrian civil war and aloof from the strife raging next door. French Ambassador Patrice Paoli stressed to a delegation from the Maronite Christian community the need for the Lebanon to avoid getting entangled in the Syrian crisis. The Lebanese government officially is neutral in Syria’s civil war, but the country’s militant Shia movement, Hezbollah, has become deeply involved in the fighting. Hezbollah is anxious to prevent the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a longtime patron of the group and ally of its main paymaster and arms supplier, Iran.

Lebanon’s official neutrality is challenged

On Wednesday, as a result of Hezbollah’s increased military intervention, Syrian government forces were able to deal a sharp blow to mainly Sunni Muslim rebels by retaking the strategic town of Qusair near the Lebanon frontier. Hezbollah fighters were considered key in the government victory. But Lebanon’s Sunni leaders reacted with fury at Hezbollah’s actions and called for a jihad against the Shia movement. A day before Qusair fell, General Selim Idriss, leader of the main rebel umbrella group, the Free Syrian Army, warned that his fighters were prepared to take the conflict into Lebanon in pursuit of Hezbollah militiamen. Hezbollah, he said, was “invading” Syria and Lebanon was doing nothing to stop them. Rocket attacks on Hezbollah villages in the Bekaa Valley this week suggests that Syrian rebels or their Lebanese supporters were making good on Idriss’ threat.

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waltky · Jun 27, 2016

Guess we now know where dat $150 million for Iran nuke deal is goin'...

Terrorist Chief: As Long as Iran Has Money We Will Have Money
June 27, 2016 The leader of Hezbollah, in a rare public admission, has boasted that due to Irans generous support, new U.S. sanctions targeting his group a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization will have no impact.

In a televised speech Friday, Hasan Nasrallah dismissed as childish dreams claims in some Lebanese and regional media about Hezbollah facing financial collapse as a result of sanctions legislation enacted late last year. We are open about the fact that Hezbollahs budget, its income, its expenses, everything it eats and drinks, its weapons and rockets, are from the Islamic Republic of Iran, Hezbollahs official Al Ahed newspaper quoted him as saying. As long as Iran has money we will have money, Nasrallah added. Hezbollah gets its money and arms from Iran, as long as Iran has money, so does Hezbollah.

Obama administration officials have conceded that funds released to Iran under the nuclear deal may benefit terrorist groups like Hezbollah, although they also suggested the impact would be limited as Tehran had more pressing economic priorities. If President Rouhani and his administration do not [use the freed-up funds to] take care of the people of Iran, they will have an enormous problem, Secretary of State John Kerry told the BBC shortly after the nuclear deal was announced last July. White House press secretary Josh Earnest, too, argued that while Iran as a sovereign country would make its own decisions about how it spends the money, it was common sense to expect the regime would use it to improve the ailing economy, rather than increase funding for terrorism or other destabilizing activity in the region.

Days after the nuclear deals implementation day in January, Kerry again admitted that some of the money Iran gets will go to entities, some of which are labeled terrorists to some degree. Republican lawmakers responded scathingly, with Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) saying it was certain, rather than merely likely, that that would come to pass. You might as well as have written the check to [Syrian President Bashar] Assad yourself, he said in comments directed at Kerry. You might as well have funded Hezbollah yourself. The U.S. Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act, passed in December, imposes sanctions against any institution that knowingly facilities financial transactions benefitting Hezbollah. Hezbollah has been angered by Lebanese banks compliance with the legislation.

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Margot2 · Jul 2, 2016

Hezbollah operates in Lebanon.. nowhere else.

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