Hezbollah can hit Europe any time, without warning

caffee · 11-08-2012 11:07AM #1

US official says Hezbollah, Iran maintaining high terrorist activity as Washington announces sanctions against Lebanon-based group.

source--
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=280819

Looks like Israel wants everyone to worry about them yet again, Hezbollah for all it's faults doesn't bother as long as they stay in their neck of the woods.

Sunnyisland · 11-08-2012 11:18AM

caffe wrote: »

US official says Hezbollah, Iran maintaining high terrorist activity as Washington announces sanctions against Lebanon-based group.

source--
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=280819

Looks like Israel wants everyone to worry about them yet again, Hezbollah for all it's faults doesn't bother as long as they stay in their neck of the woods.

Come on there is one thing saying Hezbollah has a right to fight military for its aims,But its quite naive to say it doesn't bother,When a quick search shows otherwise

The 1982–1983 Tyre headquarters bombings
The April 1983 U.S. Embassy bombing (by the Islamic Jihad Organization),[126]
The 1983 Beirut barracks bombing (by the Islamic Jihad Organization), that killed 241 U.S. marines, 58 French paratroopers and 6 civilians at the US and French barracks in Beirut[127]
A spate of attacks on IDF troops and SLA militiamen in southern Lebanon.[18]
Hijacking of TWA Flight 847 in 1985,[127]
The Lebanon hostage crisis from 1982 to 1992.[128]

Since 1990, Hezbollah has been accused of the following attacks and attempted attacks. Hezbollah leaders denied involvementI][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed"][COLOR=#0066cc]citation needed[/COLOR][/URL][/I:

The 1992 Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires, killing 29, in Argentina.[127]
The 1994 AMIA bombing of a Jewish cultural centre, killing 85, in Argentina.[127]
In 2002, Singapore accused Hezbollah of recruiting Singaporeans in a failed 1990s plot to attack U.S. and Israeli ships in the Singapore Straits.[129]
The January 15, 2008, bombing of a U.S. Embassy vehicle in Beirut.[130]
In 2009, a Hezbollah plot in Egypt was uncovered, where Egyptian authorities arrested 49 men for planning attacks against Israeli and Egyptian targets in the Sinai Peninsula.[131][132]

http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=hezbollah&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CE0QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FHezbollah&ei=oT0mUOinJMbMhAefvoH4Aw&usg=AFQjCNFjuVg5fVbWoS4UCwtlFGWbWt5o6Q

SamHarris · 11-08-2012 06:31PM

realies wrote: »

Come on there is one thing saying Hezbollah has a right to fight military for its aims,But its quite naive to say it doesn't bother,When a quick search shows otherwise

The 1982–1983 Tyre headquarters bombings
The April 1983 U.S. Embassy bombing (by the Islamic Jihad Organization),[126]
The 1983 Beirut barracks bombing (by the Islamic Jihad Organization), that killed 241 U.S. marines, 58 French paratroopers and 6 civilians at the US and French barracks in Beirut[127]
A spate of attacks on IDF troops and SLA militiamen in southern Lebanon.[18]
Hijacking of TWA Flight 847 in 1985,[127]
The Lebanon hostage crisis from 1982 to 1992.[128]

Since 1990, Hezbollah has been accused of the following attacks and attempted attacks. Hezbollah leaders denied involvementI][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed"][COLOR=#0066cc]citation needed[/COLOR][/URL][/I:
The 1992 Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires, killing 29, in Argentina.[127]

The 1994 AMIA bombing of a Jewish cultural centre, killing 85, in Argentina.[127]

In 2002, Singapore accused Hezbollah of recruiting Singaporeans in a failed 1990s plot to attack U.S. and Israeli ships in the Singapore Straits.[129]

The January 15, 2008, bombing of a U.S. Embassy vehicle in Beirut.[130]

In 2009, a Hezbollah plot in Egypt was uncovered, where Egyptian authorities arrested 49 men for planning attacks against Israeli and Egyptian targets in the Sinai Peninsula.[131][132]

http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=hezbollah&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CE0QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FHezbollah&ei=oT0mUOinJMbMhAefvoH4Aw&usg=AFQjCNFjuVg5fVbWoS4UCwtlFGWbWt5o6Q

Game, set and match.

Victor · 12-08-2012 04:53PM

realies wrote: »

Come on there is one thing saying Hezbollah has a right to fight military for its aims,But its quite naive to say it doesn't bother,When a quick search shows otherwise

The 1982–1983 Tyre headquarters bombings
The April 1983 U.S. Embassy bombing (by the Islamic Jihad Organization),[126]
The 1983 Beirut barracks bombing (by the Islamic Jihad Organization), that killed 241 U.S. marines, 58 French paratroopers and 6 civilians at the US and French barracks in Beirut[127]
A spate of attacks on IDF troops and SLA militiamen in southern Lebanon.[18]
Hijacking of TWA Flight 847 in 1985,[127]
The Lebanon hostage crisis from 1982 to 1992.[128]

Since 1990, Hezbollah has been accused of the following attacks and attempted attacks. Hezbollah leaders denied involvementI][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed"]citation needed[/URL][/I:
The 1992 Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires, killing 29, in Argentina.[127]

The 1994 AMIA bombing of a Jewish cultural centre, killing 85, in Argentina.[127]

In 2002, Singapore accused Hezbollah of recruiting Singaporeans in a failed 1990s plot to attack U.S. and Israeli ships in the Singapore Straits.[129]

The January 15, 2008, bombing of a U.S. Embassy vehicle in Beirut.[130]

In 2009, a Hezbollah plot in Egypt was uncovered, where Egyptian authorities arrested 49 men for planning attacks against Israeli and Egyptian targets in the Sinai Peninsula.[131][132]

http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=hezbollah&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CE0QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FHezbollah&ei=oT0mUOinJMbMhAefvoH4Aw&usg=AFQjCNFjuVg5fVbWoS4UCwtlFGWbWt5o6Q

So, the only one of those attacks which occurred in Europe was the TWA hi-jacking (with claim and counter-claim of Hizbollah involvement) was in 1985, when the biggest threat to European security was the Soviet Union?

donegal_road · 13-08-2012 08:12AM

it has been reported that Iran has been engaging in trading commodities for oil

Link

This of course, will not go down well with USA, any threat to undermine the dollar as the world's reserve currency for trading oil will be dealt with swiftly. America are currently sending aircraft in the direction of Iran, so you don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to figure what will happen next

Link

Jonny7 · 13-08-2012 09:53AM

donegal_road wrote: »

it has been reported that Iran has been engaging in trading commodities for oil

Link

This of course, will not go down well with USA, any threat to undermine the dollar as the world's reserve currency for trading oil will be dealt with swiftly. America are currently sending aircraft in the direction of Iran, so you don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to figure what will happen next

Link

I am curious what will happen next and when will it happen?

According to RT, which absolutely definitely isn't Russian propaganda, the US and Israel have been gearing up to attack Iran every week since 2005.. always just around the corner. An actual date would be nice.

donegal_road · 13-08-2012 11:00AM

Israel want to strike Iran before the US elections, which will mean within the next 3 months link

so watch out for an upsurge in this Hezbollah terrorist bs in the news

Jonny7 · 13-08-2012 11:45AM

donegal_road wrote: »

Israel want to strike Iran before the US elections, which will mean within the next 3 months link

so watch out for an upsurge in this Hezbollah terrorist bs in the news

It's the typical article, like any other from the last decade, with either reports or overplays the threat and so the posturing and pressure continues. Someday something may happen but for now the only certainty is that there is no certainty.

JustinDee · 14-08-2012 08:15AM

donegal_road wrote: »

Israel want to strike Iran before the US elections, which will mean within the next 3 months link

so watch out for an upsurge in this Hezbollah terrorist bs in the news

Iran strike aside (Israel won't attack Iran pre-emptively in 2012 or 2013), do you actually believe Hizbullah is dormant, docile and stood down? Or even seperate in operations to Pasdaran?

Victor · 14-08-2012 08:36AM

JustinDee wrote: »

Iran strike aside (Israel won't attack Iran pre-emptively in 2012 or 2013), do you actually believe Hizbullah is dormant, docile and stood down? Or even seperate in operations to Pasdaran?

Yes, although certain capabilities may be under Iranian key.

In other news, Hezbollah can hit Antarctica any time without warning, they just need a ship.

Shea O'Meara · 14-08-2012 03:21PM

Did you know that the United States has military personel already in the country and enough nuclear power to destroy the Earth a number of times over? Sure we may see the like of Palin again

SamHarris · 15-08-2012 12:57PM

Shea O'Meara wrote: »

Did you know that the United States has military personel already in the country and enough nuclear power to destroy the Earth a number of times over? Sure we may see the like of Palin again

Your point?

The idea that a nation or group be percieved as a threat purely on the basis of their power is laughable.

Hezbollah can and do strike outside of "their neck of the woods", that Israel percieves them as a bigger threat is entirelly understandable however the notion that any reminder of their capability and history can be dismissed as some Israeli propoganda is just not supported by facts, pure and simple.

Mr.Micro · 15-08-2012 01:09PM

JustinDee wrote: »

Iran strike aside (Israel won't attack Iran pre-emptively in 2012 or 2013

Are you sure about that?

Israeli leaders want to attack Iran before US election, says media report

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2012/0811/1224321995773.html

Shea O'Meara · 15-08-2012 02:59PM

SamHarris wrote: »

Your point?

The idea that a nation or group be percieved as a threat purely on the basis of their power is laughable.

Hezbollah can and do strike outside of "their neck of the woods", that Israel percieves them as a bigger threat is entirelly understandable however the notion that any reminder of their capability and history can be dismissed as some Israeli propoganda is just not supported by facts, pure and simple.

Yes, that is my point. I do not trust the Israeli regime. They have a record for illegal underhanded tactics, fact. Pure and simple.

SamHarris · 15-08-2012 03:54PM

Shea O'Meara wrote: »

Yes, that is my point. I do not trust the Israeli regime. They have a record for illegal underhanded tactics, fact. Pure and simple.

I think I might of read your post wrong, sorry - missed the "in the country" part and tought you were refering to the States, hence the confusion over why you brought it up.

So you believe Israel is a direct threat to Europe? The reason Hezbollah are considered and should be considered as such is pretty clear.

Hezbollah can hit Europe any time, without warning

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