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Iran will not ask Lebanon’s Hezbollah to retaliate if Israel attacks Iran’s nuclear facilities, the leader of the militant group said Tuesday. Sheik Hassan Nasrallah toldRead Full Story

The IDF has changed its operational assessment regarding the threat from Lebanon and is currently working under the assumption that Hezbollah has obtained sophisticated long-range surface-to-air missile systems from Syria, The Jerusalem Post has learned. According to Western intelligence assessments, Hezbollah is believed to have taken advantage of the ongoing upheaval in Syria to obtain advanced weapons systems, such as additional long-range rockets as well as Russian-made air-defense...Read Full Story

Thursday, December 15, 2011   What the hell it took the Fed’s 9 years to put a stop to the “Cars Are the Cash Scam”. FOX NEWS NEW YORK – Federal authorities blamed Lebanese financial institutions Thursday for wiring more than $300 million into the United States in a money-laundering scheme they said used the U.S. financial system to benefit the militant group Hezbollah. The U.S. government said in the lawsuit filed in a Manhattan federal court that it seeks nearly a half-billion dollars in...Read Full Story

Stuck in the Chimney U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman by FRANKLIN LAMB South Beirut Over the past few years, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman has sledded into Lebanon bearing gifts during the Yuletide season more regularly than Santa Clause. Yet, as happened yesterday, he somehow manages to finish his gift giving and lift off to continue his rounds as The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. No sooner had I...Read Full Story

Boston.com Lebanon's Hezbollah leader makes rare public address, says group acquiring ... Washington Post BEIRUT — The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement made a rare public appearance at a Beirut rally on Tuesday to mark the Shiite holy day of Ashoura, saying his militant group is acquiring more weapons and members every day. ... Hezbollah Chief Says Arms Being Upgraded, Fighters Increased Bloomberg Nasrallah comes out of hiding, calls to arm against Israel Jerusalem Post Hezbollah leader...Read Full Story

BEIRUT ( Reuters ) - Four Hezbollah suspects in the killing of Rafik al-Hariri were linked to the attack largely by circumstantial evidence gleaned from phone records, according to an indictment published on Wednesday after a six-year investigation which polarized Lebanon . The Shi'ite Muslim group Hezbollah -- which is backed by Iran and Syria -- has denied any role in the 2005 bombing which killed Hariri, a billionaire Sunni Muslim politician, and 21 other people on the Beirut seafront...Read Full Story

Exclusive to Veterans Today Interview with Franklin Lamb in Beirut on the latest Wilkileaks from US Embassy Beirut and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Franklin Lamb , a former Assistant Counsel of the US House Judiciary Committee at the US Congress and Professor of International Law at Northwestern College of Law in Oregon, earned his Law Degree at Boston University and his LLM, M.Phil, and PhD degrees at the London School of Economics.  Following three summers at the...Read Full Story

By : Sami Moubayed Thousands of Lebanese took to the streets of Beirut on Sunday demanding that Hezbollah disarm. Their demonstration, called for by ex-prime minister Saad al-Hariri, marked the sixth anniversary of a massive “Cedar revolution” in 2005 staged by the same players, which demanded the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon. Worldwide media attention of this weekend’s demonstration was minimal, however, as news agencies were busy covering the natural catastrophe in Japan...Read Full Story

AMSTERDAM / BEIRUT ( Reuters ) - The U.N. -backed Lebanon tribunal released on Friday the names, photographs and details of four men wanted for the assassination of statesman Rafik al-Hariri in a bid to speed up their arrest. Lebanon received the indictments and four arrest warrants from the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) last month. While the suspects were not named then, Lebanese officials said the accused were members of the Shi'ite militant movement Hezbollah . Hezbollah accuses the...Read Full Story

BEIRUT ( Reuters ) - Lebanese security forces killed two men on Tuesday involved in the kidnapping of Estonian tourists in the Bekaa Valley earlier this year, officials said. Security sources named the two as Mohammad Zarifi and Kinaan Yassin , saying they were killed shortly after midnight in an exchange of fire in the eastern Bekaa. Two members of the Internal Security Forces were also wounded. Zarifi was from Syria and Yassin was a Lebanese national. The seven Estonian cyclists were...Read Full Story