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Friday
Sep052008

Hezbollah Operating Subs Smuggling Weapons And Drugs Into United States

Photo by Lalla Ali




Hezbollah has been operating an increasingly large number of mini-subs in the Caribbean and have been spotted heading near Souther and Western areas of the United States.

The Navy has stepped up patrols of the areas suspecting they are smuggling weapons into the United States, and the U.S. Cost Gard has encountered 27 such vessels.

The Navy is reporting that the number of these subs being operated by Hezbollah is up from about three in 2006 to a reported 30 in 2007.

This is a very real threat, especially since Hezbollah receives funding and orders directly from Iran. It could be a cause for extreme concern if Israel or the United States does take some type of military action against the regime or its nuclear facilities as some are suggesting is a possibility.

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