Hezbollah in this Hemisphere

The "brand name" that most Americans associate with terrorism is al Qaeda. After a decade of being relentlessly pursued by the U.S. after 9/11, al Qaeda's ability to mount a large scale operation has been very seriously eroded. A new brand has quietly eclipsed them and it now has extensive operations in this hemisphere.

Hezbollah is a serious terrorist operation that operates as an arm of the government of Iran. While the Mad Mullahs cannot strike the United States with a conventional military attack, Hezbollah has the ability to do so via terror attacks. This group killed 241 Marines in a Lebanon truck bombing in1983 and hit the U.S. embassy in Beirut as well. Like a python, they are trying to encircle Israel and strangle it with incessant terrorist raids and occasional rocket barrages. Now they are operating all over Latin America and along the Mexican border - something to keep in mind when thinking about the non-enforcement policy by this Administration along our southern border. If things heat up with Iran as it goes nuclear, you can reasonably expect to see the "Hezbollah" brand stamped all over the next terrorist spectacular in this country.

 townhall.com/columnists/katiepavlich/2011/07/08/a_growing_terror_threat_hezbollah_in_latin_america