Who funds Hezbollah?

[Truthiness Inspector]

That is all. Who funds Hezbollah?

[Erika]

1. Since their party has been elected to the Lebanese Govt

I suggest they are the same as any political party. Who funds the Republicans?

[Truthiness Inspector]

2. Source?

Who funds Hezbollah?

[Erika]

4. Source as to what?

Hezbolla was duly and democratically elected to government seats in the Lebanese gov't as a political party.

Who funds the GOP?

[Behind the Aegis]

6. Do you really not know?

Are are playing obtuse?

[Erika]

12. Who funds any polictical party

Or are you being obtuse?

[Behind the Aegis]

14. He isn't talking about the political party.

Are you aware that Hizb'allah has TWO branches, one is political, the other is the one lobbing missles into Israel. He is asking about the latter!

[timtom]

21. Sort of like

the IRA and Sinn Fein...

[Truthiness Inspector]

8. Who funds Hezbollah?

[Poppyseedman]

23. If the GOP had a military wing, your question would be valid.

You already know the Hizbollah military wing is funded by Iran, they are an organ of the Iranian government formed in 1982 in response to Israel move into Lebanon.

Who funds the military wing of the DNC?

[JackNewtown]

3. Iran, Syria

We should pressure them to cease sponsoring terror but we also must realize that Israel's interests are not always America's interests. The notion that the US should go to war with Syria and/or Iran in order to stop Hezbollah and Hamas from attacking Israel is bad one, although PNAC is pushing it very hard now, with Michael Leeden practically creaming his pants at the prospect of war with Iran.

[Erika]

9. Hams was also democratically elected

It just kills the GOP. W pushed for democratic elections but now he doesn't like the results. Poor GOP baby.

[Truthiness Inspector]

11. Erika, who funds Hezbollah? n/t

[Erika]

13. Who funds the GOP. Please answer

Thanks.

[Truthiness Inspector]

16. Who funds Hezbollah?

That is the topic.

If you have other questions, start your own thread.

Who funds Hezbollah?

[cigsandcoffee]

5. Iran and Syria, for starters.

Hezbollah and Hamas are hot spots in an ongoing cold war against Israel. Iran and Syria exploit the impoverished Palestinians as an army by proxy. It's similar to how we funded the Afghanis when they were fighting the Soviets.

[afrosia]

7. Me

...and my Mother.

[RDU Socialist]

10. clearly it's the Learned Elders of Zion

read Protocol Number 7:

We must be in a position to respond to every act of opposition by war with the neighbors of that country which dares to oppose us: but if these neighbors should also venture to stand collectively together against us, then we must offer resistance by a universal war.

Clearly the evil Zionists are funding Hezbollah so war continues into the Universal War the accurate, and completely fact based Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion calls for, and which apparently is being read with some alarming frequency on this forum.

In reality: Shi'a Muslims and Shi'a/Alawite Muslim controlled countries (Syria, Iran, and I wouldn't be surprised to find out Iraq)

[Behind the Aegis]

17. That would almost be funny...

...if some didn't actually believe it!

I don't think Iraq has a dog in the hunt, they are too weak and have no money to spare, only vocal support.

[RDU Socialist]

18. clearly you haven't seen the gamble on iraq ads on some sites

lots of dollars are going to iraq on dinar speculation! i think powerline still has an ad for that. when i made my bet the over/under of the dinar's value was 20, and I said over.

Oh I believe that some people on here are reading the Protocols and believing it to be true. Of course these are the same idiots who read the Da Vinci Code as if it was a commentary on a real life professor named Langdon's adventures in Paris not long after he nearly died at the Vatican because of an anti-matter bomb.

[Erika]

15. Who funds the GOP

Thanks.

[Mass]

25. Does the GOP have a military branch?\nt

[Fleshdancer]

19. 2004 WP article: Cigarette Smuggling Linked to Terrorism

odd story:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23384-2004Jun7.html

Smugglers with ties to terrorist groups are acquiring millions of dollars from illegal cigarette sales and funneling the cash to organizations such as al Qaeda and Hezbollah, federal law enforcement officials say, prompting a nationwide crackdown on black market tobacco.

The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has more than 300 open cases of illicit cigarette trafficking -- including several with terrorist links -- up from only a handful five years ago, ATF sources said.

"This is a major priority for us," said Michael Bouchard, assistant director of the ATF. "The deeper we dig into these cases, the more ties to terrorism we're discovering."

:shrug:

[Skidmore]

20. Cybertroops.

[B Calm]

22. Who funds Hezbollah? Probably the GOP

[Bassic]

24. WTF is going on?

This thread makes no sense....

[JackNewtown]

27. Promoting talking points for war with Iran, Syria? nt

[DemonFighterLives]

26. The other side

When the powers that be throw muscle around (US, Israel), the other side wakes up.
Pick from: Russia, China, Iran and Syria who have avested interest in survival after all the threats, Korea, etc, etc.

Don't ask for any more specifics.
:dem:

[scarletwoman]

28. Who funds Hezbollah? Their supporters, of course.

Remember, Hezbollah came into being as a reaction to Israel's occupation of Lebanon. They are first of all, a homegrown Lebanese resistance movement. It seems logical to consider that they might not have existed at all if they did not initially have domestic support from within Lebanon.

I imagine that financial contributions are made to Hezbollah from throughout the Shi'ite Muslim world community. As for weapons, the entire world is awash in weapons makers and sellers; so even if any particular sovereign state is A source of weapons, they are not necessarily the only source.

Hope this helps.

sw