Hizballah in Venezuela
Hizballah in Venezuela
Hizballah Offers To Uproot Corruption, Evil in Venezuela
(Description of Source: Caracas El Nacional (Internet Version-WWW) in Spanish -- Respected pro-opposition daily. Root URL as of filing date: http://www.el-nacional.com)
Report by Javier Ignacio Mayorca
Friday, October 27, 2006 T15:57:58Z, El Nacional (Internet Version-WWW) "To Annihilate Criminals and the Corrupt"
After the 1994 bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) headquarters, the Directorate of Intelligence and Prevention Services (DISIP) conducted an investigation into the presence of Hizballah militants in Venezuela.
On that occasion, it was established that the militants of the so-called Party of God used the national territory to hide after finishing their operations in other parts of the world. The organization's cells welcomed these persons in places like Margarita and Zulia's Guajira region, where they allegedly obtained Venezuelan ID cards and passports. With their new identities, they could travel to Europe and the United States.
Later, an agent of a special group of the political police (DISIP), dubbed Area 5, infiltrated a group of the Lebanese organization that sent remittances from Venezuela using apparently legal businesses located in different areas of Margarita and Baralt Avenue in Caracas as a front.
As of 1998, Hizballah increased the organization of its cadres in the country. In 2001, Mildred Camero, the then head of the National Commission Against Illicit Drug Use (Conacuid), indicated that the group was financing terrorist operations from the Guajira region and was involved in money laundering through the mechanism known as the peso's black market.
Hizballah Venezuela has a discussion group on the Internet called Wayuu Islamic Autonomy. Originally, this website was used to spread the Islamic ideology, under the slogan "Political activities are a religious obligation."
An editorial, attributed to Teodoro Darnott, the organization's leader in Venezuela, indicates the "need to uproot the putrid wound of social, moral, political, and spiritual corruption," which could only be done by "a political-military organization such as Hizballah."
"We could indeed get Venezuela out from that swamp. How will we do it? We will do so by waging a merciless battle against evil, as is written," the document affirms.
This group's program for Venezuela comprises six points (as published): To attack what it calls "the industry of vice" by immediately declaring a dry law; to attack the "immorality" represented by the "sex industry"; to counter white-collar crime and corruption through the "total annihilation of corrupt civilian and military officials"; to reject idolatry; and to levy a "social tax" of 2.5% on the public and private sectors, known as sakat (preceding word published in italics).
Hizballah Venezuela claims it already has its first fighters (Mujahideen), who are willing to die for the organization's cause.
Hizballah Offers To Uproot Corruption, Evil in Venezuela
(Description of Source: Caracas El Nacional (Internet Version-WWW) in Spanish -- Respected pro-opposition daily. Root URL as of filing date: http://www.el-nacional.com)
Report by Javier Ignacio Mayorca
Friday, October 27, 2006 T15:57:58Z, El Nacional (Internet Version-WWW) "To Annihilate Criminals and the Corrupt"
After the 1994 bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) headquarters, the Directorate of Intelligence and Prevention Services (DISIP) conducted an investigation into the presence of Hizballah militants in Venezuela.
On that occasion, it was established that the militants of the so-called Party of God used the national territory to hide after finishing their operations in other parts of the world. The organization's cells welcomed these persons in places like Margarita and Zulia's Guajira region, where they allegedly obtained Venezuelan ID cards and passports. With their new identities, they could travel to Europe and the United States.
Later, an agent of a special group of the political police (DISIP), dubbed Area 5, infiltrated a group of the Lebanese organization that sent remittances from Venezuela using apparently legal businesses located in different areas of Margarita and Baralt Avenue in Caracas as a front.
As of 1998, Hizballah increased the organization of its cadres in the country. In 2001, Mildred Camero, the then head of the National Commission Against Illicit Drug Use (Conacuid), indicated that the group was financing terrorist operations from the Guajira region and was involved in money laundering through the mechanism known as the peso's black market.
Hizballah Venezuela has a discussion group on the Internet called Wayuu Islamic Autonomy. Originally, this website was used to spread the Islamic ideology, under the slogan "Political activities are a religious obligation."
An editorial, attributed to Teodoro Darnott, the organization's leader in Venezuela, indicates the "need to uproot the putrid wound of social, moral, political, and spiritual corruption," which could only be done by "a political-military organization such as Hizballah."
"We could indeed get Venezuela out from that swamp. How will we do it? We will do so by waging a merciless battle against evil, as is written," the document affirms.
This group's program for Venezuela comprises six points (as published): To attack what it calls "the industry of vice" by immediately declaring a dry law; to attack the "immorality" represented by the "sex industry"; to counter white-collar crime and corruption through the "total annihilation of corrupt civilian and military officials"; to reject idolatry; and to levy a "social tax" of 2.5% on the public and private sectors, known as sakat (preceding word published in italics).
Hizballah Venezuela claims it already has its first fighters (Mujahideen), who are willing to die for the organization's cause.
posted by JDS at 3:58 AM
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