Un sacrificio por la causa de allah

When we found this image on the web site of Hizballah Venezuela, we were at first inclined to write it off as a publicity stunt...

That was before the bombs turned up at the US Embassy in Caracas.

Alleged explosive device found near US Embassy:

Caracas, lunes 23 de octubre, 2006 - The Baruta Municipality Police Corps Monday found two alleged explosive devices near the US Embassy in Valle Arriba, southeast Caracas.

One of the presumed bombs was found in a box containing leaflets making reference to Lebanese radical Islamic group Hezbollah.

"One person was arrested by the Baruta Police and we are waiting for their report and information from the (political police) Disip," a spokesman of the US Embassy told AFP.

Local TV news network Globovisión reported that one of the devices was in a flowerpot near the Embassy, while the other was outside a school, near the diplomatic premises.

Wilfredo Porras, acting director of Baruta Police, said they arrested a man carrying a "backpack with 100 black powder bases, pliers, adhesive tape, glue and electric leads."

The man declared that "the devices were set to explode in 15 minutes. At first, we thought he was crazy, but we concluded he is not because of the features of both devices and the contents in the backpack," Porras said.

Since we first reported on Hizballah's Latin American offspring, it appeared to be a strictly Venezuelan phenomenon. Since then, however, new shoots have sprung up in El Salvador and in Chiapas in southern Mexico. To say that these folks are not "real Hizballah" is true to a point. We are used to thinking of Hizballah as a strictly-controlled entity of Lebanese origin operating at the behest of the Iranian regime. It is possible that no one is more surprised than Hizballah Lebanon to learn that they have given rise to Latin American affiliates, but they have. If there is one thing Iran and Hizballah could use right now, it's operatives who are not Iranian, not Lebanese, not obviously Arab or Persian - people who are more likely to be able to travel below the radar. Guys like this (sans the bomb - we're sure the Revolutionary Guards can hook the brother up with something more effective when he gets to his final destination):

There is no reason to think anything good will come from all this.

What follows are the sites of Hizballah Latin America:

groups.msn.com/ justiciadivinavenezuela Description: Site of Hizballah Venezuela. Status: active IP Addresses: 65.54.134.94, 65.54.134.126, 65.54.134.158, 65.54.134.190 Registrar: Not Applicable Network access provider: Microsoft Inc., Redmond, WA USA Webhost: Microsoft Inc., Redmond, WA USA DNS Provider: Microsoft Inc., Redmond, WA USA Domain Name Whois (summary): NA	groups.msn.com/ Hezbollahelsalvador Description: Site of Hizballah El Salvador. Status: active IP Addresses: 65.54.134.94, 65.54.134.126, 65.54.134.158 , 65.54.134.190 Registrar: Not Applicable Network access provider: Microsoft Inc., Redmond, WA USA Webhost: Microsoft Inc., Redmond, WA USA DNS Provider: Microsoft Inc., Redmond, WA USA Domain Name Whois (summary): NA
es.groups.yahoo.com/group /Hezboallah_latino/ Description: Yahoo eGroup/official site of Hizballah Latin America. Status: active IP Address: 66.218.66.241 Registrar: NA Network access provider: Yahoo!, Sunnyvale, CA USA Webhost: Yahoo!, Sunnyvale, CA USA DNS Provider: Yahoo!, Sunnyvale, CA USA Domain Name Whois (summary): NA	bloggy.com.ar/caracas Description: A website of Hizballah Venezuela. Status: active IP Address: 200.122.70.209 Registrar: nic.ar Network access provider: prima.com.ar Webhost: bloggy.com.ar, Buenos Aires AR DNS Provider: dnspark.net, Siloam Springs, Arkansas USA Domain Name Whois (summary): NA
hezboallahpartidoislamico.blogspot.es Description: Site of Hizballah Venezuela. Status: active IP Address: 213.228.192.182 Registrar: nic.es Network access provider: blogspot.es, San Sebastian, ES Webhost: blogspot.es, San Sebastian, ES DNS Provider: hispavista.com Domain Name Whois (summary): NA	groups.msn.com/ autonomiaislamicawayuu Description: The website of the Hizballah group that has been invited into Venezuela by Hugo Chávez to "educate" the Wayuu tribe of the Goajiros ethnic group inhabiting the eastern part of the country. Status: active IP Addresses: 65.54.134.94, 65.54.134.126, 65.54.134.158, 65.54.134.190 Registrar: Not applicable Network access provider: Microsoft Inc., Redmond, WA USA Webhost: Microsoft Inc., Redmond, WA USA DNS Provider: Microsoft Inc., Redmond, WA USA Domain Name Whois (summary): NA

Posted on 25 October 2006 @ 22:54