Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence | 311 Cannon House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 | Jul 7, 2011 2:00pm
On Thursday, July 7, 2011 the Committee on Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence will hold a hearing entitled “Hezbollah in Latin America – Implications for U.S. Homeland Security.” The Committee will meet at 2:00 p.m. in 311 Cannon House Office Building.
Opening Statements Rep. Patrick Meehan (PA), Chairman
Witnesses
The Honorable Roger F. Noriega
Visiting Fellow
The American Enterprise Institute
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Mr. Douglas Farah
Senior Fellow
The International Assessment and Strategy Center
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Mr. Ilan Berman
Vice President
American Foreign Policy Council
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Dr. Melani Cammett
Associate Professor of Political Science and Director
Middle East Studies Program
Brown University
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http://homeland.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-hezbollah-latin-america-implications-us-homeland-security
House Hearing: Hizballah Threat Looms in U.S. Backyard
IPT News
July 8, 2011
http://www.investigativeproject.org/3028/house-hearing-hizballah-threat-looms-in-us
Hizballah has established a vast network of operatives throughout Latin America, and even in North America, which could be used to wage terrorist attacks against American interests if the group or its Iranian patrons see fit, witnesses told a House Homeland Security subcommittee on Thursday.
The threat is not imminent, panelists said, as the Lebanese-based Shiite group focuses on money-making criminal enterprises like narco-trafficking.
More than 80 Hizballah operatives have been identified in at least a dozen South American countries, said Roger Noriega, former assistant secretary for Western Hemisphere affairs.
“If our government and responsible partners in Latin America fail to act, I believe there will be an attack on U.S. personnel, installations or interests in the Americas as soon as Hizballah operatives believe that they are capable of such an operation without implicating their Iranian sponsors in the crime,” Noriega told the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
U.S. Rep. Kathy Hochul, D-N.Y., said the testimony was unnerving. “I am getting the sense that we are sitting ducks here,” she said.
Read more at: http://www.investigativeproject.org/3028/house-hearing-hizballah-threat-looms-in-us
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