# Does Hezbollah have cells ready to launch terror-strikes in the U.S. if we attack Iran? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [August 8, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hezbollah-have-cells-ready-to-launch-terror-strikes-in-the-u-s-if-we-attack-iran/630881 "2012-08-08T17:17:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hezbollah-have-cells-ready-to-launch-terror-strikes-in-the-u-s-if-we-attack-iran/630881/21 "2012-08-09T00:27:10Z")
> [@RedFury](#): > > Perfect example of misplaced sarcasm. Thank you. What do you mean by that? Do you feel I maligned BG? I certainly wasn’t intending to? Do you feel I maligned Finkelstein? Again, not my intention. I was merely making a joke. Was your point that you think we should classify most Jewish Americans S biased and unreliable regarding Israel because most, to one extent or another consider themselves Zionists? Respectfully I’d disagree, but posters have insisted that I can’t be trusted because of my nationality when discussing the Middle East so if it’s kosher to say Iranian Americans can’t be trusted it’s certainly hallal to say that Jewish-Americans can’t be trusted. If that’s how you feel, about Iranian-Americans or Jewish-Americans just say it, because no serious person is going to argue it’s worse than saying blacks are mentally inferior to whites. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hezbollah-have-cells-ready-to-launch-terror-strikes-in-the-u-s-if-we-attack-iran/630881/22 "2012-08-09T01:45:21Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > In point of fact, intelligence analysts have long said that an attack on Iran’s nuclear program might very well be all the justification Hezbollah needed. We just publicly declared that we were the ones who attacked Iran’s nuclear program. And? Where are the attacks? ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hezbollah-have-cells-ready-to-launch-terror-strikes-in-the-u-s-if-we-attack-iran/630881/23 "2012-08-09T02:13:45Z")
Taking a page from the Troofer playbook I see. Their claim is that Al Quaeda can’t be real because ‘where are the attacks after 9/11’. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hezbollah-have-cells-ready-to-launch-terror-strikes-in-the-u-s-if-we-attack-iran/630881/24 "2012-08-09T15:02:38Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > Taking a page from the Troofer playbook I see. Their claim is that Al Quaeda can’t be real because ‘where are the attacks after 9/11’. The answer to that is obvious – they shot their bolt. But Hezbollah hasn’t. Why have they not attacked in the U.S., if they have the capability? Surely what you were talking about, Stuxnet, etc., is sufficient provocation? ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hezbollah-have-cells-ready-to-launch-terror-strikes-in-the-u-s-if-we-attack-iran/630881/25 "2012-08-09T16:06:41Z")
Nope, still not elevated above Truther rhetoric. The idea that a terrorist organization can “shoot their bolt” is amusing enough, but Al Quaeda attacked the WTC not once but twice and the fact that there were no attacks post 9/11 led many to claim that Al Quaeda was a fictitious organization and/or that it was no longer a threat and/or that we could ignore highly credentialed analysts because they’re Zionist pawns (whoops, sorry, that’s you, not the Truthers). Meanwhile, we have Hezbollah agents in the United States. Why have they not struck yet? Maybe they’re waiting to see what happens in Syria. Maybe, as is Hezbollah’s MO, they’re planning terrorist operations once any proximal threat to them has passed. Maybe Nahrallah and his handlers in Tehran are debating strategies and targets. Maybe they’re planning on targeting American interests/troops/tourists and/or more Jewish community centers abroad. Etc, etc, etc. And, of course, maybe they won’t attack. The entire point is the inherent willful ignorance in your (and others’) blithe, facile dismissal of the fact that when we attack a global terrorist organizations munitions pipeline, it’s secondary as well as its major sponsor, _and do so publicly_, we risk retaliation. ---
**Author:** ![DxZero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DxZero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DxZero)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hezbollah-have-cells-ready-to-launch-terror-strikes-in-the-u-s-if-we-attack-iran/630881/26 "2012-08-11T18:47:49Z")
Comparing Hezbollah to Al Quada is really an apples to oranges situation. Does Hezbollah have the top structure that allows independent groups to operate with limited guidance like AQ (Actually don’t know this really) Does Hezbollah have a wide base of operations throughout all of the middle east and Europe? (Again don’t know) Now Hezbollah considers themselves a political party/resistance group of sorts while AQ had no established political philosophies for governing a territory and if they did, it was secondary to their other goals. The question to ask is how does an attack by Hezbollah help them politically (if they truly care about that side of the equation at all)? Or are they completely a puppet of Iran and would do whatever was necessary to help Iran even if it hurt them? So my answer is it depends and or I dunno. ---
**Author:** ![Adel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Adel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adel)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hezbollah-have-cells-ready-to-launch-terror-strikes-in-the-u-s-if-we-attack-iran/630881/27 "2012-08-12T00:38:43Z")
1. Hezbollah doe not carry out any operations that are not in Lebanon or Isreal. 2. There are no fund-raising people in the United States, it is illegal to money launder to them. You will be arrested, and the FBI watches this carefully. 3. Hezbollah does not aim to kill civilians. Look at casualty reports between their wars with Isreal. 4. I am muslim and from South Lebanon, i’ve lived this my life, i know the facts. There aim is to proctect Lebanon from Isreal turning it into one of its colonies. For example the West Bank or Gaza. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hezbollah-have-cells-ready-to-launch-terror-strikes-in-the-u-s-if-we-attack-iran/630881/28 "2012-08-12T01:34:08Z")
> [@Adel](#): > > 1. Hezbollah doe not carry out any operations that are not in Lebanon or Isreal. Except for their operation against the US in Saudi Arabia at the Khobar Towers when they bombed it. And their operation against Jewish civilians in Argentina when they bombed them. And their operation on TWA Flight 847 which they for a change didn’t blow up but did hijack and murdered Robert Stethem. And most likely the recent bombing on the 18th anniversary of their Argentinian bombing, this time in Bulgaria. And… > [@Adel](#): > > 1. There are no fund-raising people in the United States, it is illegal to money launder to them. You will be arrested, and the FBI watches this carefully. Wow. Just wow. Of course we have sworn testimony of one such cell which was caught and multiple sources stating that it’s the consensus of the intelligence community that there are quite a few more. I think I trust those facts more than your claims. > [@Adel](#): > > 1. Hezbollah does not aim to kill civilians. They thought that their bombs were full of love, who knew that they were filled with explosives?!? Honest mistake. And [when they were collaborating with Al Quaeda,](http://www.9-11commission.gov/report/911Report_Ch7.htm) it was because they thought AQ were pizza delivery folks and, by gum, Hezbollah just wants people to get their pizza hot and fresh. > [@Adel](#): > > 1. I am muslim and from South Lebanon, i’ve lived this my life, i know the facts. While the first two clauses may potentially be true,\* the third is obviously not.\* ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hezbollah-have-cells-ready-to-launch-terror-strikes-in-the-u-s-if-we-attack-iran/630881/29 "2012-08-12T04:59:51Z")
> [@Adel](#): > > 1. Hezbollah doe not carry out any operations that are not in Lebanon or Isreal. Bullshit, the Hezbollah has carried out a number of operations that are not in either Lebanon or “Isreal”(sic). > [@](#): > > 1. There are no fund-raising people in the United States, it is illegal to money launder to them. You will be arrested, and the FBI watches this carefully Of course there are. You might as well claim there weren’t any fund-raising operations for the IRA in the United States. > [@](#): > > 1. Hezbollah does not aim to kill civilians. What the fuck are you talking about and where do you hear such bullshit. Hezbollah has regularly targeted civilians and has also regularly championed the targeting of civilians. Are you insisting the Jews in Argentina turned into Kosher hamburger weren’t civilians? Are you insisting that Hezbollah, on their TV network, didn’t repeatedly champion the “shahids” who during “martyrdom operations” blew up an Sbarro’s? > [@](#): > > There aim is to proctect Lebanon from Isreal turning it into one of its colonies. This is a gigantic load of shit. “There”(sic) aim is not to “protect Lebanon from Israel” but to do what the government of Iran and the Ayatollah Khamenei tells them to do. They are not a nationalist organization, but an internationalist organization who specifically chose to call themselves “Hezbollah”, which means “Party of God” in Arabic rather than a name that would label them a Lebanese nationalist organization for a reason. When formed they swore allegiance to the Ayatollah Khomeini and declared, > [@](#): > > We are the sons of the umma (Muslim community) … > > … We are an ummah linked to the Muslims of the whole world by the solid doctrinal and religious connection of Islam, whose message God wanted to be fulfilled by the Seal of the Prophets, i.e., Prophet Muhammad. … As for our culture, it is based on the Holy Quran, the Sunna and the legal rulings of the **faqih** who is our source of imitation. The “faqih” they refer to is the philosophy of the Ayatollah Khomeini for any wondering about that comment. Moreover, they have regularly called not only for getting Israel out of Lebanon, but also called for the extermination of Israel and shelled Israel years after Israel had pulled out of Lebanon so claims that their goal is merely to defend Lebanon is laughable. Beyond that, I’m not sure how anyone familiar with Lebanon could talk about them opposing making Lebanon into a “colony” of a former power seriously. I’m sure you’re familiar with Syria’s claims regarding Lebanon, how Syria raged that Lebanon should have been made part of Syria following the breakup of the Ottoman Empire were it not for the racist European imperialists, how for decades Syria refused to recognize the Lebanese government, how to this day maps in Syria don’t show “Lebanon” but merely “Southern Syria”, and how for decades, with the support of Hezbollah, Syrian occupied Northern Lebanon and made it into a de facto colony. ---
**Author:** ![DxZero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DxZero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DxZero)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hezbollah-have-cells-ready-to-launch-terror-strikes-in-the-u-s-if-we-attack-iran/630881/30 "2012-08-12T05:18:00Z")
See…this is a good example of another consideration that AQ didn’t have to deal with in the same way. They didn’t have to win the hearts and minds by wearing the white hat and parading around showing off their restraint (like any government would do). Its a much more complicated situation with Hezbollah. ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hezbollah-have-cells-ready-to-launch-terror-strikes-in-the-u-s-if-we-attack-iran/630881/31 "2012-08-12T05:28:27Z")
> [@DxZero](#): > > See…this is a good example of another consideration that AQ didn’t have to deal with in the same way. They didn’t have to win the hearts and minds by wearing the white hat and parading around showing off their restraint (like any government would do). Its a much more complicated situation with Hezbollah. What are you talking about? That isn’t meant as an insult BTW. When has the Hezbollah ever paraded around “showing off their restraint”? If anything, their spokesmen regularly exaggerate their ruthlessness. All you have to do is look at their comments regarding Jews. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hezbollah-have-cells-ready-to-launch-terror-strikes-in-the-u-s-if-we-attack-iran/630881/32 "2012-08-12T05:29:24Z")
A colony? In Lebanon? What, we don’t have enough problems? Some people have an over-inflated sense of their own importance. Believe me, if it weren’t for Hizballah, Istael would have no interest in Lebanon whatsoever. Think about it: Israel occupied a strip of southern Lebanon for almost 20 years (I was there, BTW; beautiful country). Did they found a single settlement? Did they see a cent of financial gain? Of course not. So why would they want _more_? ---
**Author:** ![DxZero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DxZero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DxZero)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hezbollah-have-cells-ready-to-launch-terror-strikes-in-the-u-s-if-we-attack-iran/630881/33 "2012-08-12T05:32:18Z")
> [@Ibn\_Warraq](#): > > What are you talking about? > > That isn’t meant as an insult BTW. > > When has the Hezbollah ever paraded around “showing off their restraint”? > > If anything, their spokesmen regularly exaggerate their ruthlessness. > > All you have to do is look at their comments regarding Jews. Doesn’t necessarily apply Hezbollah in general. Bad example on my part. But they do have to play a different political game and put on a different face publicly than AQ because of how they have chosen to portray themselves. Really no different than any other government or quasi political entity. I was critiquing the comparison to AQ which doesn’t have the same restraints. Apologies. Restraint was not the correct word or concept there. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hezbollah-have-cells-ready-to-launch-terror-strikes-in-the-u-s-if-we-attack-iran/630881/34 "2012-08-12T05:48:02Z")
Who’s claimed that AQ is fungible with Hezbollah? Anyways, back to our purported Lebanese poster, not only was Hezbollah not founded as a “resistance” organization,[it was founded to dominate Lebanese society and spread Khomenism by military force if ordered.](http://web.archive.org/web/20060821215729/http://www.ict.org.il/Articles/Hiz_letter.htm) > [@](#): > > Our Identity > We are often asked: Who are we, the Hizballah, and what is our identity? We are the sons of the umma (Muslim community) - the party of God (Hizb Allah) the vanguard of which was made victorious by God in Iran. There the vanguard succeeded to lay down the bases of a Muslim state which plays a central role in the world. We obey the orders of one leader, wise and just, that of our tutor and faqih (jurist) who fulfills all the necessary conditions: Ruhollah Musawi Khomeini. God save him! > > By virtue of the above, we do not constitute an organized and closed party in Lebanon. nor are we a tight political cadre. We are an umma linked to the Muslims of the whole world by the solid doctrinal and religious connection of Islam, whose message God wanted to be fulfilled by the Seal of the Prophets, i.e., Muhammad. This is why whatever touches or strikes the Muslims in Afghanistan, Iraq, the Philippines and elsewhere reverberates throughout the whole Muslim umma of which we are an integral part. Our behavior is dictated to us by legal principles laid down by the light of an overall political conception defined by the leading jurist (wilayat al-faqih). > > As for our culture, it is based on the Holy Koran, the Sunna and the legal rulings of the faqih who is our source of imitation (marja’ al-taqlid). Our culture is crystal clear. It is not complicated and is accessible to all. > > No one can imagine the importance of our military potential as our military apparatus is not separate from our overall social fabric. Each of us is a fighting soldier. And when it becomes necessary to carry out the Holy War, each of us takes up his assignment in the fight in accordance with the injunctions of the Law, and that in the framework of the mission carried out under the tutelage of the Commanding Jurist. I can’t seem to find a good text copy of the so called “Rebirth” document from a few years ago, I’ll see if I can track that down in a bit. ---
**Author:** ![DxZero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DxZero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DxZero)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hezbollah-have-cells-ready-to-launch-terror-strikes-in-the-u-s-if-we-attack-iran/630881/35 "2012-08-12T05:56:00Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > Who’s claimed that AQ is fungible with Hezbollah? The general comparison was made with regards to “terror cells”. As it were, its a minor point and not really applicable in this discussion. My train of thought took a little detour when I considered _why_ Hezbollah would attack the US with “terror cells” and what the cost/benefit analysis totaled out for them politically. Again, minor point/derailment ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hezbollah-have-cells-ready-to-launch-terror-strikes-in-the-u-s-if-we-attack-iran/630881/36 "2012-08-12T06:04:57Z")
> [@DxZero](#): > > The general comparison was made with regards to “terror cells”. No it wasn’t. And your scare quotes around a reference to Hezbollah cells lowers your argument. But as you say it’s a minor point, so be it. > [@DxZero](#): > > _why_ Hezbollah would attack the US As you’ve stated that you don’t really know much about the basics of the situation that would be a good point to start at before debating it. As Hezbollah has attacked the US before when the US wasn’t threatening them, and now we’ve publicly admitted to attacking Iran’s nuclear program as well as trying to eliminate one of their two state sponsors in the world and their munitions pipeline, your question seems more than a bit Jabberwockian. If someone will attack you when you aren’t a threat what do you think they may do when you are a threat? ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hezbollah-have-cells-ready-to-launch-terror-strikes-in-the-u-s-if-we-attack-iran/630881/37 "2012-08-12T06:16:43Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > A colony? In Lebanon? What, we don’t have enough problems? > > Some people have an over-inflated sense of their own importance. **Believe me, if it weren’t for Hizballah, Istael would have no interest in Lebanon whatsoever.** (emphasis mine) Respectfully, that is demonstrably false. Israel invaded Lebanon twice, first in 1978 and secondly in 1982, before Hezbollah even existed. In fact, in both occasions Israel didn’t even give a shit about the Shia of Lebanon but were going after the PLO, which had set up their own mini-state within Lebanon. Initially, the Israelis were actually greeted with enthusiasm by the Lebanese Shia, but such feelings evaporated after the Israelis displayed about as much understanding and sensitivity towards Lebanon as the Americans did towards Vietnam or the Soviets did towards Afghanistan and made the Shia into their enemy. ---
**Author:** ![DxZero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DxZero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DxZero)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hezbollah-have-cells-ready-to-launch-terror-strikes-in-the-u-s-if-we-attack-iran/630881/38 "2012-08-12T06:24:08Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > No it wasn’t. And your scare quotes around a reference to Hezbollah cells lowers your argument. > But as you say it’s a minor point, so be it. > > As you’ve stated that you don’t really know much about the basics of the situation that would be a good point to start at before debating it. As Hezbollah has attacked the US before when the US wasn’t threatening them, and now we’ve publicly admitted to attacking Iran’s nuclear program as well as trying to eliminate one of their two state sponsors in the world and their munitions pipeline, your question seems more than a bit Jabberwockian. > > If someone will attack you when you aren’t a threat what do you think they may do when you are a threat? I’m not saying they wouldn’t. I’m asking is it in their best interests. Support Iran and go toe to toe with the West head on and whatever may come of that. Or attack the US indirectly and maybe get the best of both worlds. Or option 3, say screw Iran and sit this one out and lose your financing and support, but maybe establish a bit of independence which may be good for PR. This is a question that no one can answer right now and is probably at best just a thought exercise. I have no opinion one way or the other. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hezbollah-have-cells-ready-to-launch-terror-strikes-in-the-u-s-if-we-attack-iran/630881/39 "2012-08-12T06:24:42Z")
I’m talking about current-day. And as you noted, the only reason Israel invaded Lebanon in the past is because outside elements - in that case, the PLO - had set up shop there. Israel has no interest in Lebanon itself, only in the outsiders (Palestinians, Syrians, Iranians) who choose to make it their battlefield. And with all due respect, while Israel made many mistakes in Lebanon, one of the main reasons the Shia turned against Israel was due to Iran. Iran sent thousands of Revolutionary Guard operatives to the country in the early 1980’s, and it was they who founded Hizballah, and they who, to a large degree, turned the community against Israel. ---
**Author:** ![Adel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Adel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adel)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hezbollah-have-cells-ready-to-launch-terror-strikes-in-the-u-s-if-we-attack-iran/630881/40 "2012-08-12T06:33:16Z")
Hezbollah was framed for all the attacks that your claiming were outside of Lebanon and Isreal. They also deny having anything to do with them. So don’t tell me they took credit. Who targets civilians? 2006 War with Isreal Hezbollah: Killed 44 civilians killed. Killed 119 Isreali soldiers. Isreal: Killed 1,191 Lebanese civlians. Killed about 250 soldiers. Hezbollah Civilian Kill Percentage: 26.9% Isreali Cvillian Kill Percentage: 82.6% It’s funny that Hezbollah are considered terrorists even though there is evidence right in front of your face that Isreali mindlessly kills. Don’t make me bring up the U.S. vs Vietnam. Who is the real terrorist? None of this would even be happening if these Zionists hadn’t kicked Palestinians off there land. Even before Isreal came around, Jews and Palestinians were doing fine together, until the powers had to get involved. How about the U.N. school isreal bombed? How about the U.N. base? As for the original question of the thread, i can assure you there are no terror cells of Hezbollah in the U.S. Since first they are not terrorist and have no ties to Al Queda, who actually despise eachother, and the agencies here would catch them very fast. For example the owner of the old arabic restaurant chain that had to flee the country because they were on to him money laundering. Hezbollah is not here to control Lebanese society. If they wanted to it would be done. They shut the whole country down one time because their security cameras in the airport were removed. They do not impose laws on anyone, and the only law that goes is that of the current Lebanese government. They have also opened social welfare programs for the people. More than the lebanese government has ever done. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hezbollah-have-cells-ready-to-launch-terror-strikes-in-the-u-s-if-we-attack-iran/630881.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hezbollah-have-cells-ready-to-launch-terror-strikes-in-the-u-s-if-we-attack-iran/630881.md?page=3)