1) Iran actively bankrolls and trains Hezbollah to wage war against Israel
Hezbollah, designated by the U.S. as a terrorist organization, receives Iranian military training and $100-200 million annually to finance terrorist operations against Israel. Operating from Southern Lebanon, Hezbollah has a history of firing rockets indiscriminately into Northern Israel, and killing and kidnapping Israeli border guards. During the 2006 Lebanon War, Hezbollah launched nearly 3,900 missiles into Northern Israel, killing Israeli civilians. Currently, the Iranian-backed terror group possesses 100,000 short- and long-range rockets and missiles that have the ability to hit Israel. Its most advanced missile, the M600 surface-to-surface missile, has a range of 155 miles, making it capable of hitting Tel Aviv.
2) Iran sponsors Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups that attack Israel
Iran has historically been the largest supplier of arms and cash to the terrorist organization Hamas, which operates from the Gaza Strip. Iranian financial support between 1990 and 2000 ranged from $20 million to $50 million annually. The Iranians have also bankrolled other Palestinian terrorist organizations such as the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine General Command. Since Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005, these organizations, along with Hamas, have fired more than 11,000 rockets into Israel. Five million Israelis in southern Israel live under the threat of rocket fire. In 2011 alone, 630 rockets were fired into Israeli towns near Gaza.
3) Iran has carried out attacks against Americans
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Council orchestrated the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine and French military barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, which killed 299 American and French troops. Americans were attacked once again in 1996, when the Kohobar Towers in Saudi Arabia were bombed, killing 19 U.S. soldiers. Meanwhile, in April 2008, General David Petraeus testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee that Iran provided arms and other military hardware to Shia militants who used these weapons to target U.S. soldiers in Iraq. Several members of the Iranian Quds force have been captured operating in Iraq.
4) Iran has close connections to Al Qaeda
Iran has had a working relationship with Al Qaeda since the early 1990s. According to the 9/11 Commission report, Iran agreed to help Al Qaeda carry out operations against the U.S. and Israel. Al Qaeda operatives received weapons and explosives training from Iranian operatives in Iran and Lebanon. Iran is home to several Al Qaeda operatives, such as Yasin al-Suri, who is responsible for moving money and recruits from the Middle East to central Al Qaeda in Pakistan.
5) Iran has launched terrorist attacks against Jews around the world
Tehran has an expansive international terror network which it has used to attack Jews. In May 2013, a report presented by an Argentinian state prosecutor claimed that Iran has an “intelligence and terrorist network” in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, and elsewhere. Iranian officials are wanted for the 1992 bombing of the Israeli embassy in Argentina that killed 29 people, and the bombing two years later of the AMIA Jewish Cultural Center there, killing 85. Iran has also targeted Israeli tourists in Thailand, Bulgaria, and Cyprus. The attack in Bulgaria, carried out by Hezbollah, killed six and injured 32 when an explosion ripped apart an Israeli tourist bus.
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1) Iran actively bankrolls and trains Hezbollah to wage war against Israel
ReplyDeleteHezbollah, designated by the U.S. as a terrorist organization, receives Iranian military training and $100-200 million annually to finance terrorist operations against Israel. Operating from Southern Lebanon, Hezbollah has a history of firing rockets indiscriminately into Northern Israel, and killing and kidnapping Israeli border guards. During the 2006 Lebanon War, Hezbollah launched nearly 3,900 missiles into Northern Israel, killing Israeli civilians. Currently, the Iranian-backed terror group possesses 100,000 short- and long-range rockets and missiles that have the ability to hit Israel. Its most advanced missile, the M600 surface-to-surface missile, has a range of 155 miles, making it capable of hitting Tel Aviv.
2) Iran sponsors Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups that attack Israel
Iran has historically been the largest supplier of arms and cash to the terrorist organization Hamas, which operates from the Gaza Strip. Iranian financial support between 1990 and 2000 ranged from $20 million to $50 million annually. The Iranians have also bankrolled other Palestinian terrorist organizations such as the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine General Command. Since Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005, these organizations, along with Hamas, have fired more than 11,000 rockets into Israel. Five million Israelis in southern Israel live under the threat of rocket fire. In 2011 alone, 630 rockets were fired into Israeli towns near Gaza.
3) Iran has carried out attacks against Americans
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Council orchestrated the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine and French military barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, which killed 299 American and French troops. Americans were attacked once again in 1996, when the Kohobar Towers in Saudi Arabia were bombed, killing 19 U.S. soldiers. Meanwhile, in April 2008, General David Petraeus testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee that Iran provided arms and other military hardware to Shia militants who used these weapons to target U.S. soldiers in Iraq. Several members of the Iranian Quds force have been captured operating in Iraq.
4) Iran has close connections to Al Qaeda
Iran has had a working relationship with Al Qaeda since the early 1990s. According to the 9/11 Commission report, Iran agreed to help Al Qaeda carry out operations against the U.S. and Israel. Al Qaeda operatives received weapons and explosives training from Iranian operatives in Iran and Lebanon. Iran is home to several Al Qaeda operatives, such as Yasin al-Suri, who is responsible for moving money and recruits from the Middle East to central Al Qaeda in Pakistan.
5) Iran has launched terrorist attacks against Jews around the world
Tehran has an expansive international terror network which it has used to attack Jews. In May 2013, a report presented by an Argentinian state prosecutor claimed that Iran has an “intelligence and terrorist network” in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, and elsewhere. Iranian officials are wanted for the 1992 bombing of the Israeli embassy in Argentina that killed 29 people, and the bombing two years later of the AMIA Jewish Cultural Center there, killing 85. Iran has also targeted Israeli tourists in Thailand, Bulgaria, and Cyprus. The attack in Bulgaria, carried out by Hezbollah, killed six and injured 32 when an explosion ripped apart an Israeli tourist bus.
DATE: 2/28/2015 12:00:00 AM - See more at: http://www.ajc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=7oJILSPwFfJSG&b=9082267&ct=14536403¬oc=1#sthash.JJ80H21u.dpuf
AJC @AJCGlobal · Mar 28
ReplyDeleteGood deal or bad deal? If a deal happens w Iran, the answers to these 8 questions will be key http://bit.ly/1bBWFkS