Congressional Testimony
Hezbollah’s Strategic Shift: A Global Terrorist Threat
House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Proliferation, and Trade"...Today's hearing on Hezbollah's strategic shift is extremely timely. This week marks the 21st anniversary of the 1992 Israeli embassy bombing. Failure to respond to that attack emboldened Hezbollah, which incurred no cost for the attack. Two years later Hezbollah struck again, this time escalating from a diplomatic to civilian target and blowing up the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. Hezbollah is watching Europe and the west closely now, much as it watched Argentina twenty-one years ago this week, to see if there will be any consequence to its recent escalation of terrorist activity around the world.
"Today's hearing is also well timed because tomorrow will be a critical day for Hezbollah, the West and Europe in particular. This is because a verdict is expected tomorrow in the case of Hossam Yaakoub, a self-confessed Hezbollah operative now on trial in Cyprus..."
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