State Department offers rewards for 2 Hezbollah leaders | FDD's Long War Journal
Thomas Joscelyn
The State Department announced today that it is offering millions of dollars as rewards for information concerning the whereabouts of two senior Hezbollah leaders. The two Lebanese men are Hezbollah veterans with well-established terrorist credentials. One of the two allegedly “played a central role” in the 1983 Marine Barracks bombing in Beirut, Lebanon. That suicide bombing helped inspire a generation of Shiite and Sunni jihadists.
State is offering a $7 million bounty for Talal Hamiyah, the head of Hezbollah’s External Security Organization (ESO). The ESO “maintains organized cells worldwide” and is “responsible for the planning, coordination, and execution of terrorist attacks outside of Lebanon.” The ESO “primarily” targets “Israelis and Americans.”
The US designated Hezbollah as a terrorist organization in 1997, but State modified the designation in June, adding some of the group’s aliases. Foggy Bottom noted that both the Foreign Relations Department (FRD) and the ESO are “key components” of Hezbollah.
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I never saw big rewards offered for Hezbollah terrorists, pretty interesting. All of these guys, Syria, Iran and Hezbollah are allies and somewhat favored by the Russian Government, it seems. That latter part seems to be a complex and maybe debatable matter as Russia carries on fairly good relations with Israel.
Be a bounty hunter.
That Marine barracks bombing happened around 1983; so just now they are offering a big reward for one of the perpetrators? I can see, they may not have known all who were involved.
Just saw another headline, maybe Fox, this is a new development under Trump, offer rewards for these types.
