Is Hezbollah Paying for Lebanon Reconstruction with Counterfeit US Bills?
Is Hezbollah Paying for Lebanon Reconstruction with Counterfeit US Bills?
 Recent reports that Hezbollah is giving brand new ‘crisp’ US currency to Lebanese citizens raises questions about where this “money” is actually coming from.
 ”Hizbollah handed out bundles of cash on Friday to people whose homes were wrecked by Israeli bombing, consolidating the Iranian-backed group’s support among Lebanon’s Shi’ites and embarrassing the Beirut government.” – as reported by Reuters.
During the recent bombing of Hezbollah financial centers in Lebanon, a cameraman inadvertently filmed a damaged building with scores of uncut sheets of US currency lying about.
A report by Richard Engel broadcast on “NBC Nightly News” in June 2006 reveals the following:
 Richard Engel, the network’s Beirut bureau chief, is reporting from southern Lebanon, and at 1:07 in the video, as he’s saying, “In Sidon, we found part of the financial district flattened,” you briefly see an image of what look like uncut sheets of U.S. hundred-dollar bills.
A U.S. Treasury Department report from 2004 states that members of Hezbollah leadership,” …distributes fake U.S. dollars and generates cash to fund Hezbollah operations.”
August 20th, 2006 at 5:15 pm
[...] PM Update: In Israel Olmert is having a problem as people really start to slam his government. They also found some night vision equipment delivered to Hezbollah via Iran via the fine auspices of the UN — Britain was the sucker. In other Israeli news this is really sad. Never missing a beat Hizbollah continues to promise to obliterate Israel, hand out “possible” funny money and rejoice.  The Israeli “left” is beginning to fight back against the attacks on the government (for all the good it will do them). Olmert has told Tony Blair to “go suck a lemon” regarding the Palestinians and the IDF locks up another Palestinian lawmaker. Maybe they can convene their parliament in the local slammer? [...]