Sophisticated lessons in spycraft, explosives,and arms, detailed by a rare inside look at Hezbollah during a recent terror trial in Cyprus, are forcing the European Union to consider designating the Lebanese-based group as a terrorist organization.
A new report helps explain why Pakistan has resisted international pressure to crack down on Lashkar-e-Taiba, one of the world's most dangerous militant organizations, after it killed 166 people in Mumbai — six U.S. citizens included — and came close to sparking conflict between nuclear-armed Pakistan and India.
U.S. authorities are building a politically explosive case that Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group, finances itself through a vast drug-smuggling network that links a Lebanese bank, a violent Mexican cartel, and U.S. cocaine users.
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