{"id":14663,"date":"2024-03-19T00:00:45","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T18:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/19\/hezbollah-affiliation-uncovered-in-arrest-of-lebanese-migrant-at-u-s-border\/"},"modified":"2024-03-19T00:00:45","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T18:30:45","slug":"hezbollah-affiliation-uncovered-in-arrest-of-lebanese-migrant-at-u-s-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/19\/hezbollah-affiliation-uncovered-in-arrest-of-lebanese-migrant-at-u-s-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Hezbollah Affiliation Uncovered in Arrest of Lebanese Migrant at U.S. Border"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_82\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Border Patrol officers apprehended Basel Bassel Ebbadi, a 22-year-old Lebanese migrant, near El Paso, Texas, on March 9, following his admission of intentions to engage in bomb-making activities in New York City and his association with the terrorist group Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shorenewsnetwork.com\/2024\/03\/18\/hezbollah-terrorist-captured-at-border-was-headed-to-nyc-to-make-a-bomb\/\">documents<\/a> disclosed by The New York Post, Ebbadi confessed during interrogation, revealing his extensive training in \u201cjihad\u201d and his involvement in safeguarding weapon stockpiles for Hezbollah. He disclosed a decade-long affiliation with the organization, emphasizing his training\u2019s focus on targeting non-Muslims.<\/p>\n<p>This arrest underscores a troubling pattern of individuals on the terror watchlist attempting illegal entry into the US, with 59 such detentions reported in the first four months of 2024 alone. This surge signals a notable escalation from previous years, highlighting heightened security risks along the border.<\/p>\n<p>Ebbadi\u2019s case prompts discussions on the efficacy of current migrant screening procedures, particularly in light of his professed intentions to escape violence in Lebanon. His apprehension precedes a marked uptick in encounters with individuals flagged on terror watchlists, underscoring the ongoing complexities confronting border security agencies.<\/p>\n<p>                    <!--begin code --><\/p>\n<p>                    <!--end code --><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/americanfaith.com\/hezbollah-affiliation-uncovered-in-arrest-of-lebanese-migrant-at-us-border\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Border Patrol officers apprehended Basel Bassel Ebbadi, a 22-year-old Lebanese migrant, near El Paso, Texas, on March 9, following his admission of intentions to engage in bomb-making activities in New York City and his association with the terrorist group Hezbollah. According to documents disclosed by The New York Post, Ebbadi confessed during interrogation, revealing his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[]},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14663"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}