Hezbollah

Huckabee Buys GOP Rep's Claim That Hezbollah Is Infiltrating The U.S. Through Mexican Border

Jillian Rayfield | November 30, 2010, 11:01AM

Republican Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC) often appears on Fox News to discuss her theory that agents of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah are infiltrating the U.S. through the Mexican border by posing as illegal immigrants.

On Sunday, former (and possibly future) presidential candidate Mike Huckabee was shocked that the Obama Administration is ignoring the threat: "This porous border, where we see people running across at will, if Hezbollah, a very, very deadly terrorist organization, can use that network to get into the U.S., all of these pat-downs at the airport are meaningless."

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Topics: Department of Homeland Security, Fox News, Hezbollah, Mike Huckabee, Sue Myrick

Sue Myrick

GOP Rep And Fox News Agree: Hezbollah Infiltrating U.S. By Posing As Illegal Immigrants (VIDEO)

Jillian Rayfield | July 14, 2010, 12:16PM

Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC) thinks that agents of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah are posing as illegal immigrants -- "going to Venezuela, learning Spanish, and then coming up through Mexico with fake documents trying to cross the border."

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Sue Myrick

GOP Rep: Hezbollah Partners With Drug Cartels To Infiltrate America's Southern Border

Justin Elliott | June 25, 2010, 4:18PM

Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC), who we last encountered exposing Muslim intern spies on Capitol Hill and terrorists in the nation's convenience stores, has issued her most startling warning yet: Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, she has come to believe, is partnering with Mexican drug cartels in the U.S. borderlands and may be planning "Israel-like car bombings of Mexican/USA border personnel or National Guard units."

In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Myrick calls for a task force "to engage US and Mexican law enforcement and border patrol officials about Hezbollah's presence, activities, and connections to gangs and drug cartels."

Myrick says she has to come believe that Hezbollah is operating on the border because of evidence well, wouldn't that be crazy? She writes:

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Topics: Hezbollah, Sue Myrick, U.S.-Mexico Border

Sue Myrick

GOP Rep Defends Terrorism-In-Convenience-Stores Comment

Justin Elliott | March 1, 2010, 6:33PM

At a town hall meeting with the Muslim community Thursday, Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC) seemed to defend comments she made in 2003 about the terrorist threat emanating from the people who run "all the convenience stores across the country."

"I wasn't off the wall," she said, according to the Charlotte Observer. "It may have come across that way, but you have to put it in context."

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Topics: Heritage Foundation, Hezbollah, Muslims, National Association of Convenience Stores, Sue Myrick