Sunday, August 20, 2006

News Busters: Money handed out by Hizbullah counterfeit?

Caption:... Hezbollah members began distributing US$12,000 in crisp cash bills Friday to those who lost their homes in the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Now that Hezbullah has suddenly morphed into a philanthropic organization, we learn from this photograph that they are distributing approximately US$12,000 to the needy in areas destroyed by Israel. Of course, what is our intrepid photographer obviously not curious enough to know? Well, that Hezbullah has already been dinged for counterfeiting U.S. currency . . .
Elder of Ziyon had a post on Hizbullah counterfeiting with some additional sources, and I had this. If Hizbullah supporters find themselves with only worthless fake currency to show for their destroyed houses launch-sites, won't that be interesting?

Further thought: Hizbullah is Iran's proxy, of course. Do Iran and North Korea share counterfeiting technology in the same way that they share missile technology?

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