Mohammed Hassan Dbouk (in

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محمد حسن دبوق) was a Lebanese-Canadian

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journalist with al-Manar television in Lebanon. He is alleged to have received intelligence training at Iranian camps alongside the Revolutionary Guard, and to have used his credentials to film

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targets prior to, and during, attacks, and used the footage to create "propaganda videos" which he credited to himself.

Life in Canada

After immigrating to

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claiming to be a refugee in 1998, Dbouk allegedly operated a branch of

in the city for nine months, raising $1,300,000,Bell, Stewart, ''

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'', "Terrorists' Supermarket", October 21, 2000 through credit card and banking scams, and spending the money on military equipment subsequently smuggled back into Lebanon with the help of his brother-in-law Ali Adham Amhaz.Levitt, Matthew.

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Smeared in blood, Hezbollah fingerprints all over globe
, June 9, 2003 He reported to procurement chief Haj Hassan al-Laqqis,

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, Small Business Committee
Testimony of Janice L. Kephart
, November 17, 2005 and was responsible for shipping

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, GPS systems, stun guns, nitrogen cutters and

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s to Hezbollah. His "cell" also sought to obtain

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policies for Lebanese militants. Believed to be a colleague of Imad Mughniyah based on a

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intercepted by Canadian authorities, he was the subject of a

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by the

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, who recorded him speaking to a colleague named Said about a Southern Lebanese man who might go for a "walk" soon and never return, and whether Said could serve as a reference to get him some necessary travel papers and documentation. He was

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, but believed to have fled to Lebanon.Ehrenfeld, Rachel
Hezbollah - the "Party of God"
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US looks at potential danger from Hezbollah
May 13, 2003 After his flight, childhood friend Said Harb took a companion up to Vancouver from their

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home, and made a number of purchases of military equipment under the direction of Dbouk.

References

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