{"id":2201222,"date":"2024-03-18T14:27:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T18:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hezbollah-terrorist-caught-at-border-planned-to-go-to-new-york-and-make-a-bomb\/"},"modified":"2024-03-18T14:31:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T18:31:17","slug":"hezbollah-terrorist-caught-at-border-planned-to-go-to-new-york-and-make-a-bomb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hezbollah-terrorist-caught-at-border-planned-to-go-to-new-york-and-make-a-bomb\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected Hezbollah Operative Arrested at Border Intended to Build Bomb in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhezbollah-terrorist-caught-at-border-planned-to-go-to-new-york-and-make-a-bomb%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2201222&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Hezbollah Affiliate Arrested at U.S. Border, Bomb Plot Revealed<\/h2>\n<p>In a shocking revelation that&#8217;s stirring nation-wide concern, a Lebanese national with ties to the\u200c extremist \u2062organization Hezbollah was detained at the southern border. The man&#8217;s harrowing confession to U.S. authorities suggested a dire \u200cplot targeting American soil.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>  \u2062  &#8220;I&#8217;m going\u200c to try \u200dto make a bomb.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Basel Bassel \u200cEbbadi<\/strong>, a 22-year-old Lebanese\u200d citizen, was apprehended by Border Patrol agents in El Paso, Texas, after illicitly crossing from Mexico on March 9. \u2064Insights from \u2063an internal report\u200b disclosed to the <em>Washington\u200d Examiner<\/em> shed light on this chilling incident.<\/p>\n<p>In custody, Ebbadi expressed his intent to proceed to <strong>New York<\/strong> to construct an explosive\u2063 device. This alarming statement prompted immediate\u200c action from the\u200c Border Patrol&#8217;s Tactical Terrorism Response\u2063 Team.<\/p>\n<h3>The \u200dConfession and Intent<\/h3>\n<p>Upon being informed of his rights, Ebbadi delved deeper into his background. He claimed membership in Hezbollah, an\u200d Iran-backed organization designated as a terrorist\u2062 group by the U.S. The gravity \u200bof\u2064 his affiliation is underscored by Hezbollah&#8217;s recent support \u200dto\u2063 Hamas during harrowing attacks against Israel, which led to a staggering toll of casualties and abductions.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, in\u2062 a\u2064 twist, a separate document from Immigration and\u200b Customs Enforcement, obtained by the <em>New York\u2062 Post<\/em>, indicated Ebbadi was fleeing the grips of terror groups because he &#8220;<em>didn\u2019t want to kill people<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His history with \u200bHezbollah spanned over a\u2063 decade,\u200d with \u200dan upbringing steeped in extremism. Ebbadi revealed his\u2063 specialized &#8220;jihad&#8221; training, aimed at\u200d targeting others\u2062 based on religious \u2063discrimination.<\/p>\n<h3>A \u2064Nation on Alert<\/h3>\n<p>Senator \u200cTed Cruz (R-TX) seized on this incident to vehemently criticize the current administration&#8217;s border security measures \u2013 or the lack thereof \u2013 linking this lapse to increased vulnerability to terrorist infiltration.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;<strong>Inviting\u200b the inevitable<\/strong>&#8220;\u2063 \u2013\u2062 Cruz&#8217;s phrase echoing a\u200d looming threat if border policies remain unchanged.<\/li>\n<li><strong>58 individuals<\/strong> on the FBI&#8217;s \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-people-matching-terrorist-watchlist-arrested-at-u-s-mexico-border-in-fiscal-year-2021\/\" title=\"Four People Matching Terrorist Watchlist Arrested At U.S.-Mexico Border In Fiscal Year 2021\">terrorist watchlist arrested<\/a> since the fiscal year 2024 commenced. A stark increase from the total of 172 for the whole previous year, dramatically underscoring the\u2062 issue&#8217;s \u200descalation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cruz&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/j-k-rowling-says-gender-changes-for-kids-one-of-the-worst-medical-scandals-in-a-century\/\" title=\"J.K. Rowling Says Gender Changes for Kids \u201cOne of the Worst Medical Scandals in a Century\u201d\">concern extends<\/a>\u200c beyond those apprehended to the &#8220;<strong>hundreds of thousands of gotaways<\/strong>&#8220;, unidentified and uncaught, \u200cwho may pose\u200b even greater threats.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200bgravity of these incidents cannot \u2063be understated, with the \u200bspecter of previous atrocities like the October 7 attacks serving \u200bas a grim reminder \u2064of the potential consequences when national security measures fall short.<\/p>\n<p>As of now, Customs and Border Protection\u200d has yet to respond \u200cto inquiries regarding this disturbing development. The country\u200d waits, \u2063watchful for the actions that will follow in the wake of this border breach and the \u200cechoing concerns \u2062over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fmr-fla-mayor-charged-with-possession-of-child-pornography\/\" title=\"Fmr Fla. mayor charged with possession of child pornography\">national safety<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM\u200b THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arrested Lebanese man, identified as Basel Bassel, reportedly confessed to being a Hezbollah member intent on bomb-making in the U.S. to Border Patrol agents in El Paso, Texas, sources told the Washington Examiner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2201223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/65b8f66d5d802.image_-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2201222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/65b8f66d5d802.image_-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2201222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2201223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2201222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2201222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2201222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}