Fox News ran a story on Hannity & Colmes and released the transcript today regarding Hezbollah's "activities in the US". The article includes Steve Emerson, author of "American Jihad", saying of Hezbollah:

"...I'm aware a little bit more about the Hezbollah smuggling into the United States. I know from intelligence sources to whom I've spoke in the last year Hezbollah has also been brought up into San Diego from Tijuana. And the fact is that Hezbollah is trying to develop this infrastructure so it can threaten the United States as it has carried out attacks over the past decade and a half."

(This implies that Hezbollah is active in Mexico.)

However, as usual Fox News got caught up in accusations of excessive spin. In addition, Steve Emerson's credibility has already been drawn into question by Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting.

I should have known better than to just think I could trust FOX News. However, what would one say of this?

London-based As-Sharq Al-Awsat reports:

Eight fundamentalist Islamist organizations have received large sums of money in the last month from the Iranian intelligence services, as part of a project to strike U.S military and economic installations across the Middle East Asharq Al-Awsat has learned.

The plan, which also includes the carrying out of suicide operations targeting US and British interests in the region, as well as their Arab and Muslim allies, in case Iran is attacked[.]

Ahmadenijad is already planning for a US attack. Then again, his psychological stability has never been his strongest point in the media.

Granted, people have been arrested for supplying Hezbollah from America.
The New York Post DID run the article on May 22, 2006, "N.Y. Hezbollah Hunt", saying:

The Hezbollah terror group - one of the most dangerous in the world - may be planning to activate sleeper cells in New York and other big cities to stage an attack as the nuclear showdown with Iran heats up, sources told The Post.

Law-enforcement and intelligence officials told The Post that about a dozen hard-core supporters of Hezbollah have been identified in recent weeks as operating in the New York area.

However, upon further examination, we see what "operating" means:

"...officials said they have detected increased activity by Hezbollah operatives - including more heated rhetoric by its leaders and in Internet chat rooms as the U.S.-Iran diplomatic showdown heats up."

Some really subversive MySpace IMs? AOLChat heating up with "anti-American rhetoric"?

Hezbollah has so far limited its activities in the United States to fund-raising and criminal enterprises. The FBI has already taken down two major rings, one in Charlotte, N.C., and one in Detroit, in which members were smuggling cigarettes, Viagra and baby formula, and kicking profits back to Hezbollah.

Yes, there are Hezbollah supporters and sympathizers in New York. (Was this a surprise?) But, as usual, I think FOX News was catering to the Michelle Malkins of the world: neo-cons who want to foam at the mouth about the "Islamists" dancing on the fine line between patriotism and anti-Arab prejudice.

Terror is terror. And it must be stopped wherever it exists and in whatever form. But riling up conservatives with rhetoric is only going to create an atmosphere where everyone is waiting to turn everyone else in. Crucible-esque accusations of "terrorist" should not fly because of chat room conversations.

Or is that just the way a PATRIOT acts?