Hezbollah considers Canada to be very important to its future operations and has infiltrated the country to a terrifying degree, as this article from Stewart Bell makes ominously clear: Hezbollah sent kingpin to B.C. unit. (Hat tip: LGF reader Nina.)

The Hezbollah terrorist group dispatched one of its “major players” to Vancouver to operate a clandestine cell that raised money and bought military supplies for attacks, according to testimony before a U.S. Senate committee.

Mohammad Dbouk, ringleader of the Vancouver cell, was considered so important to the Lebanese Shiite group that it rejected his application to become a “martyr” five times, the Senate judiciary committee was told.

“Hezbollah is such an organized terrorist group that they actually have application forms for martyr duty,” said Robert J. Conrad, the U.S. Attorney who has brought charges against the members of the Canadian cell. …

Mr. Conrad also testified about chilling videotapes seized from the homes of the cell members, including one in which two boys, one of them three years old, are repeatedly slapped in the face and commanded: “Tell them who you are!” The hitting only stops when they reply: “Hezbollah.”

In another seized video, Hezbollah recruits pledge to “detonate ourselves, to shake the grounds under our enemies, America and Israel.” A third tape shows Hassan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah leader, leading a chant of “Death to America.”

Jean Chrétien, the Prime Minister, stirred controversy when he attended a summit in Beirut last month that Sheik Nasrallah also attended. Since then, the Canadian government has been criticized for its reluctance to ban Hezbollah under the anti-terrorism act. …

Hezbollah has been using Canada as an offshore base for a decade. The RCMP says the group raises money in Canada by stealing cars, and Canadian intelligence says its operatives are in every major city.