As the Middle East crisis worsens, the FBI is concerned about Hizballah agents in the United States—and they should be. In the past five years, LGF has documented a huge amount of open support for Hizballah in the US: FBI eyes Hizbollah in US as tensions with Iran rise.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The FBI is trying to ferret out possible Hizbollah agents in the United States amid concerns that rising U.S.-Iranian tensions could trigger attacks on American soil, FBI officials said.

Relations between Washington and Tehran, which soured after the 1979 Islamic revolution, have deteriorated further recently over Iran’s nuclear program and its support for Hizbollah, the militant Islamic group whose capture of two Israeli soldiers last week prompted Israel to launch retaliatory strikes in Lebanon.

American law enforcement officials are concerned the Lebanon-based Hizbollah, which has so far focused on fund-raising and other support activities inside the United States, could turn to violence in solidarity with Iran.

“If the situation escalates, will Hizbollah take the gloves off, so to speak, and attack here in the United States, which they’ve been reluctant to do until now?” said William Kowalski, assistant special agent in charge of the FBI in Detroit.

Detroit is home to one of the largest Muslim communities in the United States.

“Because of the heightened difficulties surrounding U.S.-Iranian relations, the FBI has increased its focus on Hizbollah,” said FBI spokesman Paul Bresson in Washington. “Those investigations relate particularly to the potential presence of Hizbollah members on U.S. soil.”

It’s nice to know the FBI is doing something besides investigating comments on pro-American blogs.