Ich Bin Ein Hezbollah Supporter?

The German security services are sounding the alarm on Hezbollah. Are their charges substantial?

So apparently, the German federal police officials (BKA) have leaked a “secret report” that Hezbollah has the capacity to undertake damaging attacks in Germany. The BKA estimated the number of Hezbollah supporters in Germany to be 900.

I frankly don’t know what they mean by “Hezbollah supporters”. Of the tens of thousands of Arabs living in Germany, it is likely that at least half of them are “Hezbollah supporters”. At the same time, it is unlikely that 900 Hezbollah operatives have created “terrorist Sleeper cells” ready to strike at any time in Germany, for the simple reason that spending so much money to maintain such a large operation in a country that is not particularly “desirable” for Hezbollah doesn’t make any sense. 

Many if not most of the Lebanese don’t buy the fact that Hezbollah has operational branches (except money laundering) outside of Lebanon. At the same time it doesn’t make sense that Hezbollah wants to antagonize Germany, the country that worked hard to play the mediator to secure the release of Samir Kuntar and the rest of the Arab prisoners from Israel.

In short, this entire story sounds fishy to me. It could be an attempt by the German security services to secure more funding by brandishing the potential threat of the terrorist-du-jour. But then again, that sounds too much like a conspiracy..