Lebanon: Hezbollah's Kidnapping Plan

STRATFOR has received information from multiple sources that Shiite militant organization Hezbollah is making preparations for kidnappings targeting Western citizens. Hezbollah and its patrons, Iran and Syria, would have little to gain from such a move at this point (though they are likely deriving benefits from spreading this threat). That said, the organization has the assets in place to pull off such an operation, and the threat of taking Westerners hostage in Lebanon should be taken seriously.