ANALYSIS: Unraveling the global tentacles of Hezbollah’s sleeper cells

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The West has held itself back from confronting Iran for decades. One reason for this has to be the dread of an Iranian fightback in a multitude of lands, including the US. This f, which would take the form of guerrilla warfareear would have been high in 2008, when intelligence experts warned of Iranian sleeper cells poised to attack British targets, such as power stations, military bases, government buildings. There were also fears about assassination of high-profile figures, should the West go ahead and bomb Iranian nuclear facilities.

Sleeper cells lie in wait

Such a scenario would make perfect sense, as with Iran not able to match the West militarily in an all-out confrontation, the only way to effectively fight back would be through asymmetric (unconventional) warfare. One method of attack used in asymmetric warfare by the Iranian regime comes in the form of covert action in foreign lands through the use of sleeper cells. For decades, Hezbollah has been building up a network of sleeper cells in the Middle East, Americas and Europe, and should it decide to wage an insurgent war against any of its host countries, its military training would make it a very formidable 

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