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Award winning journalist @MilesMJohnson book Chasing Shadows covers Project Cassandra. Detailing how DEA and an International Task Force followed a trail of dirty money across continents and uncovered how Hezbollah leveraged the cocaine trade to fund its operations, including military interventions and terrorist activities.
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Mark Dubowitz, the FDD's chief executive, said: "I've been warning anyone willing to listen: continued Jewish extremist violence in Judea and Samaria will only fuel the growing campaign of economic and financial warfare against Israel. When political power shifts in Washington, the consequences for Israel's economy could be devastating. The Israeli government must act decisively to end this violence. If it lacks the will to do so, the Israeli people must elect a government that does. Israel cannot afford to let a violent minority jeopardize the economic security and future of the entire nation."
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The spokesperson added that the money that Hezbollah does get comes from criminal activities, such as drug trafficking and partnerships with drug cartels in Latin America. #ProjectCassandra
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I wanted to share an interesting article by Malcolm Gladwell, entitled “America Has a Policing Shortage,” in the Atlantic.
An inconvenient truth! The unofficial motto of the LAPD during the time I served as Chief, according to the current Chief Jim McDonnell, was “too few who for too long have been asked to do too much with too little.” Even the NYPD with 35,000 officers is understaffed by thousands. To have equivalent staffing to the NYPD, LAPD would need 18,000. McDonnell is doing a fantastic job with 8400, I had 9200 when I lead the LAPD. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…
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To understand how complicit Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) is with Hezbollah:
Police arrested a Lebanese digging a tunnel. LAF showed up, took custody of the suspect, said he was using “personal tools” with which he dug an 8 meter long tunnel at a depth of five meters. LAF said was investigating “the purpose of use” of the tunnel.
But how common is it for any citizen, anywhere, to dig a tunnel that’s 5 meters deep? Who in Lebanon (and Gaza) digs tunnels?
Must be a really mind-bidding riddle.
LAF thinks that uttering the name Hezbollah, let alone disarming it, causes civil war.
Meanwhile, while Hezbollah digs new tunnels and moves around explosives, President Aoun, PM Salam and LAF have not yet uttered the name Hezbollah. They blame Israel, instead, for its “aggression” on Lebanon and for “not upholding its part of the deal.”
بتاريخ ٢٠٢٦/١٠/١٩، أجرت وحدات مختصّة من الجيش كشفًا على النفق الذي عُثر عليه في منطقة الفنار - المتن الشمالي، وتَبيّن أنّ طوله الإجمالي يبلغ نحو ١٣ مترًا (٥ أمتار عموديًّا و٨ أمتار أفقيًّا)، وأنّه لا يحتوي على أي أسلحة أو عتاد عسكري.
وقد ضُبطت داخل النفق عدة حفر فردية، كما أوقِف أحد المشتبه فيهم بالمشاركة في حَفره.
تجري متابعة التحقيق لتحديد وجهة استعماله.
#الجيش_اللبناني #LebaneseArmy
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Project Cassandra Briefing: Unmasking "The System" in Lebanon.
Starting in 2008 Project Cassandra uncovered "The System", a sophisticated criminal enterprise through which organized crime families, Hezbollah, and the IRGC collaborate to launder billions of U.S. dollars annually.
• "The System" functions as a transnational syndicate that integrates drug cartels, diamond smugglers, and arms dealers into a single, high-output financial machine.
• The Spoils: Modeled on Lebanon’s "confessional" power-sharing structure, it co-opts political rivals from all sects—Sunni, Shia, and Christian—to divide criminal profits and ensure the entire ruling class is invested in its continuation.
• Economic Capture: Lebanon’s economy and its banking sector are fundamentally dependent on Hezbollah’s inflows of U.S. dollars to stay afloat, using this illicit capital to underwrite the nation's sovereign debt.
• The Laundering Hubs: Massive quantities of bulk cash from global narcotics trafficking are first deposited into exchange houses, then layered into commercial banks like the Lebanese Canadian Bank to enter the legitimate global economy.
• Sovereign Shield: This arrangement provides Hezbollah and the Iranian regime with a "sovereign shield," granting them the operational security to bypass international sanctions and move funds for proxy wars with impunity.
#ProjectCassandra #Hezbollah #TheSystem #MoneyLaundering #IRGC #Lebanon
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Read more in The Best Kind of American, buy it at your favorite bookstore or online. Out now in the US from @HenryHolt and on October 22 in the UK from @BloomsburyBooks
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Iran still calls them the 4 diplomats, but only 1 of them was, chargé d'affaire Mohsen Musavi. One was a journalist, but the other 2 were IRGC commanders, including Ahmad Motevasselian. They disappeared at a checkpoint of Christian militias on the coastal road in north Leb.
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Thrilled to be in @ftweekend with a four-page spread, adapted essay from my new book The Best Kind of American. My research and interviews help reveal the fate of the four Iranians who went missing in Lebanon in July 1982.
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When I'm in a performance review at work and they ask me where I see myself in ten years.
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We clearly prefer paper to plastic toys…we mean, packaging. Thanks @chewy
#kittenplaytime #adoptus #thesimplethings #kittenfun
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A tsunami of lethal chemical substances hitting communities all over the USA! Unfortunately, people are turning to drugs for help and being deceived to death at record levels. We need mandatory education programs NOW. We are playing whack a mole with the criminal networks as they make synthetic drugs very rapidly. STOP THE MADNESS AND SAVE LIVES. 🙏🇺🇸🙏
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Lebanese Army: Checkpoints and foot and vehicle patrols were deployed today in Dahiyeh, southern Beirut, to detain wanted individuals and those harming security.
Footage of the operation was released by the army.
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Insight from @scoopercooper brilliant novel: Project Cassandra - "prided itself on non-linear thinking. It was more like a military understanding of supply-chain logistics" DEA Operation Titan had wiretaps directing cocaine shipments and cash movements in Canada from Colombia to Hezbollah
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Five-month-old kitten “Mae West” underwent rigorous training in Georgia before being fitted with a special harness and chute to become a para-cat. In 1954, she made an impressive 37 jumps from a plane. Interestingly, the British military actually deployed para-cats in Malaysia. They dropped “Ginger” and “Sambo” in crates to a rodent-infested garrison in the jungle. The success of this mission led to “Operation Cat Drop,” during which dozens of cats were parachuted into areas overrun with rats.
#cat #cats #catlore #funfactfriday
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Impossible to watch this and not think that cellphones have completely ruined the modern concert experience
Gavin Rossdale from Bush is high as f*ck on molly playing Glycerine at Woodstock 1999.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Gavin Rossdale has only publicly mentioned smoking large amounts of marijuana around Woodstock 1999 and has never claimed to be on molly (or any specific drug) during Bush's Glycerine performance there.
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Today is Global Cat Day!
Where are you from, and what kind of cat do you have? Send us a photograph in the comments.
If you would like to donate to the Syrian cats 🐈
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On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas killed more than 1,200 people in Israel, and took 254 people hostage, including some Americans. Former Biden NSC official @brett_mcgurk, who worked to secure their release, sat down with @MajorCBS to discuss his new book “BRINK: Inside the Race to Free the October 7 Hostages.”
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Retired Detective James Motto of the Drug Enforcement Task Force gave his life in service to others, succumbing to an illness related to the September 11 attacks. His name was added to the memorial wall at the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York office—a lasting tribute to his sacrifice and service.
The Detectives’ Endowment Association stands with his wife and children in honoring his memory. Borough Director Antonio Esposito and Headquarters Trustee Daryl Harris proudly attended on behalf of the union. We thank U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche for joining the family and the DEA in this solemn tribute. We will #NeverForget.
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A Guardian investigation documents the expansion of Latin American organized crime in Europe, driven mostly by drug trafficking. Expanding markets for synthetic drugs are creating business opportunities for Mexican wholesalers. Read more: bit.ly/4icFysE
