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Nice Take on Local Context of Middle Eastern Attacks Against the U.S.

September 14, 2012 by Steve Rhode

An interesting article by Ed Husian, a senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, got me thinking and does a fine job of helping people to put recent Middle Eastern issues into a different context. Rather than look at events as something that can be eliminated by making people like … Read more

Lebanese Financial Institutions Linked to Hizballah Allegedly Wired Over $300 Million Into The United States In Money Laundering Scheme

December 29, 2011 by Amanda Miller

Announced earlier last week was the filing of a civil money-laundering and in rem forfeiture complaint alleging a massive, international scheme in which Lebanese financial institutions, including a bank and two exchange houses linked to Hizballah, used the U.S. financial system to launder narcotics trafficking and other criminal proceeds through West Africa and back into … Read more