IW.922.VIKING BOER – ISRAEL WATCH – Unmasking Hezbollah

LIVE: The Most Dangerous City in Israel

2024/08/21 12:23 PM
Streamed live 18 hours ago KIRYAT SHMONA
Today Chuck is in the town of Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel, reporting on the ongoing conflict in the north. Plus, a bombshell report about how US taxpayers are funding Hezbollah.
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IDF Still Destroying Gaza Tunnels | Jerusalem Dateline – August 16, 2024

Aug 17, 2024 #christiannews #cbnnews #breakingnews
No surrender from Hamas, U.S. pressure on Israel to take hostage deal. Evidence of Oct. 7 atrocities & Hamas planning, intv. with Adele Raemer in destroyed home. Roundtable re: fallacy of Western thinking, Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast in Sept in NYC.
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Israel Daily News – War Day 320 | August 21, 2024

2024/08/22 06:01 PM
Premiered 22 hours ago ILTV Israel Daily News
As Hezbollah fires over 100 rockets into Israel, Defense Minister Gallant says the IDF’s focus is moving from Gaza to the north. Hamas gives no signs of accepting US bridging proposal on a ceasefire for hostage deal. And IDF Chief of Staff Halevi vows to keep fighting Hamas and bring home all hostages living and dead.
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Unmasking Hezbollah – Drug trafficking and terror (1/3) | DW Documentary
https://youtu.be/1gDvIexJYXE?si=oimrjQo0DIoP5bPG

658,054 views May 18, 2024 #dwdocumentary #documentary
In 2008, the United States launched “Project Cassandra”. The aim was to uncover how Hezbollah uses drug trafficking and money laundering to finance its military and terrorist activities. The three-part series tells the story of the project.

By 2008, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration had gathered sufficient evidence to show that Hezbollah had transformed from a military and political organization into an international crime syndicate. They were making billions from drug and arms trafficking, money laundering and other criminal activities. “Project Cassandra” was the ambitious, top-secret project designed to stop them.

On 4 August 2020, the city of Beirut was devastated by the explosion of hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate stored in the port. All eyes turned to Hezbollah, a Shiite party and militia linked to Iran that controls a large part of Lebanon. Despite pressure from both citizens and the international community, Hezbollah (literally: the “party of God”) refused to allow any independent investigation into the causes of the explosion.

Hezbollah emerged in 1982 as a resistance organization against the Israeli occupation. Even then, it was supported by Iran. For 40 years, its fighters have infiltrated all areas of the Lebanese state and risen to become the country’s dominant force.

In the mid-2000s, however, a handful of police officers from the American Drug Enforcement Agency (D.E.A.) attempted to bring down Hezbollah. They operated in the greatest secrecy. The code name of their operation: Cassandra. Their investigation begins in the United States, in the still-smoldering ruins of the World Trade Center.

The three-part series tells the story of “Project Cassandra,” based on the testimony of DEA agents and other people involved. It also tells the story of the rise of Hezbollah and provides insights into complex geopolitical contexts.

Part 1: • Unmasking Hezbollah – Drug traffickin… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gDvIexJYXE&t=0s
Part 2: • Unmasking Hezbollah – Who was behind … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovezVfPAu9c&t=0s
Part 3: • Unmasking Hezbollah – Money launderin… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrltqY3xDHg&t=0s

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Unmasking Hezbollah – Who was behind the assassination of Rafic Hariri? (2/3) | DW Documentary
https://youtu.be/ovezVfPAu9c?si=hRy2qtUqGWVUsvIn
May 18, 2024 #dwdocumentary #documentary
In 2008, the United States launched “Project Cassandra.” The aim was to uncover how Hezbollah uses drug trafficking and money laundering to finance its military and terrorist activities. The three-part series tells the story of the project.

This three-part series tells the story of “Project Cassandra” through the testimony of DEA agents and others who were directly involved. It is a story that helps explain the history and rise of Hezbollah and brings a complex geopolitical story to a wider audience.

The assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri on February 14, 2005 sent Lebanon and the international community into shock. All eyes turned to Syria, which was accused of being behind the assassination. Bashar al-Assad’s army, which had occupied part of the country, was forced to withdraw under pressure from the local population. With the Syrian withdrawal, Hezbollah lost a long-standing ally and protector. And it also found itself in the spotlight: suspected of complicity in the murder of Hariri.
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HEZBOLLAH INC. The DEA’s Top Secret Plan to Stop Them // Documentary (Part III)

May 23, 2024
By 2008, the US Drug Enforcement Administration had gathered enough evidence to prove that Hezbollah had transformed itself from a military and political organization into an international crime syndicate earning up to $1 billion a year from drug and weapons trafficking, money laundering and other criminal activities. ‘Project Cassandra’ was the ambitious, top-secret project to stop them. This three part series tells the story of ‘Project Cassandra’, through the testimonies of DEA agents and other people involved. It’s a tale that helps explain the history and rise of Hezbollah, making a complex geopolitical story accessible to a larger audience.

France has been the preferred country for Hezbollah militants to seek asylum since 2010. It offers several advantages: the potential to blend in with a large Lebanese community and free movement on European territory. Paris was chosen as a bridgehead for laundering money from cocaine trafficking. The D.E.A., the American anti-drug agency, alerted the French police. Together they opened a new chapter in Operation Cassandra, named “Operation Cedar” after the tree that symbolizes Lebanon.

This film was first released in 2023
By 2008, the US Drug Enforcement Administration had gathered enough evidence to prove that Hezbollah had transformed itself from a military and political organization into an international crime syndicate earning up to $1 billion a year from drug and weapons trafficking, money laundering and other criminal activities. ‘Project Cassandra’ was the ambitious, top-secret project to stop them. This three part series tells the story of ‘Project Cassandra’, through the testimonies of DEA agents and other people involved. It’s a tale that helps explain the history and rise of Hezbollah, making a complex geopolitical story accessible to a larger audience.
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