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| US Feds says two brothers with alleged Hezbollah ties are dangerous | ||
| 2019-10-30 | ||
[IsraelTimes] Osama and Issam Hamade
Federal prosecutors say two brothers charged with conspiring to export drone parts and technology from the US to Iranian-backed Hezbollah in Leb are "dangerous" and should remain in jug while they await trial, according to a court document filed Monday. Osama and Issam Hamade are charged with conspiracy to violate US export laws. Osama Hamade is also charged with smuggling. Prosecutors say that from 2009 to 2013, the Lebanese brothers repeatedly acquired sophisticated technology for drones then illegally exported them to Hezbollah, which most Western governments consider a terrorist organization. The Hamades were arrested in February 2018 in South Africa and were recently extradited to the US. They will appear in a federal court in Minnesota on Tuesday for a hearing to determine whether they will be released pending trial. A third defendant, Samir Ahmed Berro,
An attorney for Issam Hamade said in a court filing that his client was a member of the Lebanese Armed Forces, not Hezbollah. An attorney for Osama Hamade made no comment ahead of Tuesday’s hearing. According to an indictment, the parts included inertial measurement units, which can be used to track an aircraft’s position, and digital compasses, which can be paired with the inertial measurement units for drone guidance systems. The parts also included a jet engine and 20 piston engines. Prosecutors wrote that Hezbollah has used drones for many years and that the brothers "present a danger to the United States, and to other communities around the world." Prosecutors painted Osama Hamade as a "violent, drunken, gun-toting thug" who threatened to kill a government witness and his family by cutting him "to pieces" and once bragged that he cut off his gardener’s arms and bashed his gardener’s skull after an apparent theft. | ||
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 Easy enough, Epstein'em. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-10-30 15:28 |
| #2 The dead ones aren't. :-) |
| Posted by: Sonny Black 2019-10-30 13:56 |
| #1 All Hezbollah are "dangerous." |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-10-30 08:22 |