...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...U.S. Attorney Erica H. MacDonald said Monday that Osama Hamade, 55, pleaded guilty to conspiring to illegally export goods and technology.
| Osama, also known as Usama Darwich Hamade and "Prince Sam" to his friends, is a dual Lebanese-South African citizen... |
| ...more fully Issam Darwich Hamade, he holds both Lebanese and British passports. A third defendant, Samir Ahmed Berro, is known to his friends as "Tony" for reasons that passeth understanding. He has dual Lebanese and British citizenships, and was missing when last we thought about him... |
Prosecutors said the brothers acquired sophisticated technology for drones from 2009 to 2013 and illegally exported them to Hezbollah, which the U.S. considers a terrorist organization.
The Hamades were arrested in February 2018 in South Africa and were extradited to the U.S. last fall.
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.
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