Lebanese Man Arrested in U.S.-Based Gun Smuggling Scheme
A Lebanese man has been arrested in the United States in connection with a scheme to smuggle guns purchased in the state of Iowa to Lebanon.
Federal authorities arrested 42-year-old Fadi Yassine this week as he got off a flight in New York City.
He made a court appearance Monday in Brooklyn, New York and will be transferred to Cedar Rapids, Iowa to face charges of conspiring to violate the Arms Export Control act.
Four Cedar Rapids residents with ties to Lebanon were sentenced to prison for their role in the conspiracy last year.
Investigators say that Yassine purchased guns in Lebanon that the Iowa residents had shipped there, and told one of the conspirators which guns to purchase. Yassine is also accused of giving one of the conspirators $30,000 cash to buy more guns.
07 February 2017, 18:08
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Safawite ahsraf elnes strike again
http://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/public-safety/lebanese-man-accused-of-buying-guns-smuggled-from-cedar-rapids-to-lebanon-20170206
07 February 2017, 22:41
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texas, you gotta read this:
blablablablabla 42 minutes ago
Dear Marcus the slave,
If i m shia, you re hindu...
dont worry since you re sectarian i ll make the things clear:
i m christian and among those family that built lebanon and contrary to you i m defending it
Besides that your profile pict is clearly showing what kind of person you are: Marcus Aurelius from the Antonin roman dynasty was said to have a serious dependence on Opium
08 February 2017, 00:30
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Screw Fadi Yassine, a disgrace to the good Lebanese living in the US. But on the other hand, screw the NRA too, because they make buying guns way too easy. And now that Tovarich Trump has loosened the laws on background checks for gun purchases even further, expect more stories like these...
08 February 2017, 01:17
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anonyme don't distort what people say just to make some dodgy point. We never mocked the Lebanese army, we criticised the fact that the weapons given by the US are mostly obsolete, useless and specially chosen to be of no threat to the US top ally, our top enemy: iusrael.
as for the few guns mentioned in the article, nothing says they were bought by hebollah, you're just talking out of your rear, as usual.
08 February 2017, 01:19
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hezbollah can get guns by the shiploads, from syria, iran or russia, only a childish retard like you would imagine they'd bother smuggling a handful of guns from the US
08 February 2017, 12:23
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loooooool i love your source! how convenient for the US govt to make money from drug trafficking and then blame it on whoever they want
it's been known for a while who the real drug traffickers are:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/10/gary-webb-dark-alliance_n_5961748.html
besides, isn't it funny that the US invaded Afghanistan a year after the Taliban stopped opium production, and production went back to record level the same year?
08 February 2017, 12:27
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besides, werent you the one saying the US cannot know the list of hezbollah members? now suddenly they seem to know every "Hezbollah-connected associates"
08 February 2017, 17:26
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this is by no means "proof", those are mere allegations by hezbollah's enemies, slander and propaganda attacks by israel's stooges.
08 February 2017, 17:41
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Interesting how the takiah heretics who pretend to be Christians are the ones at the forefront defending the iranian militia. I forgot to mention the Atheist of all atheists;)
