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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 536

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Takeshi Ebisawa with a rocket launcher. (US District Court for the Southern District of New York)
February 22, 2024, 8:17 am
Feds accuse alleged Japan crime boss of trying to traffic nuclear material to Iran
Takeshi Ebisawa caught in sting operation as he showed weapons-grade plutonium samples from Myanmar to undercover DEA agent as part of plot to purchase weapons for insurgent group
By AP
Illustrative: Hezbollah operatives stand in formation at a rally to mark Jerusalem Day, or Al-Quds Day, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
February 25, 2023, 3:36 am
Key Hezbollah financier, ‘global terrorist’ arrested in Bucharest
Mohammad Ibrahim Bazzi funneled millions of dollars to Lebanese terrorist group, US says as it seeks his extradition
By AP
Rep. Adam Schiff, a Democrat from California, listens as the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, June 13, 2022. (Susan Walsh/AP)
December 31, 2022, 6:09 pm
US lawmakers demand info from DEA, FBI on use of Israeli spyware
Adam Schiff, Ron Wyden express concern over agencies’ use of remote hacking tools, say American public deserves details on the scope of their deployment
By ToI Staff
In this Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017 file photo, police officers walk among packages of seized cocaine at the Pacific port of Buenaventura, Colombia, after about one ton of cocaine was seized in a container during an operation by counternarcotics police at the port. (AP/Fernando Vergara)
December 8, 2022, 8:42 pm
US anti-drug agency using Israeli spyware, but Biden looking to crack down — report
Paragon’s Graphite phone-hacking software targets data backed up to cloud; officials say it is only being used outside of United States against drug cartels
By ToI Staff
In this photo released by the Colombian presidential press office, one of the country’s most wanted drug traffickers, Dairo Antonio Usuga, alias “Otoniel,” leader of the violent Clan del Golfo cartel, is presented to the media at a military base in Necocli, Colombia, October 23, 2021. (Colombian presidential press office via AP)
October 24, 2021, 9:47 am
Colombia’s most wanted drug lord captured by special forces in jungle
Dairo Antonio Úsuga, aka Otoniel, was protected by 8 rings of security at his hideout; 500 soldiers participate in raid; he used corrupt officials to stay on the run for a decade
By ASTRID SUAREZ and Joshua Goodman
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions holds a news conference at the Department of Justice on December 15, 2017. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)
December 23, 2017, 2:20 am
Sessions orders review of DEA Hezbollah investigation following Obama exposé
US attorney general vows to pursue terror groups, drug traffickers in wake of report asserting previous admin derailed probe in order to clinch Iran nuke deal
By ToI Staff
US President Barack Obama meets with senior advisers in the Oval Office to discuss a new plan for the situation in Syria, August 30, 2013. (Pete Souza/Official White House Photo)
From the WebDecember 18, 2017, 1:45 am
Obama buoyed Hezbollah billion-dollar crime ring in effort to secure Iran deal
Administration derailed ambitious law enforcement campaign targeting Iranian-backed terrorist group, even as it was funneling cocaine into US, according to Politico investigation
Lebanese supporters of Hezbollah gather in the southern town of Nabatiyeh on May 24, 2015 (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)
February 2, 2016, 1:35 pm
Hezbollah drugs-for-guns ring busted in international sting
Leaders of European branch of terror group using proceeds from cocaine sales to buy weapons for Syria arrested, US officials say
By Sue Surkes
Suspected Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout (center) is escorted by US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) officers after arriving in New York, November 16, 2010. (Courtesy of DEA)
November 28, 2015, 12:23 am
A human portrait of a Russian arms dealer
In his new documentary, Jewish filmmaker Tony Gerber explores the rags-to-riches-to-prison story of the notorious Viktor Bout
By Lisa Klug
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