Lebanon
Wife, Suspected Son of ISIS Leader Arrested in Lebanon with Fake IDs Near Syria Border
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The wife and suspected son of the leader of the Islamic State have been arrested in Lebanon, the USA Today reports. Lebanon officials confirmed the wife and son of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi were detained bu t didn’t provide more details as of Tuesday morning. The Lebanese daily As-Safir broke the news…
Is Michigan Man, 71, A War Criminal or Simply an Ice Cream Man
By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Is Mahmoud Bazzi, 71, a Lebanese native who operates an ice cream truck in Dearborn, a war criminal? Jim Schaefer of the Detroit Free Press headed to Ireland for a detailed report on the whole ordeal. Schaefer reports that folks in Dublin say Bazzi was responsible for the murder in…
Lebanese Man Charged With Supplying Mexican Cartel in U.S.; Allegedly Has Ties to Hezbollah
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A Lebanese man indicted by a federal grand jury in Alexandria, Va. in November was charged on Tuesday with coordinating a multi-ton shipment of cocaine to the Los Zetas Mexican drug cartel in the United States, along with laundering hundreds of millions of dollars back to Colombian suppliers, reports local NBC affiliate KETK….
Fed Judge Reduces Convicted Terrorist’s Sentence by More than 100 Years
Mohamad Hammoud/mecklenburg co. sheriff’s photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com They say federal judges have plenty powers, and in fact, they can make a century or more disappear with the snap of a finger. That’s just what happened Thursday when U.S. District Judge Graham Mullen in Charlotte, N.C. reduced the 155 year sentence of Hezbollah supporter…
Did Justice Dept. Railroad Ex-FBI & CIA Agent Nada Prouty?
Watch CBS News Videos Online Read Detroit Free Press Story on Nada Prouty Justice Department Response