A man allegedly carrying $2.5 million in cash destined for the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah was reportedly detained Friday at Beirut’s airport.
“The detainee and the seized funds will be handed over to the investigation division at the General Directorate of General Security,” Lebanon’s finance ministry said in a statement, which cited sources saying that the man had been traveling from Turkey.
“The $2.5 million dollar seizure is unprecedented,” David Daoud, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Fox News.
“We haven’t seen anything like this. Now, this does track though the fact this money is coming in from Turkey, this does track with Israeli claims that Turkey is being used as a conduit by the Iranians to get more funds to Hezbollah,” Daoud continued.
“Plausibly, this is one thing that got caught – how many cash transfers are getting through the dragnet?” he also said.
The money the individual was carrying was bound for Hezbollah, which has been weakened recently by Israel’s military.
“While Hezbollah’s military capabilities were significantly reduced during the war, they are now attempting to regain strength and rearm with the assistance of Iran,” Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon was quoted as telling the U.N. Security Council last month.
Since the onset of Israel’s war against Hamas, the Israel Defense Forces engaged in cross-border clashes with Hezbollah until a ceasefire deal was struck late last year.
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Probably part of the Pallets of Cash that Obama delivered to Iran during his term!
MUST BE A COMBO PAYMENT FROM OBAMA & BRENNON
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Now cooperating even with Shiite terrorists (after having cooperated with Sunni terrorists for a long time), Turkey is well on its way to forfeiting its right to exist.