U.S. Accuses 3 Men of Trying to Export Drone Parts to Hizbullah
by Naharnet Newsdesk 12 hours ago
A federal grand jury in Minnesota indicted three people on charges that they conspired to export drone parts and technology from the U.S. to the Iranian-backed Hizbullah in Lebanon, authorities announced Friday.
The U.S. Attorney's office for Minnesota said two of the suspects — brothers Usama and Issam Hamade — are now in custody in South Africa, while the third, Samir "Tony" Berro, remains at large.
All three are Lebanese citizens. Usama "Prince Sam" Hamade also has South African citizenship, while Berro and Issam Hamade are also U.K. Citizens.
Read more at: http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/242273-u-s-accuses-3-men-of-trying-to-export-drone-parts-to-hizbullah
I had not heard anything about this, it sounds like this mainly happened back in 2009 and one of the men, at least, worked for Honeywell, where he was trying to spy on this technology.
