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===="the Ghost"====
===="the Ghost"====
One of the most mysterious alleged associates of Abdallah Safieddine, secretly indicted by the United States. Project Cassandra task force agents came to regard the Ghost as the most important on-the-ground operator in the conspiracy because of his suspected role in moving drugs, money and munitions, including multi-ton loads of cocaine, into the United States, and [[WMD]] components to the [[Middle East]], according to two former senior U.S. officials.
One of the most mysterious alleged associates of Abdallah Safieddine, secretly indicted by the United States. Project Cassandra task force agents came to regard the Ghost as the most important on-the-ground operator in the conspiracy because of his suspected role in moving drugs, money and munitions, including multi-ton loads of cocaine, into the United States, and [[WMD]] components to the [[Middle East]], according to two former senior U.S. officials.
The Ghost was also in business with another suspected Safieddine associate, Ali Fayad
The Ghost and Ayman Joumaa were living in [[Beirut]], and Project Cassandra agents were so familiar with their routines that they knew at which cafe the two men gathered every morning to drink espresso and “discuss drug trafficking, money laundering and weapons,” one of the two former officials said.
====Ayman Saied Joumaa====
Accused drug kingpin and financier whose vast network allegedly smuggled tons of cocaine into the U.S. with [[Mexico]]’s Zetas cartel and laundered money.
====Ali Fayad====
(aka Fayyad). [[Ukraine]]-based arms merchant suspected of being a Hezbollah operative moving large amounts of weapons to [[Syria]].
==See also==
==See also==