Jomana Karadsheh
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He was charged.
And this guy is a leader in Qatar of Hezbollah that U.S.
prosecutors say
Coordinated or inspired 18 attacks, including those attacks that we've been talking about, and plots as well, targeting Jewish targets in the U.S., in New York, in L.A., and Arizona.
And this guy, you know, there are photos of him with Qasem Soleimani from the old days, right?
So, I mean, you look at all these, you know, different threads.
And I think up until that announcement came from the US recently, there was a lot of speculation.
And then you see those links very clear there.
And according to US prosecutors, they say that the way they got him was he was trying to recruit people
A person he thought was a member of the cartel to carry out attacks in the U.S.
and offering to pay them in crypto.
But that person was an undercover FBI agent.
And that's how they managed to get him, right?
So I think that made that link between Iraqi militias, Iran, the IRGC, of course, as it pretty much backs and controls very much the Iraqi paramilitary groups.
It was very, very clear when we saw that.
So David, when we're trying to figure out, right, how are they recruiting them?
Is this through the gangs?
Is this through these criminal proxies?
Or, you know, some of the security experts we spoke to said, look, just check out these different telegram groups out there.
It's that simple.