Michael Abou Jaoude

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[Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent @SecScottBessent]

Hizballah is a terrorist organization and must be fully disarmed. Treasury will continue to take action against officials who have infiltrated the Lebanese government and are enabling Hizballah to wage its senseless campaign of violence against the Lebanese people and obstruct lasting peace.

[Michael Abou Jaoude @realMichaelAJ]

@_A_khalifa Holding a country hostage

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

🚨“WE GOT HIM! My fellow Americans, over the past several hours, the United States Military pulled off one of the most daring Search and Rescue Operations in U.S. History, for one of our incredible Crew Office Members, who also happens to be a highly respected Colonel, and who I am thrilled to let you know is SAFE and SOUND!” - President Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇺🇸🇮🇷 A senior U.S. military official just called this one of the most complex special operations missions in American history

The details that are emerging are extraordinary.

Two transport planes got stuck at a remote base inside Iran after the WSO was recovered.

Commanders flew in three replacement aircraft, extracted everyone, and destroyed both disabled planes on the ground to prevent them falling into Iranian hands.

The F-15E went down in a region with significant opposition to the Iranian government.

The WSO may have received help from local civilians willing to shelter an American pilot while their own government hunted him.

The CIA reportedly facilitates exactly this kind of arrangement through a process called "unconventional assisted recovery," making contact with civilians willing to help vulnerable troops survive.

So the full picture: a pilot ejected, climbed a mountain, was sheltered by locals who risked their lives, evaded for 48 hours while Iran offered bounties, survived a massive firefight at the recovery site, was extracted on aircraft that then got stuck, required three more planes to fly in, and the originals were blown up on exit.

What a story.

Source: NYT
Media: @officialrnintel

[Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47]

October 1983: Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorists killed 241 U.S. military personnel — including 220 U.S. Marines and 21 other service personnel — in a truck bombing at a Marine compound in Beirut.

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[Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47]

June 1985: Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorists hijacked TWA Flight 847 on its way from Athens to Rome, torturing a U.S. Navy diver before shooting him point blank in the head and tossing his body onto the Beirut airport tarmac.

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[Lindsey Graham @LindseyGrahamSC]

Hezbollah has never been held accountable for the American servicemembers they’ve killed.

That’s about to change.

Call it Operation Semper Fi: a clear message that justice will be served.

[Michael Abou Jaoude @realMichaelAJ]

Beyond reason that the Lebanese government speaks of concern yet openly admits it is unable to act if #Hizballah decides to enter the war

By all means, convene another mechanism to discuss disarmament while taking no action whatsoever

A failed state in the absolute sense

#iran

[Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent @SecScottBessent]

Hizballah is a threat to peace and stability in the Middle East. Treasury will work to cut these terrorists off from the global financial system to give Lebanon a chance to be peaceful and prosperous again.

[Lindsey Graham @LindseyGrahamSC]

I just had a very brief meeting with the Lebanese Chief of Defense General Rodolphe Haykal. I asked him point blank if he believes Hezbollah is a terrorist organization. He said, “No, not in the context of Lebanon.” With that, I ended the meeting.

They are clearly a terrorist organization. Hezbollah has American blood on its hands. Just ask the U.S. Marines.

They have been designated as a foreign terrorist organization by both Republican and Democrat administrations since 1997 – for good reason.

As long as this attitude exists from the Lebanese Armed Forces, I don’t think we have a reliable partner in them.

I am tired of the double speak in the Middle East. Too much is at stake.

[Michael Abou Jaoude @realMichaelAJ]

The actions of Central Bank Governor Karim Souaid are a testament to selfless public service rooted in institutional integrity.

Unburdened by political aspirations and personal ambition.

@BDL_Lebanon
#Lebanon
#BanqueDuLiban

[Michael Abou Jaoude @realMichaelAJ]

Lebanon is consumed by the gap and bank restructuring law, while Parliament led by Berri and backed by Geagea prepares to illegitimately and unconstitutionally postpone parliamentary elections. A calculated power grab, plain and simple.

[Mike Pompeo @mikepompeo]

The Iranian regime is in trouble. Bringing in mercenaries is its last best hope.

Riots in dozens of cities and the Basij under siege — Mashed, Tehran, Zahedan. Next stop: Baluchistan.

47 years of this regime; POTUS 47. Coincidence?

Happy New Year to every Iranian in the streets. Also to every Mossad agent walking beside them...

@realDonaldTrump @SecRubio @CIADirector

[Michael Abou Jaoude @realMichaelAJ]

The Ministry of AI announcing a partnership with Microsoft while citizens rely on generators and unstable internet isn’t progress it’s delusion.

Innovation without basic digital infrastructure is just PR theater.

@mitailebanon

[Michael Abou Jaoude @realMichaelAJ]

Lebanese banks are ring-fencing good assets and deposits inside fresh digital licenses, hollowing out legacy entities ahead of the gap law. If insolvency hits, it would have been a pre engineered scuttling.

The question is will the central bank intervene

[Michael Abou Jaoude @realMichaelAJ]

The timing of a designated drug lord’s arrest is a little too convenient
PR stunts wont save the country

The real question is why LAF leadership is not welcome in Washington and when will Lebanon confront and disarm the terrorist in the room.
#حزب_الله
#نوح_زعيتر
#الجيش_اللبنان

[Michael Abou Jaoude @realMichaelAJ]

BDL’s new KYC requirement is a necessary step toward restoring financial discipline. The challenge is ensuring capacity to process the volume.
Govt enforcement remains absent. no protection for BDL from intimidation, and no concrete action on disarmament beyond recycled speeches

[Michael Abou Jaoude @realMichaelAJ]

@nadinebarakatlb There are many opposed to H and it's local proxies, but a con artist being arrested is far from political. This is becoming the Lebanese version of McCarthyism

[Hanin Ghaddar @haningdr]

This is horrible - using American taxpayers’ money to help Hezbollah:
Lebanese Minister of Social Affairs (MoSA) Hanine Sayyed issued a unilateral decision allowing Hezbollah fighters injured in the Israeli “pager explosion” operation to receive official disability cards and full civilian disability benefits. This is the first time a Lebanese ministry formally integrates wounded Hezbollah combatants into state-funded and donor-funded social-protection programs.
https://t.co/DYJzigZZTM

[Michael Abou Jaoude @realMichaelAJ]

@tinderella1844 😂 😂 😂