Starcast
Join the waitlist
Breaking Hezbollah's Golden Rule
Hezbollah Assassinations Unit 121
Coming soon to iPhone. Already have it? “Listen in Starcast” takes you straight there.
On this episode
About this episode
Hezbollah buys grassroots support in Lebanon where and when it can, but the group turns to intimidation and even murder when a vocal opponent can’t be bought. Hezbollah’s elite, highly-secretive Unit 121 is the group’s death squad, which carries out assassinations of Lebanese politicians, military and law enforcement officers, and intellectuals who oppose the group’s illicit activities. This is no rogue unit–officials say Unit 121 operates under the direct orders of senior Hezbollah leadership. Guests: Monika Borgmann, German-Lebanese journalist and documentarian David Schenker , former assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, U.S. State Department; current Taube Senior Fellow…