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Faissal Ghows was an assistant to the chief of Saudi Arabia Security and Intelligence. He was a former classmate of Ari Ben-Menashe at the American Community School in Tehran, Iran, where his father was the Saudi Arabia ambassador.1

In December 1980, Faissal Ghows delivered $56 million to Ari Ben-Menashe in Guatemala. This money was part of a deal arranged by the USA for the release of USA hostages in Iran. Of the total, $40 million was in bank checks drawn on Banque Worms, and $16 million was in cash. Faissal Ghows also provided withdrawal papers from Banque Worms to legitimize the transaction.1

Footnotes

  1. Ben-Menashe, Ari. Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network. TrineDay, 1992. (Hereafter, "Profits of War") ↩︎