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Assad junior also runs one of the largest counterfeiting operations in the world. Want a fake dollar bill? The Bekaa makes the best $50 and $100 bills — perfect for crime syndicates and governments that can't afford real U.S. currency.

This info has been known for years...from 1993:

It has been reported that billions of dollars' worth of American currency around the world is fake and that as much as 200 million dollars' worth has already been identified. What was once an irritating problem has blossomed into an Achilles heel for our economy. Recent news reports show terrorists in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon mass producing $100 bills. These terrorists have refined the process so that counterfeit $100 bills are near perfect. Intelligence sources have indicated that counterfeit bills are being used to finance international terrorism and to purchase illicit weapons from international arms markets. International counterfeiters are operating on an unprecedented scale and their activities have become a serious national security problem.

Congressional Record - Oct 27 1993