Report: Chemical weapons in Hezbollah arms cache blast
Kuwaiti newspaper says Iran sent Hezbollah chemical weapons, gas masks via Syrian airports.
By Haaretz Service Tags: Hezbollah Iran Lebanon Israel newsHezbollah was keeping chemical weapons in the arms stockpile which exploded more than a month ago in southern Lebanon, the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Siyasa reported on Thursday.
European sources quoted in the article also said that three out of the eight Hezbollah operatives who were killed in the blast died after coming in contact with the chemicals.
According to Al-Siyasa, the Lebanese militant organization attempted to keep Lebanese Army personnel as well as UNIFIL forces away from the blast site in order to cover up any evidence.
The Kuwaiti paper, known for its staunch opposition to Hezbollah, said the militant organization had been stockpiling chemical weapons in Baalbek as well as north and south of the Litani River as of December 2008.
The article also stated that Iran had recently sent new kinds of chemical weapons, as well as thousands of gas masks providing protection from chemical and biological weapons via Syrian airports.
The militant organization also reportedly received a system capable of warning against substances used in weapons of mass destruction as part of its Iran supply.
Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah, prohibits Hezbollah from engaging in military activities in south Lebanon and forbids weapon smuggling to the group.
After the July 14 explosion in an abandoned building in Khirbet Silim, about 9 miles from the Israeli border, Israel accused Iran and Syria of violating those conditions by sending weapons to Hezbollah.
Deputy Hezbollah leader Sheik Naim Kassem had commented on Israeli accusations, saying there was "no violation of Resolution 1701."
"What happened ... is a normal incident that has to do with leftover shells that had been collected during and after Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000," Kassem added.
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Hezbollah was us chemical weapons against Israel. Israel might us ethier chemical or nuclear weapons back. Labanses would destory if Israel used nuclear weapons and Syria would be badly damge.
Maybe their source is the same as Aftonbladet's. Was that more respected media to sale their propoganda?maybe to you Fin,but a Swedish tabloid has no respect in the real world.
IDF organ harvesting in Gaza and the WB. Hamas doesn't hide in hospitals,and doesn't uses humanshield.All the Palestinians are peace loving innocent people.Hezbollah doesn't smuggle arms,Iran doesn't build the bomb.Syria is a democracy.The UN represent all nations equal.There is no corruption in the EU.
"Chemical weapons in Lebanon" I notice you are just as fast to accept this report as true as you would reject a report on, say, Israeli war crimes as false.
As usual UNFIL does what it does best NOTHING. Chemical weapons in Lebanon, millions slaughtered in Africa under their noses. Nice work...
gas. There are those eager to attempt the "final solution" through the use of gas once again. Their headquarters are in Iran and those of their advanced troops on Israel's borders are in Beirut and Damascus. It is time the world realizes the source of evil in the world and act against it, this time before it is too late.
If the storyline this Kuwaiti newspaper's report would be true it is hardly possible that it would be the first find out the chemical weapon story. Surely Lebanese, Israeli and western media would have picked out long before the Kuwaiti reporters. Why would anonymous western intelligence officers leak such story through a little known Kuwaiti newspaper? Surely they would use more respected media to "sell" their propaganda. So far (when writing this) only the Israeli English press has picked this "story" (by Google News).
according to agreements, hizbollah should not be an armed presence in south of lebanon. no surprise that they violate the rules of the game. if they are stockpiling chemical weapons they are contributing to a dangerous escalation of the situation. if rockets with poison gas were launched into israel, the previous bombing israel engaged in will look like childs games. so what does hizbollah intend to acheive other than massive destruction of innocent lebanese by hiding amongst them. seems to be a tactic of most islamic extremists, belittling their own people and putting them in harms way.
What's the point of the UNIFIL presence in Lebanon? In the past they have collaborated with hezbollah terrorists & now all they are doing there is to provide cover for hezbollah to rearm itself with deadlier missiles. It would be much better for Israel & Lebanon if UNIFIL were to get out of the way soi Israel can finish pff the job it started a few years ago.
Or was is not covered, since there was insufficient proof? We all know how well the Swedes research their stories before publishing.
...or not towards peace? that is the question. After reading this story I feel a whole safer now knowing these mindless people are playing around with chemicals right across the border. Cheers Iran, maybe now the IAEA might think twice about thinking Iran has peaceful means.