Hezbollah 'helped crush Mossad' in Lebanon

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Head of Lebanon's Internal Security Forces Ashraf Riffi
Mon, 11 May 2009 08:15:21 GMT

A senior Lebanese security official has declared that the security branch of Hezbollah movement has played a key role in detecting the Israeli spies in Lebanon.

Head of Lebanon's Internal Security Forces (ISF) Ashraf Riffi added that the recent arrests of the Israeli spies have dealt major blows to Israel's intelligence service Mossad.

Since January, at least 17 suspected Israeli spies have been arrested in Lebanon, including two pairs of brothers arrested on Friday in southern Lebanon.

Those arrested are to be tried in Lebanon's military courts. Lebanon's security forces say more espionage cells are to be dismantled in the near future.

Riffi has pointed to the recent arrests as the "strongest security strike against the Israeli Mossad," adding that the achievement is the result of a new security plan in Lebanon.

The plan put in place after the 33-day Israeli onslaught on Lebanon in 2006, saw a specialized counter-espionage unit created in the ISF, with specially trained officers taking over a role that was previously fulfilled by the Lebanese Army.

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" ....Hezbollah-controlled Al-Manar television reported that the suspects' job was to collect information on potential targets such as the group's installations and the homes of its leaders.

The suspects are among 17 people allegedly belonging to six espionage cells who have been arrested in Lebanon in the past two months on suspicion of transmitting intelligence information to Israel. ...

The sources attribute the recent arrests to improved cooperation between Lebanon's many security agencies, saying that with the help of better-trained personnel and access to more sophisticated equipment, the Internal Security Forces have been intensifying their efforts to uncover espionage networks as part of an attempt to develop a pan-Lebanese image.

The Internal Security Forces have long been accused of representing the interests of Lebanese parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri, son of slain prime minister Rafik Hariri, and his supporters.

"This organization is seen as a more reliable one than the army, which still appears to be close to Syria and Hezbollah," one of the sources said. ....

Israel has expressed reservations about American aid to the Lebanese army and security services, saying those organizations will ultimately be unable to contend with Hezbollah and that any aid is liable to serve Hezbollah's interests. "

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Lebanon confiscates 'Israeli' spy gear

"Lebanese police have confiscated equipment which they say was used by citizens accused of spying for Israel.

A transmitter hidden inside an ice bucket and a table with a hidden compartment - high-tech gadgets which bear the fingerprints of a first-world spy service.

The Lebanse say they have no doubt it is the work of Israeli Mossad.

Al Jazeera's Clayton Swisher reports."



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