Thursday, 3 September 2009

Al-Siyasa: "Iran sent chemical weapons to Hezbollah via Syrian airports..."

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The "Always-reliable-never-inciting" Al Siyasa is at it again. I can just imagine Al Jarallah sitting in his office thinking "what can I invent today to raise Sunni-Shia' tensions, involve the Syrians and please my 'sponsors?!"


"Hezbollah was keeping chemical weapons in the arms stockpile which exploded more than a month ago in southern Lebanon, the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Siyasareported 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 (huh?), 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..."

Posted by G, Z, & or B at 10:47 AM

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