The Iranian government supplied the terrorist group Hezbollah with chemical weapons and weapons of mass destruction protective gear, according to officials quoted in a Kuwaiti daily today. Hezbollah reportedly stored the chemical weapons in a warehouse that exploded in mid July, killing eight terrorists. The terror group refused to grant Lebanese military and UN workers access to the site until traces of the chemical weapons could be removed, according to the officials. Iran supplied Hezbollah with the chemical weapons via Syrian airports, according to the report. Hezbollah officials insist the blast occurred as a result of collected, undetonated shells from the Second Lebanon War in the summer of 2006.
Stressing the devestating capabilities of Hezbollah, one source quoted in reports warned:
“You’re going to be reporting a lot on Hezbollah in the future… They already have people on the ground in Europe and elsewhere. They are just waiting for orders to act – they are not in a hurry.”
Recently Israeli and Hezbollah officials began threatening one another, increasing tension along Israel’s northern border with Lebanon. While Israel claimed that the war diminished Hezbollah’s military capabilities, many analysts contend that the terror group fully replenished its supplies. Moreover, Israelis fear that new Hezbollah missiles could reach as far into Israel as Tel Aviv, an explicit threat right from the mouth of Hezbollah Chief Hassan Nasrallah.
Meanwhile, the Russian military intends to sell the Syrian government MIG fighter jets capable of attacking multiple targets from a distance of 180 kilometers, according to a Russian report. The move would improve Syria’s aerial capabilities to support any strike on Israel, a realistic event due to increased tension between Israel and Syrian ally Iran. Moreover, the fighters could defend Syria from any Israeli strike, such as the September 2007 strike on the Syrian nuclear facility.
Earlier this week, the Russian military also became involved with missiles reaching the Middle East, although this time in preventing the munitions’ delivery. While original reports accused Israel of hijacking a ship suspected of carrying Middle East-bound munitions, later reports suspected the Russian government itself stopped the boat.
Photo taken from Debka File.
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