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Hezbollah planning major attack on Beirut Airport
http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2008/05/hezbollah_plann_1.php ^

Posted on 05/02/2008 6:15:50 AM PDT by jhpigott

Beirut - Lebanese majority leader Walid Jumblatt accused Hezbollah of planning a large scale attack on the Beirut International Airport, to assassinate another key politician.

Jumblatt said that recently a container was found in the airport to which a surveillance camera was attached. He added that Hizbullah placed a container on a side road in the Ouzai district overlooking Beirut airport's western runway and placed a camera in it to monitor aircraft traffic along the facility.

Jumblatt revealed that Hezbollah was specifically monitoring western runway number 17, which is used primarily for executive jets. In addition to Jumblatt, only a handful of other Lebanese politicians fly on private jets: Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, Majority leader Saad Hariri, Defense Minister Elias Murr, MP Michel Murr, cabinet minister Mohammed Safadi and ex-Premier Najib Mikati.

He added the camera was used to collect information on the routine of arrivals and departures in the airport.

"It seems certain sides are monitoring (Key) figures at present and the trend is to carry out a major security operation," Jumblatt added.

He noted that a shoulder-fired Strella-M heat-seeking missile "would be capable of hitting a jetliner on the runway, for example."


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: lebanon

1 posted on 05/02/2008 6:15:50 AM PDT by jhpigott
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