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REPORT: Israel apparently intercepted the pagers from Taiwan that detonated in the pockets of thousands of Hezbollah fighters before they reached Lebanon.
x.com/CollinRugg ^ | September 17, 2024 | Collin Rugg

Posted on 09/17/2024 8:49:20 PM PDT by Red Badger

According to the New York Times, Israel tampered with the devices that Hezbollah ordered.

VIDEO OF SOME OF THE INCIDENTS AT LINK..................

They reportedly placed two ounces of explosive material next to the battery in each pager.

"A switch was also embedded that could be triggered remotely to detonate the explosives," the Times reported.

Hezbollah fighters received a message at 3:30 p.m. Lebanon time that looked like it was coming from Hezbollah’s leadership.

When the message came through, there was a brief pause, presumably so the fighters would raise the pagers toward their face, before they detonated.

Over 2,800 people were injured and 9 people were k*lled.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; Lebanon; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 1800eatthis; beirut; hezbollah; lebanon; petn
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1 posted on 09/17/2024 8:49:20 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Jewbacca; Ezekiel

Ping!........................


2 posted on 09/17/2024 8:49:56 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

Other sources say 20 grams which makes more sense than 2 ounces.


3 posted on 09/17/2024 8:51:56 PM PDT by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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To: Red Badger

I liked the explanation that Hezbollah planted remote activated self destruct devices in the pager in case Israel seized any of them. And then accidentally sent the activate code to all their pagers.


4 posted on 09/17/2024 8:52:13 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Red Badger

Genius!


5 posted on 09/17/2024 8:53:11 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: Red Badger

Yeah well, apparently they did!


6 posted on 09/17/2024 8:54:00 PM PDT by Rummyfan ( In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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To: Red Badger

Can you hear me now?


7 posted on 09/17/2024 8:54:58 PM PDT by Flag_This (They're lying.)
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To: Red Badger

K*lled.

St*pid.


8 posted on 09/17/2024 8:55:53 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: DannyTN

Hard choice... Mossad brilliance or Arab incompetence.


9 posted on 09/17/2024 8:56:07 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Valpal1

20g is less than an ounce lol


10 posted on 09/17/2024 8:57:11 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: Red Badger

Lowest IQ people in the world, started a war with one of the top two competitors for the highest IQ guys next door.... hilarity ensues.


11 posted on 09/17/2024 8:57:55 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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To: DannyTN

I liked the explanation that Hezbollah planted remote activated self destruct devices in the pager in case Israel seized any of them.
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I think that is the more reasonable explanation....The explanation that the devices were intercepted and ‘modified’ just has way too many parts coming together to be plausible....


12 posted on 09/17/2024 8:59:06 PM PDT by hecticskeptic
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To: DannyTN

Now, they should put a trigger in each new pager that detonates when the new owner opens it up to make certain no explosive is in it.


13 posted on 09/17/2024 8:59:32 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: Red Badger

I assume intelligence is seeking all the faces they can find in all of these unfiltered videos this incident triggered, between that and the large number of identifying scarring from the unusual wounding, the Israelis will have a lot of info that is useful for years to come.


14 posted on 09/17/2024 9:01:55 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: hecticskeptic

Seems to me that a reasonable self-destuct mechanism could be made with considerably less explosive effect. These were bombs.


15 posted on 09/17/2024 9:10:03 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Red Badger

I guess those papers about Ashkenazi Jews being smart are right.


16 posted on 09/17/2024 9:12:25 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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To: Red Badger

Probably very limited collateral damage...precision targeting...very smart..

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17 posted on 09/17/2024 9:13:01 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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To: Red Badger

Well...thank goodness they weren’t from Iran. Shame, because they seem to have worked swell.


18 posted on 09/17/2024 9:13:09 PM PDT by Kudsman (Cat lives matter.)
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To: If You Want It Fixed - Fix It

Could use bomb sniffing dogs or electronic chemical sniffers...either way..will slows lots of things up...


19 posted on 09/17/2024 9:14:57 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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To: If You Want It Fixed - Fix It

Yep, a little goes a long way.


20 posted on 09/17/2024 9:19:00 PM PDT by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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