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Report: Hezbollah stockpiling Iranian weapons at Beirut airport
Israel Hayom ^ | 6/23/24 | Miri Weissman

Posted on 06/23/2024 12:35:13 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie

Airport whistleblowers have alleged that Hezbollah is storing large quantities of Iranian weapons, missiles, and explosives at Beirut's main civilian airport, according to the Telegraph.

Among the weapons allegedly stored at Rafic Hariri International Airport are Iranian-made Falaq artillery rockets, Fateh-110 and M-600 short-range missiles, and road-mobile ballistic missiles with ranges exceeding 150 miles. The whistleblowers also claim the presence of AT-14 Kornet anti-tank guided missiles, Burkan short-range ballistic missiles, and RDX explosives.

An airport worker expressed fears about the potential consequences of an attack or explosion at the airport, drawing comparisons to the devastating 2020 Beirut port blast. "Beirut will be cut off from the world, not to mention the number of casualties and damage," the worker warned. "It's just a matter of time before a disaster also happens at the airport," he told the Telegraph.

While accusations of Hezbollah using the civilian airport for weapon storage have surfaced before, the whistleblowers claim the activity has intensified since October. In November, "unusually big boxes" arrived on a direct flight from Iran. "This doesn't happen often, but it did happen exactly when everyone in Lebanon was talking about the possibility of war," the first worker added.

Another whistleblower claimed: "For years I have been watching Hezbollah operating at Beirut airport, but when they do it during a war, it turns the airport into a target. Another airport employee noted, "If they keep bringing in these goods I'm not allowed to check, I really believe I'll die from the explosion or I'll die from Israel bombing the goods."

The whistleblowers also allege that Wafiq Safa, Hezbollah's second-in-command and head of its security apparatus, is frequently present at the airport customs area. Workers collaborating with Hezbollah "walk around like peacocks" with new watches and smartphones, and drive new cars. "A lot of money is being passed under the table," he explained.

Ghassan Hasbani, former deputy prime minister and a member of parliament for the Lebanese Forces party, expressed longstanding concerns about Hezbollah's control of the airport. He emphasized the difficulty in addressing the issue, stating, "The last time the government tried to take action in 2008, there was a violent reaction by Hezbollah."

Hasbani called for action to assess risks at the airport, fearing a repeat of the 2020 port disaster. However, he acknowledged the challenges, noting, "It's very difficult to know who can take action. The entrenchment of Hezbollah is everywhere, not only

in the airport but in the port, the judiciary, it's across society. The public administration now is largely hijacked by Hezbollah and it's very difficult to remove that without changing the militia-backed power game that exists today." He emphasized the need for international intervention to implement relevant UN resolutions.

Hezbollah's strategy to hide weapons and operate from civilian neighborhoods stems from its intentions to draw the IDF to target these civilian areas in times of escalation.

These revelations come amid ongoing tensions in the region, with Israel having previously carried out strikes on airports in Syria to disrupt Iranian weapons transfers to its proxies, including Hezbollah.


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Gaza; Hamas; Iran; Israel; Lebanon; Syria; War on Terror; Yemen
KEYWORDS: 202406; beirut; gaza; hamas; hezbollah; iran; israel; lebanon; peacocks; syria; wafiqsafa; waronterror; yemen
I'll take "Things that go Boom after an F-35 Strike" for a thousand, Alex!
1 posted on 06/23/2024 12:35:13 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie
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To: Uncle Miltie

A very good location for a quarry.


2 posted on 06/23/2024 12:39:14 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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To: Uncle Miltie
"A lot of money is being passed under the table,"

That pretty much sums up the Biden/Obama Middle East policy.

3 posted on 06/23/2024 12:42:59 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

If so, Israel and the US should destroy them.


4 posted on 06/23/2024 12:44:33 PM PDT by Reno89519 (I'll go out on a limb: Trump & Gabbard 2024)
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To: Uncle Miltie

MY PREDICTION


5 posted on 06/23/2024 12:47:18 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Airport whistleblowers better get out of town. Better yet out of country.


6 posted on 06/23/2024 12:47:38 PM PDT by Omnivore-Dan
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7 posted on 06/23/2024 12:48:39 PM PDT by Who is John Galt? ("...mit Pulver und Blei, Die Gedanken sind frei!")
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To: Uncle Miltie

I see a big explosion in their future.


8 posted on 06/23/2024 12:49:51 PM PDT by rdl6989 ( )
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To: Uncle Miltie

Oops! There goes Beirut airport!

Word of warning...

Don’t fly into Beirut or any part of Lebanon. Antarctica is much safer; penguins are not terrorists.


9 posted on 06/23/2024 12:52:52 PM PDT by adorno (CCH)
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To: Uncle Miltie

BTT


10 posted on 06/23/2024 12:54:25 PM PDT by GailA (Land Grabs, Poisoned Food, KILL the COWS, Bidenomics=BIDEN DEPRESSION. STAGNATION)
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To: Uncle Miltie

The bigger the secondary explosion the better. Because everything than can explode there was intended to explode in Israel.


11 posted on 06/23/2024 12:55:44 PM PDT by JohnBovenmyer (Biden/Harris events are called dodo ops)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Israel could turn Beirut into a sandbox TODAY if they wanted to, they are just waiting for the right moment. The only reason why Hezbollah is so powerful now is because Biden and his Obama goons gave Iran BILLIONS of dollars which they sent to Hezbollah and Hamas..so we funded Hamas and Hezbollah, I hope Trump mentions that in the debate


12 posted on 06/23/2024 1:02:01 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Uncle Miltie

Didn`t that cause a wedding explosion already? Is they goona try for two? One wasn`t good enuf?


13 posted on 06/23/2024 1:11:46 PM PDT by bunkerhill7 (Don't shoot until you see the whites of their lies)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Our current regime’s position in the middle east is pro-islam. The US will do nothing to stop hezbollah, hamas, houthis or the octopus, Iran, who’s supplying these proxies. They’ve deserted Israel.


14 posted on 06/23/2024 1:23:02 PM PDT by doc maverick
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
From the FRchives:

15 posted on 06/23/2024 2:55:30 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

waiting for that arsenal to go BOOM in the night


16 posted on 06/23/2024 2:58:20 PM PDT by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They're excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: Uncle Miltie

Bkmk


17 posted on 06/23/2024 3:02:22 PM PDT by sauropod ("This is a time when people reveal themselves for who they are." James O'Keefe Ne supra crepidam)
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To: Uncle Miltie

I’ve never understood why Israel lets the Irans fly anything into Lebanon. I seems to be how they get the weaponry in there. Yeah, they use commercial flights to hide the stuff but holing the runway would work just fine. They did that long ago to the Gaza air strip and they have to quit playing nice guy. Being nice and maybe even a bit halfassed is how 10/7 happened.


18 posted on 06/23/2024 4:32:47 PM PDT by OldWarBaby
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To: Uncle Miltie

I’m sure that Israel has intel and is poised to take it all out quite rapidly. Could happen tonight.


19 posted on 06/23/2024 4:42:34 PM PDT by evangmlw
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To: Uncle Miltie

That’s a nice weapons stockpile you have there. Be a shame if something happened to it.


20 posted on 06/24/2024 11:49:09 AM PDT by Redcitizen
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