Wednesday 20 May 2009

Israel Breaks Silence: Breakdown of Spy Cells 'Catastrophe'



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20/05/2009 A painful blow… This is how Zionist analysts and experts described the successive breakdown and collapse of the Israeli spy networks in Lebanon while others went on to describe it as a real catastrophe for the Zionist entity.

Since the beginning of the detection of the Israeli networks operating in Lebanon and the "scandalous" detentions of the Israeli agents throughout the country, the Zionist entity maintained a "suspicious silence," at least in relation to the Israeli political leadership.

However, this suspicious silence was finally "broken" on Wednesday when the Israeli media didn't hesitate to express openly the Israeli worries and fears of the "repercussions" of the "scandal."

Thus, Israeli analyst and expert in intelligence and strategic affairs Ronen Bergman described as a "painful blow" the arrests in Lebanon of Israel-linked spy cells. He said that the arrests will lead to a form of "blindness" to the Israeli intelligence work at the Lebanese scene.

Bergman noted that mobilizing only one agent needs a lot of time. "So, if the number of agents discovered was accurate, then this is a huge number. Moreover, if all of those agents or even a part of them were actually connected to Israel, then this will lead to a blindness to the Israeli intelligence from now on," he said.

The Israeli expert, meanwhile, admitted that the expansion in spreading the spy networks all over Lebanon was a result of the lack of information that happened in the July war.

RIFI: LARGE NUMBER OF SPIES MAY HAVE FLED LEBANON


Meanwhile, Police chief General Ashraf Rifi said that Lebanese suspect Nasser Nader, recently arrested in Ghandouriyeh on charges of spying for Israel, was a "good catch."

"Perhaps he (Nader) is the most important suspect among the detained members of the Israel-linked spy networks that have been arrested so far," Rifi told Lebanese daily As-Safir on Wednesday.

Rifi said interrogation showed that Nader had focused his work on Beirut's southern suburbs, conducting a thorough survey of the area. Nader was arrested over the weekend in the southern town of Ghandouriyeh on suspicion of spying for Israel. Sophisticated equipment designed to take photographs and transmit pictures had been confiscated from his house.

As-Safir earlier said Nader confessed to working for the Israeli Mossad secret service and that he was assigned to monitor the activities of leaders in the resistance.

Rifi said he believed a large number of Israel-linked spies may have fled Lebanon with the start of the collapse and disintegration of the networks.

Al-Akhbar, for its part, quoted a senior police source as saying Nader was the "most harmful" among the suspects since he conducted a comprehensive and accurate survey of the southern suburbs, including resistance posts and houses of Hezbollah officials.

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