Lebanon Suddenly Discovers Syrian Arms Smuggling
Starting about fifteen seconds after Lebanon II ended, Syria has been smuggling weapons into Lebanon to give to Hezbollah. Of course, they were doing it though civilian aid convoys during the war, but they dropped even some of those less than subtle pretenses when fighting stopped. But suddenly the Lebanese government is deeply concerned about that, because the weapons are going to the AQ forces that they're fighting:
Saniora added that he had asked the United Nations to renew the mandate of international peacekeepers in his country, despite an attack last weekend that killed six members of the force. "I am in no position to tell now" who was behind the Sunday car bombing in southern Lebanon that killed three Spaniards and three Colombians, Saniora told a news conference, adding that the investigation was continuing.
This has all the feel of how weapons smuggling in Gaza suddenly became a problem when Hamas turned the weapons away from Israelis and toward Palestinians.
References:
* Syria Sending Weapons To Hezbollah For The Next War. Of Course They Are. [MR]
* Syria is Hiding Weapons in Civilian Aid Convoys. Of Course They Are. [MR]
* Saniora: Syria sending arms to Palestinian refugee camps [JPost]
Previously:
* Hezbollah To Lebanon: Nice Country You Got Here... Be a Real Shame If Anything Happened To It
* Lebanese Air Force To Go To War With IAF?
* Lebanon PM Has a Plan - Israel Will Stop Defending Itself, and Then Hezbollah Will Be Disarmed By the Make Believe Army that Exists Only in His Mind. Brilliant!
Cross-posted to:
* Israpundit
