Remember that Hezbollah warehouse / living room from last week where they were very unsafely storing explosives? Having moved everything out after it detonated - an IDF drone caught the entire clean up, video below - Hezbollah's been going out of their way to fabricate evidence of an IDF conspiracy. Today's update involves the discovery of a super-secret explosive laden Zionist spying device. I have no idea what that means, but I put the picture up above and here's caption, both courtesy of the AP's Mohammed Zaatari:

A suspected Israeli spying device is seen in the southern village of Houla, near the border with Israel, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009. Lebanese-Israeli border was rocked by an explosion Saturday night which a Lebanese official said was caused by Israel detonating two Israeli spying devices planted on the outskirts of the Lebanese village of Houla. A third one was set off in the same area by Lebanese troops, the official added. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Nice to see the media bringing a critical eye to bear on Hezbollah's feverish fantasies. This is in addition to the elaborate mock-up Hezbollah staged and videotaped after the explosion, where they pretended to demonstrate that there were no weapons in the warehouse. It was also dutifully picked up by Reuters, because who can argue with video?

Very convincing. Minus the fact that the explosion happened at night, that Hezbollah sealed off the area afterward, that the IDF video showed a different truck removing weapons, and that UNIFIL stooges were obviously let into the area the next day after the cover-up was finished. But other than that, air tight.

This would be exploding warehouse number two from over the last few months, incidentally:

All these unblinking fabrications beg a pretty fundamental question: who is the show for? Are the Lebanese people really so gullible that they'll nod along with these laughably thin conspiracy theories? And if so shouldn't we stop giving them billions in weapons and logistical training, on the off chance that eventually they'll be fighting one of our allies because they're certifiable? (h/t: Soccer Dad for the spying device, AL for the rest)

References:
* BREAKING: Hezbollah Living Room / Weapons Depot Explodes (Plus: Kills Senior Operative?) [MR]
* Mideast Conflict [Yahoo News]
* Hezbollah says blast footage shows door not rocket [Reuters]
* US Security Assistance To Lebanon Already Being Turned Against Israel [MR]

Previously:
* Great News: UNIFIL Breaking Up Israel's Anti-Hezbollah Spy Rings
* Jimmy Carter Gets His Wish: Hezbollah Has Anti-Aircraft Missiles
* Hezbollah And Neo-Nazis Agree: Pat Oliphant's Anti-Semitic Cartoon Is Exquisite