Norwegian services are looking for a man who is allegedly involved in the supply of pagers to the Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah. The explosion of the devices last week killed many important members of this group.
With a citizen Norwaywhich may have been related to the delivery of devices to Lebanonhis employer has not been able to contact him for a week. He informed PST, the police security service, the government agency responsible for counterintelligence.
Last week, the missing man was supposed to take part in a business conference in Boston. It was confirmed that he had entered the territory USAbut from that moment the trail disappears.
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“We received a missing person's report yesterday. Today, we entered an international search for a missing person in the Interpol system,” explained Mari Elise Bunaes Myhrer, a representative of the Norwegian police, in an interview with the “Verdens Gang” daily.
Suspected of supplying pagers to Hezbollah
The missing Norwegian is listed in Bulgarian registers as the founder and owner of the company that supplied Hezbollah with walkie-talkies and pagers. These devices were to be manufactured on Taiwanbut the patent owner denied that the equipment was manufactured in his factories.
Electronic devices were sent from Taiwan to Europe through a company registered at Hungaryand then found themselves in Bulgaria. The intelligence services in Sofia deny having any knowledge of the illegal activities of the company owned by the Norwegian.
Beirut. Lebanese people in front of the hospital where the injured were taken after the pager explosionPAP/EPA/WAEL HAMZEH
Exploding pagers and walkie-talkies
Reuters reported that Hezbollah distributed pagers to its members from the batch of devices that exploded on Tuesday, September 17, a few hours before the explosions. These devices were previously checked by Hezbollah, but no explosives planted by Israeli services were detected.
The surgery he performed Israelto provide Hezbollah with pagers that had previously been physically loaded with explosives must have been planned for at least 15 years, an American intelligence source told ABC. As added, American CIA has long been skeptical of such actions because of the too great risk of endangering innocent civilians.
The station's source confirmed that the Israeli services carried out the operation thanks to a network of companies serving as cover for the officers. At least some of them were staffed by people “who were not aware of who they actually worked for,” ABC noted.
The day after Tuesday's pager explosions, there was a coordinated explosion of walkie-talkies. In total, at least 37 people were killed and approximately three thousand were injured in both attacks. Hezbollah announced retaliation against Israel. In recent days, tension between Israel and Hezbollah has been rising again, and attacks on Lebanon have been intensifying, which raises concerns about the outbreak of a full-scale war.
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