Little Known Weapons Of Mass Destruction Threat During Lebanon War
A well informed source in the Israeli intelligence community, who cannot be identified, says the Israeli air force raids, following the July 12 Hezbollah attack on an IDF border patrol, were aimed first of all at “Hezbollah’s strategic weapons’ secret locations.” The source added that this initial goal did not include “ordinary” short and medium range rockets but was specifically aimed against the heavier weapon systems supplied by Iran with the Zalzal rockets topping the list. “Our first aim was to neutralize the heavy ones and their launching systems since we had solid information the Hezbollah had a plan to use chemical war heads.
Information the Israeli intelligence had regarding chemical weapons in Hezbollah hands was validated by friendly intelligence organizations, including a recent DIA memo. The source also said the Iranian manufacturers together with their Syrian allies toyed with the idea of “testing” their CW by letting the Hezbollah launch them on a limited scale while they would remain in the shadows in an attempt to wash their...