NYT:

... The [Lebanese] government said Tuesday that it would act against a private telephone network operated by Hezbollah in south Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut and accused the militant group of placing several spy cameras on a road outside the airport to monitor pro-government officials. The cabinet also dismissed the airport’s director of security, a figure close to Hezbollah.

The telephone network was mainly used for communication between Hezbollah members during the 2006 July war with Israel, and Hezbollah officials were quoted in local newspapers as saying that they would consider anyone who interfered with the network an Israeli spy....

Posted by Laura at May 7, 2008 02:39 PM