WikiLeaks reveals Hezbollah’s relationship with ammonium nitrate

 

In 2012, WikiLeaks began publishing “Global Intelligence Files”, which are more than five million emails from Stratfor, a Texas-based “global intelligence” company, where the inner workings of a company operating as an intelligence publisher were exposed, but Provides covert intelligence services to large companies.A Stratfor source in Lebanon told WikiLeaks, “Hezbollah has difficulty obtaining military explosives such as C4, RDX, etc., and relies more on the existing supplies of ammonium nitrate to maintain the cache of its explosions, and Hezbollah is having difficulty obtaining Receiving military explosives, because UNIFIL closed the Lebanese coast and prevented shipments of materials from reaching Lebanon. ”

The source added, “It is alleged that Hezbollah pays twice the market price for Syrian products and buys up to 15,000 tons of fertilizers from the main Syrian petrochemical facility in Homs, then Syria takes the profits and buys cheaper fertilizers from eastern European countries to meet its local demands.”

The source also pointed out that “this revelation explains why and when Prime Minister Saad Hariri was forming his government in 2009, and Hezbollah insisted on appointing one of its members as the Minister of Agriculture, meaning the current minister in the caretaker government, Hussein Hajj Hassan, and it is alleged that he sells shipments of fertilizers from Syria to Hezbollah.” God, the agents see that they are referred to Hezbollah warehouses in Lebanon. “And he considered that “Hezbollah’s storing of fertilizer for explosives does not necessarily herald a military fire in Lebanon. As for the tensions over the Special Tribunal for Lebanon in the investigation of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, there is an escalation in Lebanon, but there are a number of factors restricting Hezbollah from pursuing its threats to destabilize it.” Lebanon and its members must face indictments. ”

He added, “The nitrate explosives are directed toward preparing for another military confrontation with Israel, and Hezbollah has also enabled a maneuver around UNIFIL units in the south to rebuild the bases and tunnel networks that have proven crucial in strengthening the capabilities of Hezbollah and fighters to maintain their supply and communication lines during Escape from Israeli air fire during the 2006 conflict. ”

The source pointed out that “fertilizer-based explosives are used in the construction tunnel in mountainous areas and are also protected for use against Israeli tanks if the need arises. So far, these preparations are still included in the field of emergency planning.”

Source: https://www.saudi24news.com/2020/08/wikileaks-reveals-hezbollahs-relationship-with-ammonium-nitrate.html

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