US memos: Iran armed Hezbollah through ambulances

Associated Press via Google News ^ | 11/29/2010 | Associated Press via Google News

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Iranian Red Crescent ambulances were used to smuggle weapons to Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group during its 2006 war with Israel, according to newly leaked U.S. diplomatic memos, which say the "IRC shipments of medical supplies served also to facilitate weapons shipments."

According to one of the documents, a person whose name was not published "had seen missiles in the planes destined for Lebanon when delivering medical supplies to the plane." The plane was allegedly "half full" prior to the arrival of any medical supplies, according to the memo.

Hezbollah and Israel fought a 34-day war that killed 1,200 Lebanese and 160 Israelis.

The more than 250,000 classified State Department documents were released Sunday by online whistleblower WikiLeaks.

A Hezbollah spokesman declined to comment, saying he had yet not read the document.

Iran, whose ties to Hezbollah date back nearly 30 years, allegedly funds the militant group, sending millions of dollars a year, and is suspected of supplying much of its arsenal.

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[SandRat]

Clear Violation of the GHC (Rules of War).

[Syncro]

Of course this has been discussed quite a bit at FR for a few years.

Also that Hamas/Palistinians have used Ambulances for breaking though border crossings.

Nice to see it brought to the surface again.

[Hans]

Horrible people tend to behave horribly.

[JSteff]

So they are just seeing this now??? Jeez, there was video here on FR from longer ago than that showing ambulances delivering arms to the muzzi’s in the territories.

[Syncro]

I imagine a lot of the stuff leaked has been discussed at FR in the past

They are just seeing it now because they didn't want to acknowledge it in the past

Now they have to.

What was interesting to learn was the one that exposed that No Korea had sent some pretty powerful missles to Iran.

That can reach Moscow.

Ironically, they are a Russian developed missle.

Russia helps NORK get missles and NORK finds a way to "send" them back to Russia.

[bunkerhill7]

Q. How do you administer Hamas ambulance oxygen to a woman in a burkha?
A. Open the rocket fuel oxidizer tank.

[SunkenCiv]

Speaking of Lebanese ambulances:

• (8/14/2006) A Grueling Task in Lebanon
  [AP Circles the Wagons Around Green Helmet Guy]

[SunkenCiv]

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• Israeli relief workers will get 'crystal' symbol
• New Red Cross emblem hits snag [Israel]
• Red Star of David -- The symbol Israel must adopt to join the Red Cross is a disgrace.
• Judgement day looms for new Red Cross symbol
• Judgement day looms for new Red Cross symbol
• Swiss in search of neutral global aid symbol (Red Cross emblem to be changed?)
• 'No Christian symbols at Christmas': Red Cross stores bar religious decor

-and-

• Colombia: FARC hands eight civilians over to ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross)
• CNN: Did Colombia Commit War Crime in FARC Hostage Rescue?
• Uribe: Betancourt rescuers used Red Cross
• Colombia misused Red Cross emblem in hostage rescue (Columbia to give hostages back. /sarc)
• Colombian military used Red Cross emblem in rescue
• Colombian military used Red Cross emblem in rescue (Load of CNN crapola)

[SJackson]

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[Karliner]

They've been doing this for years, no big news. Using human shields, ambulances and other propaganda has been just amazingly enfarious. They could care less about geneva rules of war and never obeyed them.

[Eleutheria5]

But everybody lies about sex. And all’s fair in love and war. Therefore, if everybody lies about sex, then everybody lies about war. So if Israelis target a medical supply shipment, just because half of it happens to be missiles, they are committing a war crime, since everybody lies about sex. And even though all may be fair in love and war, that’s only if you’re lying about it. Not if you’re telling the truth. So Hizbollah and Iran did nothing wrong, while Israel is always wrong about everything. So Nyah nyah. Stop dropping deadly sharks in the Mediterranean, just because people like to sun bathe in the Sinai dessert, you Zionist occupiers of your own land, you.