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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
'Iranians help Hezbollah build tunnels in Lebanon'
2012-07-03
[Jerusalem Post] Beirut newspaper 'Al-Joumhouria' cites 'security study' saying terror group has upgraded underground structures.
They must be getting worried -- Hizb'allah's work has always been good enough before.
Hezbollah has upgraded its network of tunnels in southern Leb to secure itself against Arclight airstrikes in a future war with Israel, according to a report by a Lebanese newspaper on Monday.

Al-Joumhouria said its source was a diplomatic report issued by an unspecified European embassy, which it said contained information from "a number of Western security agencies."
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Al-Joumhouria claimed the report said that "Iranian experts" had supervised the digging of a new tunnel network in Leb's Beqaa Valley region, which borders with Syria, following the Second Leb War.

After that war in 2006, IDF soldiers uncovered an extensive network of Hezbollah tunnels in southern Leb.

The fortified underground structures enabled gun-hung tough guys to exit their bunkers, fire mortars at Israeli troops and return to the bunkers without being seen.

The report said Hezbollah had dug a new network of tunnels in an area south of the Litani River. The tunnels are equipped with state-ofthe- art ventilation, lighting and communication networks and are built to resist land and air operations, according to the report.
Hopefully they have tanning beds, too -- lack of vitamin D has been discovered to cause all sorts of physical and mental health problems.
The report also claimed that the tunnels contain underground stores of weapons and ammunitions, which have been stashed at various locations.
Oooooo -- secondaries!
According to Al-Joumhouria, the tunnels are equipped with dormitories, medical facilities, kitchens, toilets, water and heating systems that allow dozens of gun-hung tough guys to live underground for weeks at a time.

The report added that Hezbollah had purchased large tracts of land years ago in the Hermel region near the Syrian border, and had drilled tunnels though the mountains of the Beqaa region, reaching deep into Syrian territory.

Al-Joumhouria said these tunnels and warehouses had "strategic importance" because they are located far from military confrontations and would allow Hezbollah to smuggle ammunition and rockets through Syrian territory in the event of a war with Israel.

The newspaper quoted sources saying Israel's next war with Leb could be a "tunnel war," and said Israel was monitoring the tunnel drilling process using sophisticated technology developed after the Second Leb War.

The report said Israel had conducted maneuvers in tunnels similar to Hezbollah's, which could help the IDF excel in a future conflict.

Al-Joumhouria also quoted an unnamed Hezbollah source as saying the "Israeli enemy" would be "surprised" in the event of a war, saying that the response would be "entirely and radically different" from the Second Leb War.

The newspaper quoted the source as saying that it was "no longer an issue of tunnels, but about of missiles," which were hidden all over the country.
Posted by:trailing wife

#5  Calcium carbide rocks and water in gopher tunnels took care of the problem. Just scale it up.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2012-07-03 16:37  

#4  On the same problem -Geneva has a problem with it but - pumping a natural gas-air mixture into a tunnel complex then introducing it to a spark is quite effective. One can see it at work with certain rodent elimination products like this video shows:
Posted by: Water Modem   2012-07-03 09:21  

#3  Propane gas is heavier than air. Sell 'em leaky bottles of mercaptan-free cooking gas and let nature take its course.
Posted by: Glenmore   2012-07-03 09:18  

#2  in the Vietnam war... overpressure from a certain bomb its too early in the day to start a drinking effort by mentioning... would do a real good job breaking all the ear drums of tunnel rats via the tunnel channeled overpressure and rendering them quite a bit easier to kill by normal means... Just saying... a "MOAB" and its relatives would have a similar result...
Posted by: Water Modem   2012-07-03 09:13  

#1  Japanese were great at tunnel building - and then came the U.S. flame-throwers.
Posted by: borgboy   2012-07-03 04:56  

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