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Hezbollah to relocate its HQ to a secret location in Lebanon
2007-08-26
Hezbollah is to move its central headquarters in the Shi'ite Dahiya quarter of south Beirut to a secret location elsewhere in Lebanon, London-based newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat reported Friday. All of the organization's offices, including its "security compound" are to be relocated.

During the Second Lebanon War last summer the Israel Air Force bombed the Dahiya neighborhood flat in an attempt to destroy the Hezbollah command center. Asharq Al-Awsat said Hezbollah plans on turning the area occupied currently by their headquarters into a public park. The whole Dahiya quarter has of late been undergoing extensive renovation, however, Hezbollah has imposed a blackout on news of the exact work being done there.

According to the newspaper report, the relocation will be completed by "the first day of 2009," some two and a half years after the Second Lebanon War. The offices where Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah receives visitors will also be moved. Nasrallah himself will relocate to a place only known to those responsible for his personal security.
Posted by:Fred

#3  Given that they've had Iranian funding and already have their own dedicated telecomms system in progress, separate from the public one, I wouldn't automatically laugh off their new HQ too lightly. Chances are it's already up and running and any new movement is a smokescreen.

Or, it could be they're tottering on their legs due to the push against Fatah al Islam and the presence of arms and a handful of ... trainers ... from the US working with the Lebanese forces.

Iran is in this for the long haul, tho.
Posted by: lotp   2007-08-26 11:03  

#2  Hezbollah now has enough enemies among the Lebanese that their security needs to be quite a bit tighter than it was pre=2006.

They probably also need to have more steel reinforced concrete, deeper excavation, etc. for the HQ. I've thought for some time that this will make their air supply more vulnerable since there will be more pipe length and a greater need for mechanism forcing of air flow. We'll see about this.
Posted by: mhw   2007-08-26 10:52  

#1  to a place only known to those responsible for his personal security.

And Avi from section gimmel-5.
Posted by: gromgoru   2007-08-26 10:17  

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