"Another day, another alleged Israeli spy discovered in Lebanon.
This time, the accused, Ziad Homsi, is the former mayor and current deputy mayor of Saadnayel in the Bekaa Valley and a prominent member of parliamentary leader Saad Hariri's U.S.-backed Future movement. Shortly after his arrest Saturday morning, local supporters protested by blocking the main town road until high-level Future movement figures intervened, appealing for calm.
The daily An-Nahar painted a particularly colorful picture (Arabic) in Sunday's paper, describing how the town mosque broadcast orders for the faithful to remain on the streets and residents of the town used a loudspeaker to share testimonies, describing Homsi as a proud Arab and a pillar of the community.....
On Friday, As-Safir, the Lebanese daily closest to Hezbollah, published a detailed report on the investigation as well as information on the specific roles of the accused.
According to the paper, Israel reactivated several longstanding "sleeper cells" in 2007, reestablishing relations with former agents Ali Jarrah and Brig. Gen. Adib Alam, who were tasked with recruiting more spies by placing employment ads. The agents also were asked to gather information on Hezbollah and Syria.
Jarrah, Alam and others were eventually caught, but rather than strengthening the country’s sense of security, the arrests and subsequent media hoopla have only helped fan the partisan flames.
Supporters of the U.S.-backed March 14 coalition, which includes Hariri's Future movement, accuse Hezbollah of timing the arrests to distract from the Sinai scandal, in which Egypt accused the Shiite militant group of running clandestine operations on its soil.
The Hezbollah-backed opposition press stresses Homsi’s connection to the Future movement and possible role in recent deadly clashes that broke out in the Bekaa....
Although Israel does not comment on specific cases, the Mossad’s former Beirut station chief, Eliezer Tsafrir, recently told pan-Arab Daily Al Hayat that agents were "fully aware that the Mossad did not buy them a life insurance policy." "They are aware of the possibility of being caught," he said, adding that all Israel "can do at this point is recruit more agents."
Monday, May 18, 2009
LA Times: "Latest Israeli spy a prominent pro-Hariri politician"
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The LA Times reporting is a textbook case in biased reporting and faulty information. First, the spy rings are not 'alleged', they are real as members have confessed. They will be brought to trial after elections. If 'allegations' of confessions extracted under 'duress' are made, then the qualification of 'alleged' may have some validity.
Second, Al Safir is close to Hezbollah but not the closest. That would be Al Akhbar. The insinuation is that Hezbollah is behind the discovery of the 'alleged' rings does not change the facts that the rings are real. The LA Times omits blissfully the advanced telecommunication equipment caught in the houses of the 'alleged' ring members.
Third, interviewing a formar Mossad chief station the Al Hayat proves once again that it is closest to the enemies of the Arabs than to the Arabs themselves. In any case, the 'alleged' interview does not deny the reality of the 'alleged' rings. Once again, Schenkeritis is spreading like mad cow disease, avian flu, and swine flu.
Finally, LA Times fails to report that Hariri's Al Mustaqbal is denying any ties to the 'alleged' ring leader. Looooooooool!
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