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Syria’s alleged nuclear cargo kept Lebanon security agencies busy

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Beirut port
Lebanese security and judicial agencies had been busy in the past days investigating a cargo for the Syrian regime, which was rumored to be “nuclear equipment” but turned out to be office equipment , al-Joumhouria newspaper reported on Wednesday.

The daily said that the Lebanese security agencies launched a probe when the manifest of several containers that reached Beirut Port said they included nuclear material.

Under the order of Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi, General Prosecutor Judge Samir Hammoud requested the Internal Security Forces Intelligence Branch to inspect the containers, which turned out to contain office equipment for the Syrian government.

For security reasons the Syrian authorities reportedly sent the containers to Beirut Port by land in order to ship them from there to Syria’s northwestern province of Latakia, said the report.

Latakia is a stronghold of the Alawite community of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

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The Syria file at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) remains open, amid Syria’s failure to respond to the IAEA’s questions about a facility, destroyed in 2007 by Israel, that the IAEA concluded was “very likely” a nuclear reactor, including the whereabouts the reactor’s nuclear fuel. In January 2015, it was reported by German magazine Der Spiegel that the Assad government is suspected to be building a nuclear plant in Al-Qusayr, Syria, with the aim of developing nuclear weapons.

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9 responses to “Syria’s alleged nuclear cargo kept Lebanon security agencies busy”

  1. nagy_michael2 Avatar
    nagy_michael2

    how can Lebanon have a technology to detect anything nuclear. it could be hidden anywhere on the ship

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Nagy … I think the pic is the same ship that brought the army some bullets … can’t be that one. ;-))

    2. Michaelinlondon1234 Avatar
      Michaelinlondon1234

      The US went through the ME and eastern Europe installing radiation detectors.
      They are trying to build a monopoly on nuclear supply.

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        After Chernobyl, say ‘Thank You’.

        1. Michaelinlondon1234 Avatar
          Michaelinlondon1234

          After the US government used nukes to try to frack gas and wreaked a regions aquifers in the US ….Why?
          You and I both know how greedy and evil the US government is. They just used it as leverage as every thing else they do.

          1. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            I hadn’t noticed the mushroom-cloud for fracking … is that a new method?? Seems they can do it well enough without the nukes anyway. Using a nuke for it would be a silly idea, since it would also burn up the gas … but, for sure, we know there HAVE been a lot of silly ideas floated around. Apparently, it’s ok to turn on water faucets and a stove for dinner, ONLY after opening windows for … where is that note .. oh, yes, “10 minutes”. 😉
            Oh, and yes, even if the faucet flames, you can still put the veggies in that water.

          2. Michaelinlondon1234 Avatar
            Michaelinlondon1234

            They apparently tried it in the 60’s and yes it did dump a load of radiation in the Aquifers. If you ever go in to the mid west of the USA it is worth taking a radiation badge with you. They used almost a thousand nukes over the years and I dobt any one still alive remembers or has a current map of the extent of the contamination

      2. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        By the way … when everyone else follows Germany’s example and forgets the nuke stuff, a monopoly with less than the storage costs of spent fuel, won’t be making any money anyway.

    3. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      I’d say they must have sneaked some detection gear in fast after Airlines complained …
      And ‘Blog-killers’ must be using these … considering their ‘witty’ remarkes ….
      http://dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Mar-20/291571-half-ton-of-radioactive-maxi-pads-seized-at-beirut-airport.ashx

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