Smoke rising after a terrorist blast at Bulgaria's Burgas airport July 18, 2012. Photo by Reuters
Trial in Cyprus Gives Rare Look at Covert Work of Hezbollah -- New York Times
LIMASSOL, Cyprus — In a little-noticed trial in a small courtroom here on Wednesday, a 24-year-old man provided a rare look inside a covert global war between Israel and Iran, admitting that he is an operative of the militant group Hezbollah, for which he acted as a courier in Europe and staked out locations in this port city that Israelis were known to frequent.
Breaking with the group’s ironclad discipline and practiced secrecy, the operative, Hossam Taleb Yaacoub, described being handled by a masked man he knew only as Ayman. He told of doing simple tasks at first: picking up a couple of bags in Lyon, France, taking a cellphone, two SIM cards and a mysterious package wrapped in newspaper from Amsterdam to Lebanon.
When he was arrested last July, he had a small red notebook with the license plate numbers of two buses ferrying Israelis to vacation spots in the vicinity.
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Lawyer: Suspect in Cyprus admits Hezbollah ties, denies plotting attacks on Israelis -- Washington Post
Suspect in Cyprus attack plan says he's Hezbollah -- AP
Man admits scouting Israeli targets -- UPI
Man tells Cyprus court he scouted targets for Hezbollah -- Globe and Mail/New York Times
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