An amateur photographer caught this image minutes after the bombing in the Bir el-Abed neighborhood, a Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut's southern suburbs, July 9, 2013. (photo by Ali Hashem)
Lebanese Officials Say CIA Warned Them Of Imminent al Qaida Attack On Hezbollah -- McClatchy News
BEIRUT — The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency warned Lebanese officials last week that al Qaida-linked groups are planning a campaign of bombings that will target Beirut’s Hezbollah-dominated southern suburbs as well as other political targets associated with the group or its allies in Syria, Lebanese officials said Monday.
The unusual warning – U.S. government officials are barred from directly contacting Hezbollah, which the U.S. has designated an international terrorist organization – was passed from the CIA’s Beirut station chief to several Lebanese security and intelligence officials in a meeting late last week with the understanding that it would be passed to Hezbollah, Lebanese officials said.
Hezbollah officials acknowledged the warning and took steps to tighten security in the southern suburbs that are known locally as Dahiya.
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Update: CIA tips off Hezbollah about bombing plot -- Sydney Morning Herald
My Comment: The Western press is a week behind in covering this story .... the Lebanese press reported on this story last week. As to what is my take .... the CIA went out of it's way to warn Hezbollah that there was an Al Qaeda bomb plot to bomb their neighborhood .... an organization that is almost as bad as Al Qaeda. I guess if given a choice .... the CIA would favor Hezbollah over Al Qaeda when it comes to these types of threats .... and if that was the case I will then have to wonder if there was a quid pro quo for this intelligence.
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