Report: Hizbullah Detains 'Israeli Spy' in its Ranks
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Hizbullah has detained a senior party official it accused of spying for Israel and "sabotaging security operations" abroad, a source close to the movement said on Thursday.
"Three months ago, Hizbullah's security apparatus detained a man named Mohammad Shawraba, who is a collaborator in its ranks," said the source, who spoke to Agence France Presse on condition of anonymity.
Hizbullah's investigation of Shawraba, who comes from the southern Lebanese town of Mahruna, revealed he had been working with Israel's Mossad intelligence service since 2007, the source said.
Hizbullah, the movement whose opponents accuse it of being a "state within a state" in Lebanon, has refused to comment on the arrest.
According to the source, Shawraba was in charge of Hizbullah "unit 901", which coordinates the group's foreign operations.
Shawraba lived in Hizbullah's south Beirut stronghold but traveled frequently, said the source, adding that Israel's spy agency recruited him during a trip abroad.
"This member sabotaged some five security operations that Hizbullah had been planning abroad against Israeli-linked interests," said the source.
Hizbullah had been organizing attacks to avenge the killing of its top military commander Imad Mughniyeh, who was assassinated in a 2008 car bomb attack in Damascus which the group blamed on Israel.
Party chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah had frequently threatened to carry out revenge attacks.
The source said Hizbullah launched a probe that eventually led to Shawraba's arrest following its attack on Israeli tourists in Bulgaria in 2012.
The 2012 bombing killed five tourists and the bus driver, but the militant group's suspicions were aroused when the bomber also died and his two accomplices were quickly identified.
Residents of Shawraba's village said they were shocked over the allegation.
"Shawraba is nearly 50 years old, and hasn't been here for a long time, but his family is known for its loyalty to Hizbullah," a Mahruna resident told AFP.
"For now, it's just a rumor, but if the movement officially announces his arrest, his family will disown him," he added.
Hizbullah has rarely been infiltrated by foreign intelligence agencies.
In 2012, the group arrested an official in its missiles unit named Abu Trab, who was accused of providing Israel with information about the locations of Hizbullah's rockets in southern Lebanon during a month-long 2006 war.
Iran-backed Hizbullah has a massive weapons arsenal.
26 December 2014, 07:59
814
hizbushaitan is infested from within :)
they are worth nothing and will be destroyed from within.
26 December 2014, 08:07
812
by the way, according to serious info, this guy was for a long while in charge of the security of nasrallah.
26 December 2014, 08:11
815
what is of interest here and in other similar incidents is that HA never hands over these traitors to the Lebanese government and institutions for trial. A state within a state with its own military, financial, and judicial apparatuses. But, they support the state, the army, and justice.
26 December 2014, 08:27
815
Ex-FPM spot on. They are a state within a state. They have their own military, their own police and moukhabarat and their own prisons (like in the basement of the airport).
By spying for Mossad, he is collaborating with an enemy state (Lebanon and Israel have technically been in a state of war since 1948) yet the government does not get to apprehend him...
26 December 2014, 08:31
813
this proves two things:
1) Hizbollah is a terrorist organization that has a specialized unit for terrorist foreign intervention; the Bulgarian terrorist attack on Israeli travellers
2) Hizbollah is an organization that cannibalize the Lebanese state by deciding on war, terrorist attacks, and last but not least by detaining lebanese citizens in goal.
What shocks me the most is that we find "liberty and justice loving" people on this forum who support strongly these Hizbollah actions just because they hate Israel, KSA, the sunnis in general, or for some other reason.
26 December 2014, 08:32
813
bless anyone person, entity, organization, brigade or country that inflicts pain and suffering, death, torture, and destruction upon the iranian sectarian terrorist militia and its members, supporters or followers wherever they may be.
26 December 2014, 08:33
168
This is an old story. The spy has been detained, it is a major blow to Israel & USA intel.
26 December 2014, 08:40
912
you blinded people always seem to have the ability to put a spin on things to make them look rosy. So, his arrest is a major blow to the USA and Israel and not to your hizb. All the valuable information he provided to Israel over the course of 8 years or so was a blow to Israel, yes!
26 December 2014, 08:58
157
The lack of any new intel/information from their spy, is a big blow to them yes. They've relied heavily on that spy for years. The Israeli eyes and ears has been cut off big time.
26 December 2014, 09:13
711
most probably the Israelis have many more spies inside this terrorist organization.
26 December 2014, 10:09
613
mystic, does your terrorist hizb share intelligence information with the Lebanese state or Iranian state?
26 December 2014, 10:13
613
flamethrower; Israel and the United States are best friends too; but they also have spies working against each other. Please, sit
26 December 2014, 10:57
134
Even more amusing, is the M14s cowardly way of insulting using copied account names and photos.
26 December 2014, 11:13
510
i can assure you on the tomb of my son hadi and on the integrity of zeynib and the conscience of imamu ali that we are here to protect lebanon and not the shias.
26 December 2014, 15:59
22
Mystic, the Hezbollah/Israeli spy is just the tip of the iceberg, your malaise is hard for you to hide, honestly. Look, for every spy caught, usually there are many more and they need not know each other either. You know as we all know, that our Shiite brothers do big business with Jews, in Amreeka, Canada, Europe, ah Brussels, the Diamond center. It all looks normal, you know, Hezbollah financed people doing business even if need be with the devil, but you see, here's the catch, how can you manage that thin line that divides between normal business and abnormal business?
26 December 2014, 09:55
56
well but it has been a major blow to hizbollah terrorist foreign plans
26 December 2014, 12:05
48
Israel spied on the US, its best friend. The major problem here is the following: what role did this guy play in the death of lebanese civilians, he should be tried under Lebanese law. And therein lies the problem of a state within a state that hizbollaat poses.
26 December 2014, 13:39
21
What is important is not ignoring your fellow lebanese partners and using funds from I ran to build your own enemies from within! When lebanese are pushed to be against hizbola, mist of the time, it is because other lebanese are scared abd seeking protection from the Devils, although wrong, it was somewhat justified. As for this guy, different story, it shows even hizbola has bad apples aming it's ranks.
26 December 2014, 08:37
711
This saint has bought vast swathes of land in the south. He owns two huge villas and several cars. He received not less than 2 million USD for his services.
26 December 2014, 09:56
67
why so? Dont you think that this spy has rendered good service to humanity by foiling terrorist attacks on innocent civilians?
26 December 2014, 10:01
68
he is indeed a saint having helped foiling terrorist attempt on innocent civilians. He has rendered Lebanon a good service as if those terrorist attacks had happened Lebanon would have been finger pointed by the international community as a terrorist exporting country.
26 December 2014, 10:10
610
He should be hailed as a saint indeed provided all the information he supplied Israel with was related to hezbollah and not to the Lebanese state.
26 December 2014, 12:20
37
hahaha! My boss just messaged me on whatsapp and asked me to read your comment quickly before it gets deleted. You never miss a beat, never miss a Christmas, never miss an ashoura! Always ready for a witty answer. Somesing Anazar Flamesrower!
26 December 2014, 11:14
57
Strange how people can support Ebola which is clearly destroying the Lebanese institutions, its economy, its juridical system, its telecom network, its stability and security....
...very strange...
26 December 2014, 12:20
68
and they think they are patriotic!
actually they are patriotic , but to iran :)
26 December 2014, 13:20
36
These killers, these criminals, these sectarians accuse everybody who opposes them of being a traitor. In reality they are the authentic and genuine traitors to Lebanon.
26 December 2014, 16:46
20
Was there any evidence of Hezbollah involvement in the Bulgarian attack? None was presented and it was only under heavy US pressure that Bulgaria re-issued the charges that it couldn't support with evidence. Did these "accomplices" ever exist? Were the ID's ever traced to be living beings? Do not think so. This article is innuendo based on hearsay. How they caught the collaborator probably had nothing to do with what is stated here.PS Why did the EU recently remove Hezbollah from it's list of terror organizations if the Bulgarian charges were supportable.
28 December 2014, 04:01
10
why do you talk about your friend every day? besides using it as a pretext for you to express your sectarian incitement, is there any reason you keep talking about her every day and on every article?
