Blogger: Israel drone explodes at Hezbollah base

[oberliner]

BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- An American blogger reported Wednesday that Israel's military intelligence managed to outfox Hezbollah by deliberately crash-landing a booby-trapped drone which later exploded in an arms depot operated by the Shiite movement.

Richard Silverstein, quoting "an authoritative Israeli source with considerable military experience," says Hezbollah discovered a downed drone and, thinking they had caught Israel in a failed reconnaissance effort, took the drone to an arms depot in south Lebanon.

"When it discovered the downed craft, its operatives must’ve crowed that they’d finally discovered the key to success," Silverstein wrote of Hezbollah, who he says has been increasingly interested in jamming an Israeli drone and were likely to have celebrated the crash initially, when it was reported Saturday.

"This bit of hubris is how (Israeli military intelligence agency) Aman drew Hezbollah into its net," he says. "Its soldiers dutifully collected the imagined intelligence trophy and brought it to a large weapons depot it controlled in the area. Once inside the arms cache, Aman detonated the drone causing a massive explosion."

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=438974

[WCGreen]

1. Wow, now that some Chutzpa....

[bemildred]

2. Interesting. nt

[oberliner]

6. Do you buy it?

Not sure if it's been confirmed by any source other than his.

[bemildred]

7. No opinion, all hearsay, all willing to lie when the occsasion suits. nt

[peacetalksforall]

3. It's a blatant act of war. So now what? The U.S. donates a replacement drone?

[Dick Dastardly]

4. Hezbolla is a terrorist group, How is destroying a terror groups weapons cache an act of war?

Israel actually developed the first modern UAV's and makes their own. They make a variety of UAV versions and export them to many countries including the US.

[holdencaufield]

5. Actually --

--- the drones are manufactured in Israel (a pioneer in drone technology). Israel is a leader in drone exports.

[vminfla]

8. Just because Silverstein rattles off another fanciful conspiracy theory does not make for a war act

Besides, even if it was an act of war, why do you think that the Israelis need a drone to take Silverstein out? And why would Israelis buy back a drone from the US?

[Swede]

9. As opposed to lobbing missiles into another country.

:shrug: