Lebanese weapons being smuggled into Syria and destabilizing that country is very ironic. Hopefully the Syrian government will fall and the new rulers end their countries close relationship with Hizbullah and Iran.
source: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/146618...The reason for the tension: Syria has accused Lebanon of smuggling weapons across the border for use by rebels who are seeking to unseat Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.
A Lebanese security official told the paper that his country's army had caught smugglers trying to bring weapons over the border several times already. The smugglers were arrested and are being prosecuted. However, the official said, the smuggling is being done by profiteers looking to make easy money from the civil strife in Syria; there are no organized groups aiding the rebels for political motives, he said.
Hizbullah, which is squarely on the side of Assad and his forces, has accused the opposition March 14 Coalition of smuggling the weapons and trying to turn Lebanon into a forward attack position in the war to unseat Assad. Hizbullah said that the government officials in Lebanon are behind the smuggling.

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