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Thursday, February 8, 2007

Lebanon: Russian Weapons Diverted By Syria to Hezbollah (Die Welt)

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For those wondering about UNIFIL supervision of weapons' transfer, Die Welt has this news. Syria insists it is not transferring weapons to Hezbollah.
 
[Translation followed by original]

Russian Weapons Diverted By Syria to Hezbollah

Berlin Die Welt February 06  07

[Report by Jacques Schuster: "Secret Service: Syria
Supplies Weapons to Hizballah"]

A few days ago, the radical organization reportedly obtained numerous antitank weapons. The source of the material is Russia, which apparently had no knowledge of the transfer of the weapons to Hezbollah. However, the problem as such is not new.

On 31 January of this year, a Russian transport plane landed at the Damascus airport carrying 600 containers of Russian antitank weapons. Representatives of the Shiite extremist organization Hizballah and of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards were waiting on the runway. While a Syrian officer watched, they had about 100 containers loaded onto trucks. The shipment went to the Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon.

This information comes from Western secret service sources, who passed it on to WELT.de. The documents indicate that the Russian suppliers knew nothing about their weapons being handed on to Hizballah. While the arms deal as such is based on Russian-Syrian treaties, the delivery to Hezbollah  violates UN Resolution 1701, adopted on 11 August of last year shortly after the war in Lebanon. It forbids supplying the Lebanese militias with weapons.

For some time now the Russian Government has been trying to stop its weapons being transferred to Hezbollah. Syria had already frequently diverted some of the Russian arms deliveries to its allies in Lebanon. Officially, Damascus has always said the weapons were stolen from Syrian military camps in Lebanon.

As a result of these treaty violations, as of this March the Russians will have all arms trade with Syria go through its state arms export company Rosoboronexport. The goal is to improve the control mechanisms over the deliveries. Middle East experts are doubtful whether the Syrians will be impressed with this. According to secret service sources, the Syrians this week broke up a smuggling ring as a demonstration of their determination. The only fly the ointment was that the weapons were supposed to go to the anti-Syrian Christian militias.




Naher Osten
Geheimdienst: Syrien liefert Waffen an Hisbollah Vor einigen Tagen soll die radikale Organisation
zahlreiche Panzerabwehrwaffen erhalten haben. Die Quelle des Materials ist Russland - das von der Weitergabe der Waffen an die Hisbollah offenbar keine Ahnung hatte. Das Prolem an sich ist allerdings nicht neu.


Von Jacques Schuster

Berlin - Am 31. Januar dieses Jahres landete auf dem Flughafen von Damaskus ein russisches
Transportflugzeug. Die Maschine hatte sechshundert Container mit russischen Panzerabwehrwaffen geladen. Auf der Landebahn warteten ein Vertreter der schiitischen Extremistenorganisation Hisbollah und ein Repräsentant der iranischen Revolutionsgarden. Unter Aufsicht eines syrischen Offiziers ließen sie rund Hundert Container auf Lastwagen verladen. Die Ladung ging an die Kämpfer der Hisbollah im Libanon.

Diese Information stammt aus westlichen Geheimdienstquellen, die WELT.de zugespielt wurden. Die Unterlagen weisen darauf hin, dass die russischen Lieferanten nichts von der Weitergabe ihrer Waffen an die Hisbollah wussten. Während der Waffenhandel als solcher auf der Grundlage russisch-syrischer Verträge beruht, verstößt die Lieferung an die Hisbollah gegen die UN-Resolution 1701, die am 11. August vergangenen Jahres kurz nach dem Krieg im Libanon verabschiedet wurde. Sie verbietet, die libanesischen Milizen mit Waffen zu versorgen.

Seit geraumer Zeit versucht die russische Regierung, die Weitergabe ihrer Waffen an die Hisbollah zu unterbinden. Schon häufiger hat Syrien Teile der russischen Waffenlieferungen an ihre erbündeten im Libanon abgezweigt. Offiziell hieß es aus Damaskus immer, die Waffen seien aus syrischen Militärlagern im Libanon gestohlen worden.

Als Folge dieser Vertragsbrüche lassen die Russen ab kommenden März den gesamten Waffenhandel mit Syrien
über ihr staatliches Waffenexportunternehmen Rosoboronexport laufen. Ziel ist es, die Kontrollmechanismen der Lieferungen zu verbessern. Ob die Syrer sich davon beeindruckt zeigen werden, ziehen Nahost-Experten in Zweifel. Geheimdienstkreisen zufolge haben die Syrer in dieser Woche jedenfalls einen Schmugglerring als Demonstration ihrer Entschlossenheit auffliegen lassen. Einziger Schönheitsfehler: Die Waffen sollten an die
antisyrischen Christenmilizen gehen.

Artikel erschienen am 07.02.2007


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