#1 Hezbollah banks under attack in Lebanon
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:17 am
msnbc
[quote]WASHINGTON - Fifteen hundred times in the past two weeks, an Israeli jet has taken off with a load of bombs. But as NBC News has learned, the targets have not just been military.
Israeli intelligence sources tell NBC News that among the targets hit in Lebanon are as many as a dozen financial institutions — part of a previously secret campaign to destroy Hezbollah's financial infrastructure. Some banks were demolished, others deliberately damaged but not destroyed. In one case, Israel also took out a bank manager's home.
In an exclusive interview, Israel's top counter-terror official says these attacks are a warning.
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"The message is for all the Lebanese banks,â€
[quote]WASHINGTON - Fifteen hundred times in the past two weeks, an Israeli jet has taken off with a load of bombs. But as NBC News has learned, the targets have not just been military.
Israeli intelligence sources tell NBC News that among the targets hit in Lebanon are as many as a dozen financial institutions — part of a previously secret campaign to destroy Hezbollah's financial infrastructure. Some banks were demolished, others deliberately damaged but not destroyed. In one case, Israel also took out a bank manager's home.
In an exclusive interview, Israel's top counter-terror official says these attacks are a warning.
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"The message is for all the Lebanese banks,â€