Lebanon files complaint against Israel with UN over alleged spying

Sat, 18 Dec 2010

Beirut - Lebanon's Foreign Affairs Ministry on Saturday filed a complaint against Israel with the United Nations Security Council over the deployment of alleged Israeli spy devices, a ministry source said.

The complaint accused Israel of violating Lebanese sovereignty and the Security Council resolution that ended the 2006 conflict between the two countries, the Lebanese National News Agency reported.

"(Such Israeli action) also threatens international security and peace, represents a violent action against Lebanese territories," it quoted the complaint as saying.

The Lebanese army announced Wednesday that it had uncovered Israeli cameras and other spy equipment on Mount Sannine, north-east of Beirut, and on Barouk Mountain, east of the capital. It claimed the Jewish state had been using it to survey vast areas.

"Unveiling these two systems came as a result of information obtained by the Intelligence Directorate from resistance (Hezbollah) sources," said a statement released by the Lebanese Army Command.

The militant Shiite movement Hezbollah has accused Israel of having infiltrated and deployed spies in the Lebanese telecommunications sector over the past few years.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/358801,israel-un-alleged-spying.html.