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    Azerbaijan Accuses Hizbullah, Iran of Plotting Attack on Israeli Embassy

    naharnet
    Beirut, 31 May 09, 09:37

    Azerbaijan has accused Hizbullah and Iran of planning to bomb the
    Israeli Embassy in the capital Baku to avenge the 2008 assassination
    of top military leader Imad Mughniyeh, the pan-Arab daily asharq
    al-Awsat reported Sunday.
    The accusation coincided with the start of a closed-trial of four
    Lebanese and four Azeri nationals who were arrested last year on
    charges related to terrorism, espionage and other crimes, the paper
    said.

    Authorities said the eight were arrested beginning of May 2008 after
    intercepting calls between "local armed men and two members of
    Hizbullah." They said police also arrested two suspected Hizbullah
    members following a car chase and confiscated explosives, binoculars,
    cameras and silencers.

    The two men were identified as Ali Karaki "an expert in Hizbullah's
    overseas operations unit" and Ali Najmeldine who is described as "an
    expert in explosives."

    According to investigations, the two Lebanese men arrived in Baku from
    Tehran at the beginning of 2008 using Iranian passports, according to
    asharq al-Awsat. They stayed in five star hotels and created a cell
    for the purpose of carrying out the embassy attack.

    It said the cell "monitored the Israeli Embassy which is located in
    al-Hayat Tower complex next to the Thai and Japanese embassies. The
    plan was to set an explosion in the surveillance tower by radar. The
    suspects were also planning to "place three to four bomb-laden cars
    around the embassy. The bombs were to be set off by a timer."

    According to anti-terrorism officials, top officials in the Iranian
    Revolutionary Guards appeared to be involved in the plan. Karaki said
    a Revolutionary Guard members under the name of Fadli was his source
    in Iran.  

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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