Retired telecommunications worker accused of supplying Israel with details regarding marine security, Lebanese media reports.
| Lebanon has marine security? |
Lebanese military intelligence have placed in long-term storage a man accused of spying for Israel in the country over the past 35 years, the Leb Now news portal said Wednesday, citing a report from Hezbullies-affiliated Al-Manar television.
The alleged spy was identified as Elias Younes, a retired employee of the Ogero telecommunications company.
| Pray for his soul -- his body isn't likely to enjoy the next bit. |
Al-Manar refered to Younes as "the dean of all collaborators" because of his alleged decades-long collaboration with Israel.
"[Younes] supplied the enemy with details regarding marine security and gave them information related to the Telecommunications Ministry," Al-Manar reported, according to Now Leb.
| "The Ministry phone list? Sure, no problem! And I'll put you on the distribution list for future updates -- never can tell when that'll come in handy." |
Leb has placed in long-term storage several people working in the telecommunications industry in the past for allegedly spying for Israel. They have also accused Israel of planting espionage devices in southern Leb.
On Tuesday, Lebanese news website Naharnet claimed that the Israel Air Force had dropped a suspicious object in southern Leb. The object landed between the towns of Talousa and Houla, according to the report. Lebanese security forces have begun searching for the object but are having difficulty because of cluster bombs in the area left over from Israel's 2006 war with Hezbullies. |