The coordinated explosion of thousands of pagers and radios used by members of Hezbollah across Lebanon and Syria earlier this week marked a new dawn of clandestine warfare. Experts have speculated that Israeli agents were able to booby- trap Hezbollah's pagers and radios by inserting a small quantity of high explosives into their internal workings. The details of the feat …
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At least nine people, including an eight-year-old girl, have died as a result of exploding pager devices across Lebanon. "I say chemical plants, because pagers can be safe to use in environments where a spark or radio emission would be dangerous." "Pagers actually use frequencies that are similar to FM radios and those frequencies are able to penetrate thick walls …
Hezbollah’s pagers were meant to be safety measures, secure from Israeli eavesdropping. After suffering a series of assassinations of top operatives during months of low-level war with Israel, this summer Hezbollah ordered its fighters to ditch their mobile phones. “If you’re looking for an Israeli agent, look at the phone in your hand,” Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s chief, warned his men. …
