The Mysterious Trail of Hezbollah’s Exploding Pagers
The attack on the militant group has prompted several investigations into the supply chain behind the devices that detonated this week.
On the trail of the mystery woman whose company licensed exploding pagers
BUDAPEST (Reuters) -She speaks seven languages, has a PhD in particle physics, an apartment in Budapest plastered with her own pastel drawings of nudes, and a career that took her around Africa and Europe doing humanitarian work.
Hungarian intelligence agency interviewed CEO linked to exploding Hezbollah pagers
Hungarian intelligence services have conducted several interviews with the CEO of BAC Consulting, a Budapest-based company linked to deadly explosions of pagers used by Hezbollah members this week, the Hungarian government said on Saturday.
Israel had hand in manufacturing pagers that exploded in Lebanon: Source
Israel had a hand in the actual manufacturing of the pagers that exploded on Hezbollah operatives this week, an attack that was in planning for at least 15 years.
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The Hezbollah pager attacks reveal a textbook covert operation, ex-spies say
The pager and walkie-talkie attacks were extremely sophisticated in their planning. But the strategic goal isn't clear.
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Exploding pagers leave clues to Israeli ‘red button’ plot, officials say
Current and former security officials say the attack capped a multiyear effort, involving rigged electronics and European ...
Doctors and first responders are among those who still use pagers
Electronic pagers that were popular status symbols in the 1990s are used for communication precisely because they are old ...
Why Hezbollah chose low-tech pagers, walkie-talkies over cellphones
By shifting to relatively low-tech communication devices, including pagers and walkie-talkies, Hezbollah apparently sought an ...
Israel planted explosives in Hezbollah's Taiwan-made pagers, say sources
BEIRUT, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Hand-held radios used by armed group Hezbollah detonated on Wednesday across Lebanon's south in ...
Woman whose company was linked to exploding pagers in Lebanon has received threats, her mother says
The mother of the woman whose company was linked to thousands of pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria says her daughter ...
Airport bans pagers, walkie-talkies after devices explode across Lebanon
Lebanon blamed Israel for attacks on Hezbollah that killed 37 and wounded around 3,000, wreaking havoc on the militant group.
Taiwan, Bulgaria deny making pagers that exploded in Lebanon
Taiwan's government and Bulgarian authorities Friday both denied making the exploding pagers used by Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Exploding Pagers Deliver a Supply Chain Warning
The attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon are likely to generate greater momentum for moving factory production closer to home.