Le Figaro: Israel Committed Huge Mistake by Rushing Agents Recruiting in Lebanon
The French daily Le Figaro said that Israel, after its failure in 2006 war, committed a huge mistake by rushing to recruit a score of agents in Lebanon, the thing that alerted Hizbullah which faced this act quickly through a specialized team and high Russian techniques.
Previously, Israel has reportedly complained to Paris over its assistance to Lebanese armed forces which played a role in uncovering Israeli spies in Lebanon.
French Le Figaro daily said the Israeli complaint was about wiretapping devices donated to Lebanese security agencies to help uncover those involved in ex-Premier Rafik Hariri”s assassination. However, such equipment was used to unveil Israeli spy rings too.
Al-Akhbar daily said Paris ignored the complaints, saying the assistance "was part of efforts to unveil the truth" in Hariri”s Feb. 2005 murder. French authorities have reportedly said that technical assistance to Lebanon "goes back to previous decades."