“The situation regarding the explosion of Hezbollah members’ pagers in Lebanon demonstrated that there is a threat of similar attacks against state officials, including in the CIS countries.”
Oku.AzAccording to RBC.ru, these words were spoken by the director of the Federal Security Service (FSS) of Russia (FSS), Alexander Bortnikov, at the meeting of heads of security and special services of the CIS in Astana.
“Recent events related to the explosion of pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon and Syria have shown that the results of the work of the enemy’s intelligence services on gaps in information resources and the covert implementation of programs are used not only to destroy critical information infrastructure, but also It can also be used to arrange assassinations against government officials at the right time.
“It is a direct threat to the security of the CIS countries,” said the head of the special service.
Bortnikov stressed that the future development of the internal political situation in the Commonwealth of Nations and, ultimately, the security of States largely depends on the joint action of the intelligence services of the countries in the fight against international terrorism. , transnational crime, drug trafficking and other threats.
It should be remembered that on September 17, pagers belonging to members of “Hezbollah” began to explode massively throughout Lebanon and the next day there was a second wave of explosions of other communication devices. As a result of the first series of explosions, 4,000 people were injured, dozens of people were killed, and about 500 Hezbollah members lost their sight.
According to The New York Times (NYT), citing sources, Israel has created at least three companies for the production of pagers, one of which is BAC Consulting. In fact, the devices were manufactured by Israeli Mossad intelligence agents. Pagers are equipped with an explosive charge and a detonator, which are activated when a certain signal is received.
