A report links “ammonium nitrate” in Argentina to a “plot” for Hezbollah



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The author, Seth Frantzman, asked in the Israeli Jerusalem Post, “if Hezbollah had planned to carry out an attack on Jews in Argentina, following the news of an attempt to smuggle quantities of ammonium nitrate (used in the explosion at the port of Beirut) from Paraguay to Argentina. “

The writer said in his article on Monday that “the details of the case raise questions about the possibility of Hezbollah involvement. Argentina announced, over the weekend, tightening security measures on its borders with Paraguay due to a” anonymous communication “to the authorities, which was sent through its embassy in the United Kingdom. It reports an attempt to carry” material to make bombs across the northern border of Argentina. “

The report warned “someone looking to send ammonium nitrate from Paraguay” there to use it to build a bomb against a “Jewish target,” according to Argentina’s Security Ministry.

On August 4, some 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded in the port of Beirut, killing nearly 200 people and injuring more than 6,000 more, and damaging many neighborhoods and thousands of residential, historic and healthcare buildings.

Commenting on the possible plot, the writer asked “if the ammonium nitrate used by Hezbollah was related to a plot against Jews in Argentina.”

He noted that “the 1994 explosion that targeted the Jewish center of the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, and killed 86 people, in which Iran and Hezbollah were accused, according to a report by the Argentine attorney general, Alberto Nisman, in 2006”.

The article read: “The mention of Paraguay’s name in recent news was notable, because the perpetrators of the 1994 attack are believed to have crossed the border from Paraguay, a border that the United States and other countries indicated as easy to penetrate and described as a “Safe haven for militant Islamic groups like Hezbollah and Hamas.”

Reports indicate that “Argentina has opened an investigation into the possibility of planning a terrorist attack, after the last report.”

Press reports said that “Israel assisted the United States in eliminating the second man of the Al Qaeda organization in Tehran, Abdullah Ahmad Abdullah, recently, and that the organization sought to attack Israeli and Jewish targets.”

The US State Department counterterrorism coordinator, Nathan Sales, had revealed, weeks ago, sensitive information indicating that “Hezbollah, since 2012, has stored large quantities of ammonium nitrate in Europe similar to those that were present in the port of Beirut “.

Sells said: “The party transported these materials through Belgium to France, Greece, Italy, Spain and Switzerland, and also found large quantities of this material in France, Greece, Italy and Great Britain, which were destroyed. We have our reasons that confirm that these activities are still continuing. “

There were reports of a series of “mysterious” bombings and fires in Lebanon, said to have erupted at secret Hezbollah sites, and of missile depots located between residential neighborhoods.

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