Monday, April 13, 2009

North Korea sued for aiding Hizbullah

North Korea [has] become a central player in providing support for Middle East terror groups like Hizbullah.

Looks like Iran's and North Korea's partnership goes deeper than just ballistic missiles. Jerusalem Post

Thirty Israelis who were hurt during the Second Lebanon War filed suit on Friday against North Korea and Hizbullah for more than $100 million in Washington District Court, one of their lawyers, Nitzana Darshan-Leitner of the Israel Law Center, said Friday.

The plaintiffs, all of whom hold US citizenship, charged that North Korea trained senior Hizbullah officers and built a series of bunkers in south Lebanon to store Katyushas and other rockets that the Hizbullah used against Israel during the 2006 war, thwarting IAF efforts to locate launching pads.[...]

In the lawsuit, the complainants cite a congressional memorandum from May 8, 2008 that was passed on to the State Department, which describes one of the structures built by North Korea as "a 25-kilometer underground tunnel that Hizbullah used for moving its fighters."

The memorandum states that "Hizbullah's underground structures significantly improved its ability to fight against Israel during the Second Lebanon War in 2006."

Darshan-Leitner said that North Korea had become a central player in providing support for Middle East terror groups like Hizbullah.

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